Irish Marathon Runner Inspired By Tommy Tiernan Sketch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaCQ4_7IFek

Last night we posted this video of Paul Pollack leading the Dublin Marathon. Reader Hugh Gally noticed an uncanny familiarity between Pollack's tactics and that of Declan Moffit from that famous Tommy Tiernan skit. Make up your own minds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2SPhXdGK6s