Michael Collins at Toronto's Ireland Park Famine Memorial
Michael Collins (born 4 June 1964) is an Irish novelist and international ultra-distancerunner. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize.[1] He has also won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Lucien Barriere Literary Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Collins is a graduate of Oxford University.
A former member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance (62.2 miles),[citation needed] Collins holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance.[citation needed] As captain of the Irish National Team in 2010, he won a bronze medal at the World 100k Championships held in Gibraltar.[citation needed] He has also won The 100-mile Himalayan Stage Race and The Mount Everest Challenge Marathon, along with The Last Marathon in Antarctica, and The North Pole Marathon.[citation needed]
