Declan Murray

running | sports marketing | @loyolachicago & @northwesternmsa alum

[Octagon @Octagon]

This cinematic 3D experience brings the @nycmarathon course to life like never before - capturing every bridge, every block, and every borough from start to finish. 🗽

🎥 Watch:

[Athletics Ireland @irishathletics]

Please don't wake us up if this is a dream🤯🤯

THREE EUROPEAN MEDALS IN THE LAST HALF HOUR!!!!

Mark English 🥉 800m
Sarah Healy 🥇 1500m
Kate O'Connor 🥉Pentathlon

#IrishAthletics #Apeldoorn25 @ask123ie

[European Athletics @EuroAthletics]

🇮🇪☘️

Sarah Healy’s gold medal-winning moment in the 3000m. 🥹

#Apeldoorn2025

[Declan Murray @declancmurray]

What’s your mile PB, son?

[Ashton Eaton @AshtonJEaton]

To athletes who are retiring (or considering) after this season and are having trouble coming to terms with moving on.

Perhaps this is potentially useful; an approach I found helpful to overcome the problem was to treat moving on from sport like having someone you love, die. It's often said "find your passion, find what you love." For athletes our problem is that we did. We did find it and we did love it. But then it got taken away (injury) or we had to leave it (time). So I thought, how would I feel/what would I do if one of my kids died, or my spouse? It would be painful beyond description. To not be with them every day; I’d be completely changed forever. Everything would remind me of them. They are a massive part of who I am. I’m deeply influenced by them in so many ways. I would miss them and remember them every day. But, I wouldn’t want to try to stop these thoughts or try to forget them. I'd embrace the memories and the time we had together. I’d dwell on regrets about the things we didn’t get to do, or how much better I could have been. I’d also dwell on memories about incredible times, the things I did right, times when everything was the best. Importantly though, I wouldn’t go searching for someone or something new to replace them. They are too unique, too special to me. But, I believe I would still be able to love something different. Unique in its own way. Maybe even having some of the same qualities. And I’d still think about them. I believe this is ok.

After coming to this conclusion, I used it as my approach with moving on from sport. I love it. I loved being with it. But we couldn’t be together anymore. It is still a massive part of who I am. So rather than try to disassociate and move on (which I tried for many years and failed) I now allow memories to come to mind whenever they do. And that's a lot because most of my experiences in life up to this point have to do with sport. Various things throughout the day remind me of it. I use sport analogies to understand new things. Most of how I think and approach life comes from lessons I learned as an athlete. I believe this is ok. It's also much easier from a mental friction standpoint. I'm remain more connected to the sport and the people in it.

Overall, it is ok to continue to think about and be influenced by something loved and lost.

So the question was; how to find something new? What has similar qualities of sport (since I was attracted to those things in the first place) but in different fields that seem interesting or important? What has competition, something national or global in nature, something that pushes the limits of human ingenuity and performance? Something with a goal people admire or get excited about? Or something people deeply respect because of the skill and knowledge required to do it? Something that is both an art and science? These are the guiding questions for me personally. And they are why I’m attracted to space exploration, energy, and technologies that advance human performance.

Hopefully useful to some.

[Athletics Ireland @irishathletics]

A national record in an Olympic final for 4th place!!!🤯

We are so proud!!! What a team🙌💚

⏱️3:19.90

#Paris2024 | #TeamIreland | #IrishAthletics

[Karen Locke🥑 @klocke1]

Agency- Congrats @ktnago13 4th woman in history to win multiple Olympic medals in Pole Vault.

[Kyle Merber⏱️ @TheRealMerb]

Give Grant Fisher the gold medal in honesty! He was offered silver but decided to keep his bronze

[Jeff D. Lowe @JeffDLowe]

The new Big Ten Maps commercial, but set to the ‘Game of Thrones’ theme song:

[Declan Murray @declancmurray]

@macfleet1 5 million people tuned in Sunday and 4 million on Saturday because the stars are forced to show up and perform. A track meet that isn’t the Olympic Games that actually matters!

[Kyle Merber⏱️ @TheRealMerb]

Been working on a little something…
Introducing @GrandSlamTrack!

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘿𝙐𝘾𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙈 𝙏𝙍𝘼𝘾𝙆.

4x Olympic gold medalist @MJGold has announced his new premier global track league will be called @GrandSlamTrack and will host four meets – or “Slams” – in 2025. With $12.6 million in prize money available, the winner of each respective Slam group will take home $100,000 in prize money.

“What’s exciting is that in this new role, I’m able to bring athletes and fans what they’ve been asking for and just screaming out for – more head-to-head matchups, more fans getting to know these athletes, athletes able to connect better with their fans, athletes being able to realize more value for themselves,” Johnson tells CITIUS MAG.

📰 Read all about it here: https://t.co/gE6oBM73Yi

🎧 Listen to Michael Johnson on the CITIUS MAG Podcast here: https://t.co/XYTTUKFCpN

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

MUST WATCH: Virginia’s Shane Cohen with an incredible kick to win the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800m in 1:44.97!

[Cathal Dennehy @Cathal_Dennehy]

Superb commentary here by @gregallenRTE - absolutely nailed it

[Athletics Ireland @irishathletics]

The judgment from Sharlene …The crackle in Greg’s voice…. The Irish fans at the finish line…..

That was pure magic and a moment that will never be forgotten 💚

One for Reeling in the Years to bookmark 😅

#IrishAthletics #EuropeanChampions #Roma24

[Ronan Murphy @swearimnotpaul]

Where does Man City's four-in-a-row rank in the all-time greatest sporting achievements?

[LeBron James @KingJames]

Congrats lil bro!! Super proud of you Killa Cam!!! THATS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[SIHS Sports @SIHSSports]

BK: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
#GoCats

[Kyle Merber⏱️ @TheRealMerb]

Mississippi banned a freshman for the rest of the year for competing unattached at the high school national meet because the state’s outdoor season already started. Are you kidding?

What a backwards and insane rule.

Let Andrew Brown run!

https://t.co/62DgNgkrBL

[Declan Murray @declancmurray]

@coachtbradley @FromThisToThat @Dale_Erdmier @Dom_lopez23 @golfinguy003 Take advantage of those early season lines and hammer the under