At 6am on Sunday morning the 6th of September, Alex O'Shea set out from Malin Head in Donegal to begin his attempt at setting a new Malin to Mizen record. He was flying for most of the day but in the evening time, he began having problems with his right knee.
At the end of day 1, he had completed 100 miles but the injury was too severe to continue.
Here is a statement from his support team....."Alex's Malin to Mizen Challenge ends abruptly. Alex covered 100.7 miles yesterday which was followed by a night in hospital. Alex developed some knee pain at 75 miles. At 80 miles the physio looked at it and strapped it. The next 20.7 miles Alex pushed his body to what we thought was to but proved to be beyond its limits. Alex feels very disappointed and would like to express his gratitude to his family, his team on the day who did a great job, his sponsors and to everyone that supported him along the way. It's been a long day and night and we'll be in touch over the next few days. Alex and Audrey"
More photos on his website... https://alexoshea.wordpress.com/
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