Sammy takes on best ultra runners at Tennessee race

Sammy takes on best ultra runners at Tennessee race

31 October 2018

ONLY three runners from the UK, which included Sammy Daye from Derryboye, recently travelled to the USA to enter Big Dog’s Backyard ultra race which took place in Tennessee. The concept of this ultra-endurance race is to  continuously complete 4.16 mile loops with a time limit of one hour. On each hour, another loop will begin and this will continue until only one runner can complete a loop and only one person is left standing, the final winner, who this year ran a total distance of 283 miles over 55 hours. 

Timing is everything and getting your pacing right to finish within the hour, unfortunately a mistake in timing cost Sammy to be seconds over the hour, ending his race sooner than he hoped.

“It was a great experience to be part of and I got to run alongside the best ultra runners in the world,” he said afterwards.

Sammy and his brother Adrian have also brought this concept to Northern Ireland through their race event company Atlas Running, they organise their own version of this race across different venues in the UK. 

Registration is now open for their next ultra event the Last One Standing which will take place on Saturday, February 16, at Castleward, more details on this unique ultra running event can be found at www.atlasrunning.co.uk

A huge congratulations to Saintfield Striders who completed the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon on Sunday. Fantastic running from everyone, and for first timers Jan McMillan Gillian Jordan and Alan Jordan. 

Times: Richard Kerr (3:21:05), Colin McClements (3:27:41), Stuart Burnside (3:28:18), Alan Jordan (3:40:09), Gillian Jordan (4:10:29), Jan McMillan (4:38:09).