Phil Hodge

Father of 3 teens and married to Sarah.

Secondary school teacher for last 25 years in Castlewellan.

Coordinated NIMRA Juniors for 10 years, having taken the first team to Czech Republic in 2016.

Also a team manager with Ireland at mountain running world's and Europeans, with specific responsibility for the U20 teams.

Phil's own running passion was very much long days in the hills, completing the Lakeland 100 and both the Denis Rankin and Bob Graham rounds.