Dublin Dublin firefighter completes gruelling ultra-marathon in aid of Temple Street Hospital Dublin firefighter Jordan Manning running in the Sahara Desert Jordan Manning competing in Marathon des Sables, a seven-day ultra-marathon Dublin firefighter Jordan Manning donated the money raised to Temple Street hospital A Dublin firefighter who ran over 252km in the Sahara Desert says he’ll never forget how bad everyone smelled afterwards, saying the bus driver who picked them up had to hold his nose. 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 marathons. This multi-day race is held every year in the Sahara Desert in southern Morocco, and Mr Manning did the challenge in aid of Temple Street Hospital.
“I hadn’t really heard of it before, but I read a story about one of the guys in work who did it 10 years ago in our internal magazine called Fire Call,” Mr Manning said. “It sounded right up my street. It was exactly the type of thing I’ve been looking for, so I jumped on the bandwagon.
I’ve done marathons but this was my first old track. Jordan Manning competing in Marathon des Sables, a seven-day ultra-marathon “A normal marathon is 42.2km, and then this was 252.
8km broken over six stages. “My day-to-day job is a firefighter paramedic. So I’m in and out of Temple Street a lot.
I see the work they do with the kids. I’ve brought plenty of.
