Joe Rooney
speaker
88 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 31 May
Joe Rooney’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Seeing people jogging as I drove past them infuriated me.
Feck them and feck my stupid feet.
I came across advice to walk barefoot on rough ground as a cure.
So I took myself down to Beddystown Beach in Eastmeath a few minutes' drive from Drogheda, took off my shoes and went for a walk.
I loved the feel of my feet on the ground.
I felt I was going back to something I'd done as a child.
For the first few strides on Bettystown Beach, I'm sure this will be an easy run.
Just stretch out your legs and run.
But 30 seconds in, my body protests.
More air, more air.
I have to open my mouth to inhale, suck it in as another breath rushes out.
My breathing is arrhythmic and scattered.
My strides are self-conscious.
What is this?
My body yells.
All day sitting and now this?
Why?
There's nothing to run from.
Nothing to chase.
A minute or two and the body recovers.
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