Antartica Marathon Finished!

Our friend Amie running the marathon in Antartica!

Those of you that read my blog have probably seen a few posts where I talk about my desire to run a marathon in every state and DC. Then last year there was the an opportunity to earn a spot in the North Pole Marathon, which I applied for, but didn't get.

Well, as I got more and more excited about the idea of running a marathon at the North Pole, I found several people that had accomplished the challenge of running a marathon on every continent. Amazing!

Today I got an email from a good friend of mine (Cory) that is worth sharing. Cory's wife just ran the marathon in Antartica this past weekend. Amie is now a hero to me! Here's Cory's recap:

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Gang,

This email is all about Amie,as it should be!

When we left Antarctica, the last time, Amie mentioned that she regretted not running the marathon while down here. She said that if we ever came back (NO, that isn't why we came back!), she would run the Antarctica Marathon. Well, Sunday was gameday. I volunteered to help support the marathon and Amie of course was going to run it. We drove out there at 0830 to get things started by 0930. Amie and her friend were ready to run so they decided to get to it. The weather was calm and sunny. Not a breeze in the area. Mt. Erebus was smoking and the sun was at high noon (like it usually is during the summer). There were about 30 other participants starting later. Along the route, there were aid stations set up, snow mobiles, and two Piston Bullies (what I was in). They also had participants running the 1/2 marathon and skiing the full and 1/2 marathon. Amie finished in a great time as her goal was to just finish the marathon. No sense hurting yourself down here when you have a month left.

Afterwords, there was a reception where the t-shirts were passed out and cookies were eaten. We treated ourselves to burger bar and mimosas......well, treated Amie as I didn't work too hard supporting the race.

It was a perfect day for Amie to complete her mission. Now she only has five more marathons on five different continents! Next up.......who knows, maybe the Great Wall Marathon!

Hope all is well.

Next week will be about my new adventure/adventures......

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Amie, you deserve a huge congratulations!