Help on hand for long distance runners to recover after Dublin marathon where Kenyans were the winners.
Now in its twentieth year, the Dublin City Marathon produced a double win for Kenya in the male and female races.
Help was on hand for the six and a half thousand runners who took part in the event and are now feeling the effects. Over 150 trained physiotherapists were on standby to provide assistance to the athletes. Sheena Sexton, Irish Society for Chartered Physiotherapists, says they will provide treatment and advice to manage injuries and pain.
Cramp, blisters and dehydration are just some of the complaints of the long distance runner.
This year the Dublin City Marathon had a prize fund of £40,000 with both the male and female winners each receiving £7,500. John Mutai won the men's race in a time of two hours fifteen minutes and seventeen seconds. In addition to the prize money, he also received the Noel Carroll perpetual trophy. Gerry Healy from Ireland was second just half a minute after the winner. Another Kenyan, Esther Kiplagat, won the women's race and set a new course record in a time of two hours, thirty four minutes and twenty three seconds. The first wheelchair athlete across the line was John Fulham in a time of one hour, fifty nine minutes and seven seconds.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 25 October 1999. The reporter is Eamonn Falvey.
