Q1. When and why did you first take up running? I took up running in May 2015 after having watched the Belfast Marathon that year and being in awe of all the people who were making it look so easy. I knew I could not run the length of myself and I was feeling…
After a short hiatus, a welcome return to our Meet the Members series in which we profile one club member. Well worth the wait as this week we hear from David Esler. Q1. When and why did you first take up running? In 2016 I was tipping the scales at 17 stone and…
The latest Harrier to take part in our Meet the Members series is mountain and ultra man Lee O’Boyle. Hope you enjoy! Q1. When and why did you first take up running? I first took up running at school, I was a member of the Cross-County team and participated in inter school competitions. I was never…
Q1. When and why did you first take up running? After my sister, Joanne had her second baby, she decided she wanted to get fit and do C25K…..and of course I got dragged into it too!! We could barely run for a minute when we first started. After a few weeks we ended up doing…
Q1. When and why did you first take up running? I started running on and off about 5 years ago, mainly as a way to keep fit and to try lose the extra bit of insulation I’d added over the years. Initially running on my own, I then managed to rope a colleague into joining…
Q1. When and why did you first take up running? I have always been a keen runner and before I joined Mallusk Harriers I was a wee loner as I used to call myself and ran always on my own. Q2. What running-related achievement are you most proud of and why? I would have to…
Q1. When and why did you first take up running? 2013 Belfast half marathon. I had stopped playing football and was only playing 5 a side a couple of times a week, so I was putting on a bit of unwanted timber and losing fitness. I had always enjoyed running and it was a long-time…
Q1 When and why did you first take up running? Running became a regular part of my fitness routine after I had my second son in 2008. I started by running around the block at dawn so no one would see or hear me puffing and panting my way around! This progressed to the 5K…
Q1. When and why did you first take up running? A friend asked me to run a relay leg for a charity team in the Belfast Marathon in 2011. My previous run was the 1994 relay so I had to be convinced! On our first training run we couldn’t make it to the first roundabout…
Q1. When and why did you first take up running? 2014 Belfast Marathon Relay, a month or so before I offered to run the glory leg as someone in work was injured. We had 3 teams, so I had 2 other last leg runners to train with. We all said that we would then go…
