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FROM early morning, while residents were still getting some shut eye, they were pounding the pavements around Sixmilebridge in the inaugural Eddie Murphy Memorial Marathon.
Eight hardy runners set off at 7am to complete a double-marathon on a one-mile circuitous route of the village. They were joined at a later stage by over 70 runners who undertook either a 30-mile or a marathon run. Some were undertaking their first marathon, others had already broken the 100 mark. There was also one wheelchair competitor, Gerry Forde from Cork who recently completed his 200th marathon in Dublin on the October Bank Holiday.
