After announcing his retirement, the former 400m runner talks about the pitfalls of wanting something too much and making peace with disappointment
Brian Gregan and his wife Ciara McCallion
It’s probably no surprise that it took Brian Gregan 15 months from his last race to announce he’s finished as an athlete at the age of 35.
Gregan doesn’t like quitting, never has. He was 10 when he got meningitis and was told it could have been fatal if he hadn’t gone to Tallaght Hospital when he did. He was 16 when he tore his adductor muscle off the bone and was told by a specialist he may never do high-level sprinting again. Those aftershocks linger.