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Aimee Shilling wants to run 40 marathons by the time she hits 40. She'll hit her goal in a big way in October, when she plans to run the final seven within one week. You read that right.Read More
A marathon is an arduous task at the best of times but throw in the changeable weather of the planet's most inhospitable continent and it becomes a real adventure. A group of Wairarapa runners are taking up that challenge by attempting the milestone distance on Antarctica next month.Read More
Smith has competed in marathons on all seven continents and in an Ironman Triathlon at age 68.Read More
With the World Marathon Majors completed, Kintz set his sights on a new goal: to complete a marathon on every continent. The seven continents club of marathon runners became a possibility in 1995 when Antarctica held its first marathon. On March 9, Kintz ran the Antarctica Marathon which now takes place annually on King George Island located just off of the Antarctic Peninsula.Read More
One bird at a time. That’s how Lindsay Wiese stayed motivated during the 2015 Antarctica Marathon last March. The 27-year-old runner and triathlete from San Francisco used this mantra to power her through: “I will not throw up. I will focus on the next penguin and I will be perfectly fine.”Read More
“When we got off the ship we took a Zodiac, one of those rubber boats like the Navy Seals use, to get to Antarctica. It wasn’t as cold as you might think, but we had a mixture of snow, sleet, rain and hail. At one point the wind blew me across the road in midstride. I was actually airborne.”Read More
I started thinking, ‘Seven.’ Seven races in seven continents. I think I can do that.”Read More
It began 20 years ago when Thom Gilligan, founder of the Chelsea-based Marathon Tours & Travel agency, started the Antarctica Marathon. After the race, a few runners approached Gilligan to say it was continent No. 7 for them.Read More
Also this year, he completed his fifth Antarctica marathon, becoming only the second runner to have run five marathons on all seven continents.Read More
Running the Boston Marathon was absolutely amazing—it's everything it’s cracked up to be. I ran it in 2010, and then again in 2011 and 2012. But while I had run a few marathons, my sister, Taylor, had another goal: to run on all seven continents. That's when we found the Antarctica Marathon—a race on an island right off the main continent called King George Island.Read More
