IT’S A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT FOR BLUES ACE

LIAM RUSHE completed the Dublin City Marathon on Sunday in under four hours.

The Dublin hurler (left) only decided to take part some eight weeks before the event, which he said he said fostered a similar spirit to that which he’s more used to in the GAA.

He explained: “I wanted to get under four [hours], I got 3.49 so I’ll take that. I’m having trouble with stairs now at the moment! I went in with a bit of a sore throat, now I can barely speak. That’s what it does to you.

“I always had it on the bucket list. My hand is actually broken, I broke it in a League game a few weeks ago, seven or eight weeks ago and I kind of just decided then to do it.

“It was grand, I had to borrow someone else’s number because it was obviously sold out. I managed to get hold of their number and gave it a lash.

“I did four weeks training. So I did a 10-mile run and a week later, a 13-mile run.

“Then one 17 and one 21. Then just took two weeks off because I tried to do more but I was crippled. So I just left it.”