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Lauren Harte

Co Down runner on giving back to his local mental health charity with latest challenge

Co Down ultra runner Jay Walsh is taking on the physical and mental challenge of running 100 miles through Tollymore Forest Park.

This epic run begins at 7am on Saturday, July 1 and will take approximately 30 hours, consisting of 13,000ft of elevation and it's all in support of a local mental health charity.

Jay, 51, and from Bryansford, admits that his mental health was "in a desperate place" before he moved to the Mourne Mountains.

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