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Born to a British mother and a Greek father on the Greek island of Corfu, she is a top-notch guide with anecdotal tales of how the Greeks explained life through myths and cultural practice. You can count on her to frequently turn around while in the coach bus with her microphone and ask, “does anyone want to hear another myth?” The answer is always...Read more

Today's Tuesday Teammate Spotlight is on Sori our local guide in Reykjavik, Iceland. His signature yellow coat and his bus ride lullabies are unforgettable. He is a wealth of knowledge and a valuable part of the team and Reykjavik experience.Read more

Today's Tuesday Teammate Spotlight is on Liz, our Pastry Chef on board one of our 2018 Antarctica ships. Liz quickly became a client favorite before anyone had met her with her delicious baking skills. We finally met Liz when she came out of the kitchen and asked us if she could participate in the Antarctica Marathon to commemorate her last Antarctica cruise. Read more

You may recognize my name from a few Marathon Tours & Travel trips that I have co-hosted such as: Berlin, Tokyo, Big Sur, Antarctica and Cuba. You may not be aware that I provide mental performance consultation and coaching for participants going to Antarctica. Today, I would like to reach out to all Marathon Tours & Travel clients and friends to provide some guidance through this very uncertain time. Read More

In 2008, I wasn’t a runner, or even all that athletic. I was in my mid-30s and a little overweight. I was now home with my baby boy and toddler, trying to settle into this new life—adjusting to a daily routine with not just two children, but one that required doctor’s appointments and intense therapy. Read More

Kraig Lofquist accomplished a goal recently that sent him running around the world. He completed the Australian Outback Marathon on July 27, which marked the seventh continent on which he’d run a marathon. When the 55-year-old former Educational Service Unit No. 9 administrator thinks about the accomplishment, it’s not the actual marathons that stand out. “It’s the unbelievable people I meet,” he said. “I’ve had the opportunity to meet some of the most incredible people and make lifelong friends.”Read More

A huge shout out to our MTT Team Member, Christine Suter who was the first woman to cross the Okangan race - an Ultra 520K! Despite having recently overcome a stress fracture in her foot, Suter went out from Aug. 3 through 5 and was the top woman in the eight-competitor field, completing the three-day challenge in a combined 29 hours, 46 minutes and 23 seconds (29:46:23). The runner-up, Nancy Fedeyko, was nearly 90 minutes back. Read More

When people hear that Elise Walton has run half-marathons in China, Greenland and South Africa, they want to know which was the hardest. Was it the seemingly endless steps on the Great Wall of China? The polar ice sheets in Greenland? Or the sand, hills, armed rangers and wild animals in South Africa? “I can’t pick,” Walton says. “Each one had completely unique challenges. The only thing they had in common was being spectacular.”Read More

After 6 hours and four minutes slogging through mud on a hilly, barren landscape, Karen Hohertz crossed the finish line to complete her marathon in Antarctica. Those final steps, taken with tears in her eyes and pride in her heart, marked the completion of her goal to run 26.2 miles on every continent. It was a challenge she took on less than a decade ago.Read More

There is a saying in Israel. "Haifa is where you go to work. Tel Aviv is where you go to play. And Jerusalem is where you go to pray." After my most recent trip to Israel, a trip organized by Marathon Tours & Travel to allow runners to race a full or half marathon through the streets of Jerusalem, I would like to add to the saying above these words: Jerusalem is where you go to run a race of a lifetime! Read More