Who is Liam Cox?

Liam’s background is in rowing,  he used to row a lot as a teenager and up until his first year in university. Liam started running sporadically then at the tail end of college. He’s been training about 5-6 days a week since he was 14 so really it is an ingrained habit, training is a huge part of his life and is important for his mental and physical health.

Liam ran 12 marathons in 12 days in December 2020. He ran the 12 marathons in order to raise funds for a brilliant charity called North West Stop, which he is fundraising again this year for. We raised an amazing €35,000 which enabled them to provide over 850 counselling sessions in 2021. It meant so much more to him than that. He was completely overwhelmed by people’s support throughout. So many people came out running with him, donated, shared something on social media! There was such an amazing community spirit. 

“Dream big! There is a high chance of failure taking on a challenge like running around the coastline of Ireland, but no risk no reward! We are capable of so much more than we think we are. Have a go, take a risk, and if you fail take your learnings and make yourself better!”

Find Liam on Instagram (@liamcox93) where you can track his progress during the Lap of the Map.