A Northern Ireland runner has been busy clocking up the miles over recent months, running the Dublin, London and Belfast Marathons to raise vital funds for a local health charity.
Those felt like a walk in the park, however, when Darren Mallon took on an ultra-running challenge for Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke (NICHS) over two days in June- the Norn Iron Ultra.
This is a gruelling 106.9-mile ultra-run along the North Antrim coast, running from Ballintoy to the village of Gortin in Co Tyrone.
