On Saturday morning saw the running of the Newcastle Way Marathon / Half Marathon organised by We Run Wild NI. The Marathon route follows the way marked Newcastle Way, starting at the visitors centre in Newcastle, the route continues to Tollymore Forest and on to Castlewellan Forest before winding its way back down to Murlough, where the runners continue along the beach to the finish in Newcastle. This event is self sufficient and all entrants follow provided GPX files, carry their own water and food along with a small mandatory kit. There are no marshals or course markings.

East Downs Philip Vint took on the full Marathon, he is a seasoned marathon and ultra runner and enjoyed the whole event, and a different challenge, and said the whole event was well organised with a great atmosphere. Philip paced an excellent race coming in third place overall in a time of 3 hrs 58 min 58 sec.