Tyre fitter turned ‘ultra-runner’ to represent Ireland in 100km marathon

A 31-YEAR-OLD tyre fitter is to swap his work overalls for a green singlet when he represents Ireland for the first time in an ultra marathon of 100km next month.

It is a remarkable turnaround for Keith Whyte who only ran his first competitive race three years ago in a 10k run in Ennis.

Ahead of the event in Perth, Scotland on March 27, the married father-of-two confessed yesterday: “I never had any interest in running until the summer of 2007 and then I caught the bug.”