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#319 Ballymun AC's Dean Hayden & Ger Prendergast: 60 Marathons in 60 Days, Getting Youths in to Running & Much More

Mar 2, 2026 · 81 min · Ep 319

This week on the Any Given Runday podcast, we have two great guests from Ballymun AC (@ballymunac on Instagram) in Dean Hayden (@hayda0000 on Instagram) and Ger Prendergast (@ger_prendergast on Instagram) From establishing how Ballymun AC came about, helping to remove financial barriers for youths in Ballymun, community, world major marathons, to marathons on 7 continents and 60 marathons in 60 days, there's a lot to explore in this episode!

15:00 Introduction to Dean & Ger
25:10: Establishing Ballymun AC
28:38 The Philosophy of 'Human Before Athlete'
30:38 Removing Financial Barriers in Youth Sports
34:08 Keeping Youth Engaged in Running
38:55 Ger's Experience with the Seven Continents Marathon
50:30 Dean's Sub 3 Hour Chicago Marathon
59:27 World Record: 60 Marathons in 60 Days
66:31 Ger's book: Gotta Keep It Movin': Amazon Link

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