Eoin finished 5th at the 2009 World 24-Hour Championships in Italy when he ran a distance of 237.206km (147.393 miles). He then followed up by taking 11th spot at the 2009 Trail World Championships in the French Alps. Eoin is the most versatile of ultra runners. He holds the Irish 24 hour track record (235.910km); he can run 7:45 hrs for the shorter distance of 100km; and he has won various Irish trail / mountain running events on multiple occasions such as the Wicklow Way Ultra and Mourne Way Ultra Marathon. He is also a world class adventure racer. After some injuries, Eoin returned to ultrarunning in 2011 to finish in the top 30 in the Trail World Championships.
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