An Irish athlete has run for a gruelling 89 hours in an ultra race in Germany, covering an incredible 596.8km - which is the same distance as over 14 marathons.
Keith Russell was one of 24 participants in the killer Race of Champions Backyard Masters in the German Rettard, in which athletes have to complete a lap of 6.706km each hour with any remaining time used to sleep or eat.
After 72 hours, the race was down to two men and the ultra-runner from Navan, Co Meath battled it out with Belgian’s Merijn Geerts for a further 17 laps before he admitted defeat on Tuesday evening.
