Paul Tierney (hurler)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pól Ó Tiarnaigh | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Half-back | ||
| Born | Blackrock, County Cork | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2000s-present | Blackrock | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2004 | Cork | 1 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Paul Tierney (born 1982 in Blackrock, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson and fell runner. He played hurling with his local club Blackrock and was a member of the Cork[1] senior inter-county team from 2003 until 2004.
In 2015 Tierney won the Lakeland 100, a 100-mile ultramarathon through trails in the Lake District National Park;[2] he completed the race in 20 hours 42 minutes.[3] He is now a running coach based in Cumbria specialising in natural running techniques.[4]
He has twice finished the 330 km Tor des Geants in the Aosta Valley in less than 100 hours (99:09 in 2017 and 94:39 in 2018).[5]
On 20 June 2019 he broke the record for running the 214 Wainwright summits, completing in 6 days 6 hours 4 minutes and beating Steve Birkinshaw's previous record.[6][7]
References
- ^ Keys, Colm (July 31, 2003). "Senior stars Gardiner and Ó hAilpín hold key for Cork". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ "All-Ireland winning Cork hurler wins 100-mile ultra marathon in the UK".
- ^ "Lakeland 100 2015 full results".
- ^ "Paul Tierney BTR MASTER COACH - UK".
- ^ "DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics". statistik.d-u-v.org. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "Runner sets a new record summiting all 214 Wainwrights". ITV News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Smith, Bob (20 June 2019). "Runner Paul Tierney breaks record for summiting all 214 Wainwright fells". Grough. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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