“RUNNING IS MY LIFE NOW – I CAN’T IMAGINE LIVING WITHOUT THE BUZZ”
Brenda O’Keeffe was a sedentary smoker until she took up running at 32, but boy did she make up for lost time. Lisa Jackson meets the incredible woman who’s since run 230 marathons
INSPIRATION
Deep in the woods during the Transylvania 100K ultra in 2015
Ironically running was the one sport I was never into as a child, even though I loved being active and did gymnastics since the age of six,” says Brenda O’Keeffe, 38, a chef who ran 106 marathons in 2015, an Irish and English record for the most marathons in a year. “My first race was the Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon in June 2010, a 10K road race that 40,000 women participate in for charity. I ran with my sister Andrea and will never forget the immense pride I felt as I crossed the finish line. It was a feeling I wanted more of, so much so that I ended up running the Dublin Marathon soon afterwards. Five years later, my sister ran her first marathon with me – while I completed my 145th!
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