12/09/2026
The Di**le Peninsula - spiritual home to early Celtic Christianity, ancient ogham stones, ringforts guarded by the fairy people, battle ground of the Desmond Rebellion and, last but by no means least, home to the Di**le Marathon and Half Marathon.
Step forward Ballymore Cobh athletes, Suzanne Alcock and Alex Eaton, who took on the full and half distances respectively, with admirable enthusiasm and gargantuan grit over both a super-scenic and uber-undulating course.
Suzanne's 42.2 km crusade was her very first mosey at the marathon distance, and if those pictures are anything to go by, it sure won't be her last.
Maith an bhean tú!
Alex's adventures over 21.1 km were definitely not his first, with a whopping 7 Di**le Half Marathons (totalling 148 km) conquered by this man. And that's only his Di**le Half Marathons!
You're some buachaill for one buachaill, Alex!
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