Recently retired Tipperary man competes in over-70s mountain race and wins Gold!
This week Matt Alexander (and his wife and fellow runner Esme) went to Sicily to represent Ireland in an international mountain race.
Matt Alexander, formerly a stalwart of the Grange Walks Maintenance Team until his retirement a couple of years ago, hasn’t been sitting by the fire with his feet up.
Instead he’s been putting those feet through their paces in his long term hobby of athletic racing.
This week Matt (and his wife and fellow runner Esme) went to Sicily to represent Ireland in an international mountain race.
Matt actually won the European Masters Mountain Running Championships Vertical 5km over-70s race!
The race started at 6,500 ft above sea level and finished at 10,000 ft near the summit of Mt Etna, beating athletes from Italy, Spain, France and Sweden.
That included beating the current World Champion from Italy.
A well deserved gold medal and what an achievement!