Melia third in gruelling 4 day event
Posted by Ciaran Tobin on 19 August 2013
Mark Melia continued his ultra running adventure over the weekend in the Extreme North Quadrathlon. It is Donegal’s unique 4 Marathons over 4 Days. 4 individual and certified courses, located on the Inishowen 100 scenic drive, amazing scenery with something to distract you at every turn and summit. 2 of the marathons had substantial hill climbs.
Mark put in a very consistent weekend of marathon running on this arduous event. He finished third overall having secured third place on three of the four stages and sixth on day 3. Given the severe climbs of the course Marks daily runs were between were around 3h30m and 3h45m which was great going on considering that there were no rest days.
The routes/stages were Day 1 Thursday,Culdaff,Kinnego,Moville. Day 2 Friday, Friday Moville, Muff, Buncrana. Day 3 Saturday,Buncrana, Mamore, Clonmany, Culdaff. Dayt 4 Sunday,Malin, Malin Head, Glengaff, Culdaff.
