A LOUTH man is set to run his 100th marathon next weekend in memory of his young nephew, who passed away from meningitis. Hari Ingman was just two and a half when he fell sick and passed away from pneumococcal meningitis on October 28, 2017. He was the eldest son of Eileen and Aled, and they were devastated when he passed away, less than two months after they had welcomed his little brother Noa.
Since his death, the family have launched their own Team Hari and have taken part in a number of events to raise money and awareness for the charities who helped them. These have included First Light , ACT for Meningitis , and the Meningitis Research Foundation . On Hari’s first anniversary, the Dublin Marathon was being held on the same date so a team of 22 family members, including dad Aled, ran it in his memory.
This time round, they are aiming to raise as much money as they can for Temple Street Children’s Hospital . 61-year-old Dr Seán McCormack and his son Steven will pound the pavements running from Kentstown, Co Meath through Louth to Inniskeen in Monaghan on June 8. Seán was a local doctor in several areas including Ravensale and Lordship in Louth before he moved to Wales, where he is a GP in Abergele.
He ran his first marathon in 1998 when he was 35 to raise money for the RNLI. And since then he has even represented his adopted country Wales at international level ultra running for seven years, even becoming a Welsh champion. “My marathon career began over a few pi.