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Thomas Barr goes the extra mile to support families getting active

As we come out of lockdown, all the family cycles and walks might fall by the wayside.   To comba...

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14.54 1 Jun 2021


Thomas Barr goes the extra mile to support families getting active


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As we come out of lockdown, all the family cycles and walks might fall by the wayside.  

To combat this, Irish Life Health has launched the Family Mile Challenge with Athletics Ireland and they are asking families to run a mile together on the 26 and 27th of June.

Ambassador for the Irish Life Health Family Mile Challenge and Irish Olympian and Lecturer in Skill Acquisition, Coaching and Performance in UL Dr. Phil Kearney chatted to Andrea. 

 

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