‘If you trained on Tuesday and again on Friday, you would still be tired’ – how GAA stars know it’s time to retire
Former stalwarts Pádraig Walsh and Benny Heron open up on the highs and lows that come with their decisions to leave the inter-county scene behind
Pádraig Walsh during his playing days with Kilkenny. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
It’s never easy to cut the cord on something that has been such an integral part of your life for more than a decade, but time waits for no man or woman and inter-county careers cannot go on forever.
The months of pre-season would hardly be missed while the luxury of being able to tuck into the Christmas trimmings without any degree of guilt is another bonus – but things start changing around this time of the year.
