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NZ Ultra-marathon runner aiming for backyard world record

17:28 pm on 25 October 2023

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A New Zealand ultra-marathon runner is moving closer to a world record, by running loops in a backyard in the United States.

Sam Harvey from Christchurch is competing in Big Dog's Backyard Ultra in Tennessee, a gruelling race that has brought together the world's top 75 multi-day runners from 38 different countries.

All Harvey has to do to be declared the winner is outlast his fellow competitors.

Sports reporter Felicity Reid joins Lisa Owen in studio.