JT Physiotherapy recently hosted a successful ‘RunWell Marathon Night’ for runners registered to take part in this year’s half and full Donegal Marathon.
Filled to capacity, the event offered attendees excellent tips on running a marathon, including advice on physiotherapy, nutrition, injury prevention, recovery and strength and conditioning.
Speakers on the night included Letterkenny-based Charted Physiotherapist Johnny Loughrey, in-house nutritionist Liam Leech and top athletics coach Teresa McDaid.
The RunWell athletes were also in attendance to give tips and advice to runners of all levels. Among the group were some of the top athletes in the country, including Natasha Adams, Anne-Marie McGlynn, Teresa Doherty, Conor Bradley and Danny Mooney (pictured above with Johnny Loughrey). Guests on the night also received a goody bag, sponsored by Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure.
The Donegal marathon and half-marathon takes place in Letterkenny on August 23.
“Running a marathon isn’t an easy task, so we were happy to host an event to help runners with their training, nutrition and recovery plans,” Johnny Loughrey, JT Physiotherapy said.
“We’d like to thank everyone who came along and, judging from the positive feedback, attendees found the event very useful. The whole team at JT Physiotherapy and the RunWell Clinic wishes all the competitors the very best of luck on August 23.”
Photo caption: Johnny Loughrey, second left, with Irish participants at the World University Games in South Korea. Maz Sweeney from Fanad is far left and Ciara Grant from Letterkenny is far right
Meanwhile, Loughrey, who is also a physio for Team Ireland, has just returned from the World University Games in Gwanjiu, South Korea. The Letterkenny physio played a major role at the games and celebrated success with Irish athletes Thomas Bar (Waterford) who won gold in the Men’s 400m hurdles and Fiona Doyle (Limerick) who won silver in the Women’s 50m breaststroke and bronze in the Women’s 100m breaststroke.
Local athletes Maz Sweeney from Fanad and Letterkenny woman Ciara Grant also represented Ireland at the WUG and although didn’t place in their categories – ladies soccer – they both had a great performance. The World University Games is a multi-sport event for university students from all over the world and many of the winners from the games go on to become Olympic medalists.
“It was amazing to be part of Team Ireland and the atmosphere in the stadium was incredible,” Loughrey said. “Overall, there were over 20,000 participants from 170 countries taking part in 21 different sporting competitions. I’m honored to be working with some brilliant young athletes and to come home with three medals is a great achievement.”
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