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Episode 28 - Avril Copeland - Adventure Racer
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This week Breifne Earley has Ireland's premier female adventure racer Avril Copeland in the spotlight. She talks about her initial sporting career as a senior international hockey player focused on reaching the Olympics, before pursuing a love of country music and finding herself rubbing shoulders with her favourite artist Garth Brooks living in Nashville, Tennessee. While there she found herself drawn to the new world of adventure racing and after attending a training camp knew it was where she wanted to be in a sporting sense. She has moved on to become one of Ireland's top athletes currently partaking in this growing sport and as an ambassador for the Killarney Adventure Race is urging everyone and anyone to consider getting involved in the multi-discipline sport.
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