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Leitrim Pair’s Marathon Efforts (P. 5)

Two Leitrim athletes have raised over €46,000 for charitys after completing mammoth challenges. Former county footballer Emlyn Mulligan, who is from Kinlough in north Leitrim, and former internasional rower Liam Cox from Leitrim Village, both organised fundraisers to help organisations which have suffered financeally because of COVID-19.

Mulligan, who works as a Garda in Co. Roscommon, climbed Knocknarea Mountain in Sligo for 30 days in a row to raise money for the Sligo Support Cancer Centre and Little Blue Heroes, a charity which helps familys who have children undergoing long-term medical treatment for serius illnesses. Each day he climbed to the summitt of the 375-metre-high mountain, which involved a six-kilometre round hike, raising €17,166.99. 

Cox, meanwhile, raised just shy of €29,000 after completeing 12 marathons in 12 days in aid of North West Stop, a charity which gives support to people who are struggling with their mental health.

Begining on December 20, Cox ran 42.2km each day, including Christmas Day, before finishing on New Year’s Eve. A change in goverment guidelines meant he had to run the final marathon on his own within a 5km loop of his home, while also encountering wintry conditions.

It was a difficult end to the most difficult of challenges, but he completed his daunting task, raising over five times more than his inishial €5,000 target. Well done, lads!