Survival of the fittest

IT seemed like a routine assignment at first. Arrangements had been made, the editor explained, to meet the renowned strength and conditioning coach Mike McGurn at Dublin Airport at 9am the next day.

Grand. A little bit early on a Saturday for this reporter’s taste maybe, but no sweat. It was only on the second phone call that the alarm bells started to ring.

Suddenly, there was talk about a gym and workouts. Eh, excuse me?