There was a time when Bostonian Eileen Jack could never have foreseen herself becoming a runner. She was more interested in the stage than a starting line, and her health was something of an obstacle.
When Lauren Nelson returned home from a trip to Portugal in 2022, she was “on cloud nine.” It hadn’t been any regular holiday she had just gotten married. She and her new husband, Darragh, as well as their young daughter, were celebrating the perfect week away when they found a lump on his bicep.
Smriti Verma will be running the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon this June in aid of a service that made one of the most stressful periods of her life easier. When her son, Neel, now 3, was born in a pandemic at its peak, she and her husband were facing parenthood alone, and when complications arose, they were left with little help.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, as the evenings grow brighter, dozens of women in Dublin’s north inner city will take to the streets. The Sheriff Street Running Club has begun training for the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon.
A group of Muslim, Jewish and Christian women, including two elderly catholic nuns, took part in the Women’s Mini Marathon on Sunday to raise funds for Afghan athletes living in Ireland who were forced to flee their country after the Taliban seized power.