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‘I ran 252km in the Sahara Desert. I’ll never forget the smell after, the bus driver had to hold his nose’
Dublin firefighter completes gruelling ultra-marathon in aid of Temple Street Hospital Jordan Manning (30), from Clarehall, swapped fighting fires for the hot sand at Marathon des Sables, a seven-day ultra-marathon which covers the distance of six regular …