Ultra-marathon runner disqualified from race after using car for 2.5 miles

DISQUALIFIED: Scottish ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a race - because she was found to have used a car. File pic

Scottish ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a race - because she was found to have used a car.

The 47-year-old from Dumfries had finished third in the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race on April 7.