Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>Just over 24 hours into the week from hell, champion jockey Oisin Murphy hit his final hurdle and called it quits.</h3>
The Ballyhar man said that he gave it everything he could during Episode Two of RT&Eacute;&#8217;s Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week &#8211; The Professionals on Wednesday night.
He explained that in that moment when he handed over his Number 8 armband that he couldn&#8217;t go on as the recruits were relentlessly pushed to their absolute physical limits with back-to-back events.
&#8220;I had given 100 percent in reality,&#8221; Oisin told the Killarney Advertiser this week. &#8220;Watching it I wished maybe I could have stayed in a bit longer but at that moment I didn&#8217;t feel like I had much more to give.&#8221;
Oisin was one of the 19 remaining recruits, surviving on just two hour&#8217;s sleep, who were subjected to a second day of physically challenging conditions. Not only did he have to complete a punishment by crawling on his stomach in the grass, it included him jumping out of a helicopter straight into the sea, a range of tough exercises including wearing a gas mask restricting their oxygen while lifting heavy weights up a steep flight of stairs, and just when they thought they&#8217;d get a rest the DS decided on another harsh task &#8211; wearing goggles filled with sea water while carrying even more weights.
On the show the 27-year-old admitted that that in particular was triggering as he had almost drowned as a child and had to be resuscitated.
&#8220;I found wearing the mask filled with sea water pretty hard work. I wasn&#8217;t enjoying that part of it and fair play to every one who got through it particularly the people who wouldn&#8217;t be very physically strong. It was very testing.&#8221;
Three Kerry recruits remain including former Ireland women&#8217;s rugby team captain Ciara Griffin from Ballymac, social media influencer Tadhg Fleming from Tralee and fitness expert Rebeccah O&rsquo;Rourke.

"I didn't feel like I had much more to give"

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