Paul Tierney (hurler)

Paul Tierney
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
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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 three times finished the 330 km Tor des Géants in the Aosta Valley in less than 100 hours (99:09 in 2017, 94:39 in 2018 and 88:05 in 2021).[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]

  1. ^ Keys, Colm (31 July 2003). "Senior stars Gardiner and Ó hAilpín hold key for Cork". Irish Independent. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. ^ Dollery, Paul (25 July 2015). "All-Ireland winning Cork hurler wins 100-mile ultra marathon in the UK". The 42. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Lakeland 100 2015 full results".
  4. ^ "Paul Tierney BTR MASTER COACH - UK".
  5. ^ "DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics". statistik.d-u-v.org. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Runner sets a new record summiting all 214 Wainwrights". ITV News. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  7. ^ Smith, Bob (20 June 2019). "Runner Paul Tierney breaks record for summiting all 214 Wainwright fells". Grough. Retrieved 20 June 2019.