Vinny Mulvey

He's not farming potatoes, he's gone back to join the Lepricorns.

Word is he is making potato cannons for the Irish navy. I also heard a rumor that he was a roadie for U2.

I saw him there the other day (Sunday) at the Dublin xc championships. I was hoping he was going to show off what a munchkin could do, but he didn\'t run. My guess is that he didn\'t want to be beaten by clubmate Mark Kenneally again. For the record, Mark\'s going to kill nearly everying in Ireland at nearly every distance he tries this year. He\'s only 20/21 but every time he races he makes his last race look like a training run.

He won the Dublins with at least half a mile to spare and lapped most of the field in the process. The kid at the finish wouldn\'t even let him in, tried to get him to do another lap.

Vinny would make a good leipreachán. It\'s not often an ickle 5\'8\" fella like me feels tall, but I should hang around him more often.

Yes, Vinny is back in Ireland, but no, he does not have kids. He does, however, have an American girlfriend who has moved to Ireland to be with him. She belongs to my track club and I got to meet them both this summer.

Say what you want about Vinny. Last time he came on tour with us he was a big hit with the ladies.

Sean,

You need to get a grip. I do agree with you about Mark being a great runner. No argument there -- I train with the guy and he's a maniac. However, I somehow doubt that Vinny is scared of him. If Mulvey is prepared to toe the line in world and euro cross, he's hardly going to sit out the Dublin cross country cos he's scared.

PS. Kenneally won by 37 seconds, not a half mile.

vinny is one of the nicest guys i've ever met, nevermind run with. he's one of a kind and theres no doubt he's missed.

Alright, relax, I wasn't being serious about it. Somehow I doubt most people on this particular thread are, either. I know Vinny's not scared, although I feel compelled to mention that Mark did scalp Vinny at Rás na hÉireann.

Who are you, by the way, person who knows so much and managed to time the Dublin Cross? Are you a Raheny man?

p.s. I didn't have a watch, and I'm sure you're right, but figuratively speaking he did win by a country mile. Once Rob Connolly was dropped, it was no longer a race. And boy, did he crash and burn.

I hold onto my predictions of Mark going far this year. He's only been back training something like 18 months, and he's only going to get better.

Scratch that, not Ras na hEireann, I meant the Oman Cup.

just saw this thread. hung out with vinny the other night after ncaas and he has had a knee injury since august. the guy going nuts.....he was also great fun the other night