Sam Mulroy is standing in the middle of his gym explaining something about rowing machine efficiency or skiErg technique or clean lunge reps. Truth be told, it’s all a bit hazy.
It’s three days out from the Louth senior county football final and Monasterboice is decked out in flags and bunting. Naomh Máirtín are back in the decider. Mulroy’s year of years continues.
He has just put a small group of us through a training session for Red Bull’s Road to Hyrox. We are all gasping for air and guzzling water, but standing serenely in the centre of the room is a man Louth folk will have you believe could walk on the stuff.
It’s five months now since Mulroy captained the county to a landmark Leinster SFC title – their first since 1957. For some Louth fans, that day will go down as the highlight of their lives.
“My life hasn’t changed much really, but I think lots of people’s lives got such a lift from it,” says Mulroy on the impact of that provincial decider win over Meath.
“For the county, it was such a monumental moment. It’s a day that is going to be etched in history.
Sam Mulroy lifts the Delaney Cup after Louth's Lein
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