Most of us think that running 50 miles a week is a strong diet of training and often reap benefits from it. To run twice that distance in the space of 24 hours or so is an amazing achievement and that’s before you consider the route that 100 miles includes.
Starting in Ballintoy the route follows the Ulster Way through Portrush, Portstewart, Coleraine and then the Sperrins, Glenshane Pass! Eventually the runners finish in Gortin.
Sean Nickell, Mark Weir, Peter McQuillan and Jill Connolly all took on the epic race and all of them finished well within the designated cut off time.
Well done to all of our athletes in overcoming the first 100 mile race around the north coast.