I ran an ultra-marathon across one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth

An estimated 7,750 people call this mysterious island home (Picture: Leo Francis)

A wild horse trots alongside me while a giant stone moai, carved centuries ago, lies face-down in the fudge-textured earth just metres away.

This is not your average running route.

Then again, this isn’t your average race.

Designed by UK adventure company Rat Race, I am in the thick of what is believed to be the first ultra-marathon ever staged on Easter Island – one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth.

An estimated 7,750 people call it home, according to latest census data, almost exclusively in the coastal town of Hanga Roa, where daily life ...