29 ready to hit the Big 30
The 29 runners (28 men and one woman, Mary Hickey Nolan) who have completed every Dublin Marathon to date, were presented with a special commemorative t-shirt by Race Director Jim Aughney at today's Marathon Expo in the RDS.
The eldest member of the pack, Paddy Craddock, a hale and hearty 74 years of age joked that they weren't really entitled to wear the t-shirts until after they finished tomorrows race.
Some of the special group have gone to extremes to keep their clean sheet of Dublin Marathons, including completing it on crutches (due to a broken leg) and while 7 months pregnant, in the case of Mary Hickey Nolan.
Each of the runners will wear a special number 30 for tomorrows race.