After Losing My Daughter, Running Was My Way Back | Fintan O'Malley
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The Running Channel
9.7 • 254 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Running Channel Meets is where we talk to real runners with incredible stories. Each episode we speak with people who inspire us to run, and give our guests an opportunity to tell their stories, often for the first time.
In this episode we chat with Fintan O’Malley who is training to run a 330 kilometre ultra marathon in memory of his daughter Millie, who sadly passed away at just 33 days old. Fintan has experienced heartbreaking grief but is determined to create a legacy for Millie. We discuss his training, how he motivates himself to run and what the 330 km challenge will involve.
Topics that we discuss in this episode:
IVF
Death of a child
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| 0:00.0 | When we said we wanted to meet inspirational runners with amazing stories, well, we truly have one. |
| 0:10.4 | Fintan O'Malley recently lost his baby daughter who had been born prematurely after fighting for 33 days. |
| 0:15.9 | He wanted to make a difference. So on the 27th of September 2024, Fintan is running from the |
| 0:22.6 | Memorial Garden near where Millie was looked after, running 330 kilometres to make some money |
| 0:30.6 | for the neonatal unit where doctors and nurses fought to keep her alive. |
| 0:35.6 | There's also some incredible positive news at the end of Finan's story, |
| 0:39.5 | but we do need to give a disclaimer and a warning |
| 0:41.7 | for those of you that might be affected by similar issues |
| 0:43.8 | that we are going to be talking about miscarriage, premature birth, |
| 0:47.3 | and also child loss. |
| 0:48.8 | So please do bear that in mind. |
| 0:50.7 | This is The Running Channel Meets. |
| 0:53.6 | Finan, it's amazing to have you here. After so much trauma for you and your family, how on earth |
| 1:01.6 | do you go about this quest to raise money for people who find themselves in a similar |
| 1:09.2 | situation? It's driven by love, love for a little girl to create a legacy for her |
| 1:17.6 | because she's not here to do a legacy for herself. |
| 1:20.6 | So we want to, as a thank you to the nurses, the doctors, the consultants, |
| 1:25.6 | both to Nicky who looked after us and gave us three |
| 1:28.7 | precious days with our baby girl. |
| 1:31.4 | We want to try and make a difference in that hospital and we want to try and help other families |
| 1:37.6 | who are going through such a traumatic time to be a bit more comfortable in that situation because |
| 1:43.6 | it is one of the hardest, the hardest thing |
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