Ronan Scully

A 44-year-old keen writer and sports fanatic who is a charity worker with the Irish Humanitarian charity GOAL (www.goal.ie). Ronan will be running his 2nd full marathon after experiencing the Dublin City marathon 7 years ago. His reasons for running the North Pole Marathon are multi-fold: to reach the North Pole; to test his endurance; to become the first County Offaly man to run the North Pole Marathon; to promote a healthy lifestyle in Ireland, especially for people following him on the Irish TV series Operation Transformation and on the John Murray RTE Radio 1 show; to meet nice people and drink a beer with them; to have a nice bedtime story for his wife Jacqui and his 2 daughters Mia and Sophie; and finally to raise funds for GOAL and some other worthy Irish charities. Ronan is also running in memory of his close friend Donal Rabbitte and other friends and family who helped shape his life. To help Ronan and his chosen charities please go to the following link http://www.mycharity.ie/event/ronan_scullys_northpole_marathon_charity_run__2011/.