Marathon man Johnny seeking 500 to run with him

Date Published: 08-May-2009

THE challenge of running over 60 marathons, and more than 2,000 miles in 43 different countries over four years might be daunting enough for most people, but not Johnny Donnelly.

The former Sawdoctor, currently on mile 554 and marathon 19 of his four year odyssey, has set himself the task of convincing 500 Irish people to run alongside him in the 30th anniversary of the
Lifestyle Sports-adidas Dublin Marathon this October, and each raise €500 for the Irish charity, Seachange.

Donnelly is urging people from around the country to take the challenge and he is putting out the call out now to Galway runners to sign up for Dublin.

“You can be a first time runner, or a veteran of every Dublin marathon to date,” said Johnny. “I just want to get 500 people out there running alongside me in Dublin on October 26th to help end extreme poverty.

“Ideally I would like…