Alanna
The difference one person can make to your life!
Keith started running with his daughter Alanna (who had spastic quadreplic cerebral palsy) in October 2016 to run the Dublin City marathon in October 2017.
They fundraised over €70,000 for a wheelchair accessible bus for The Meadows respite care home in Navan. They travelled the country running races in preparation for the marathon and were well known on the Irish running circuit.
In June 2017 Keith ran his first marathon in Portumna forest park to make sure he could run a marathon on his own before he took it on with Alanna, he ended up winning this marathon.
Alanna passed away suddenly at home on the 13th December 2017, 9 days after her 8th birthday.
Keith focused on running and went into doing ultra marathons with his first in March 2019, Dublin to Belfast 172km finishing 3rd in a time of 18hours and 20 mins.
Big’s Backyard Ultra
Just one more loop!
Big's Backyard Ultra World Championship is happening on 21st October 2023. Created by iconic race director Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell of Bell Buckle Tennessee.
Participants run a 4.167-mile loop every hour, and are eliminated if they fail to complete a loop in an hour. The path of the loop is on trails during the day and along a road after dark.
Keith is one of 75 participants and currently ranks 6th in the world
Podcasts / Press
Flip the Script with Conor O Keeffe
Any Given Runday Podcast with Eric and Séan
Keith chats to Oliver on RTE Radio 1 The Nine O’Clock Show after running for 75 hours straight in Big Dogs Backyard Ultra
The Runners Diary Podcast with Damian Kenneally and Brian Ahearn