'Tears froze on my face' - Kinsale woman does ultra-marathon after learning to walk again

For her next challenge, Olivia Keating has her sights on the Desert Ultra, a 250km marathon in Namibia

Accident survivor Olivia Keating who fulfilled her dream to complete gruelling Ultra marathon through arctic Swedish Lapland

It is a test of extreme endurance for ultra-marathon runners in the Arctic tundra, crossing Lapland’s frozen lakes and conquering snow-covered mountain terrain on the Ultra Ice marathon.

Olivia Keating took the five-day gruelling challenge all in her stride, notwithstanding badly skinned ankles for the entire route. Getting caught in a ferocious blizzard on her own in one of Europe’s last remaining wildernesses was just one of the hazards. She and other participants slept in primitive huts and also in tepees made of snow-covered reindeer skins.