The opening 2 miles bring you past the entrance to the Aghada GAA grounds and in the foreground the choir were belting out 'Something inside so strong'. I couldn't think of a more appropriate motivational song for this race. We were soaked threw at the start line in east cork that morning. There had to be something inside that was strong enough and tough enough to finish.

'This could be one of those days where we race to finish'. Racing to finish is our last resort tactic. If everything outside your control on race day like the weather goes wrong then you run what ever pace your body can handle and get over the finish line even if it means walking.

I roared into the last 5k and for awhile it worked then I blew a fuse.

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