of a contingent of eight Irishmen in the field. He and Paul Grealish were also two of four runners making their 26.2-mile debuts at this year's North Pole Marathon. They ran the distance together to finish in 5:47:02."Usually when someone from Galway

between the northerly tip of Norway and the North Pole itself. Longyearbyen (I’ve no idea how it is pronounced) is the second most northerly town in the world and only has around 2,000 inhabitants. From here we will take our flight in a converted Russian

Pole Marathon – a prize worth £6,000.This extraordinary marathon first took place in 2004, with Runner's World magazine editor Steven Seaton lining up among the 15 well-wrapped competitors. You can read his report here.The runners may wear snow shoes

) exists to perpetuate the memory of the Transglobe Expedition 1979 - 1982, which completed the first ever surface circumnavigation of the world along a longitudinal axis via North and South Poles. Described by the expedition's Patron HRH The Prince

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. This will be Alison's 13th marathon. Matt Pullen Matt finished his first half-marathon at the age of 17, and his first marathon at 18 in London. Since this early start, he’s notched up 15 marathons, and 2009 marks his 10th attempt at the Flora London

the world marathon record. It provided the setting for Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie to stamp his mark on the marathon when he set the current world record of 2:04:26 in 2007. This autumn race takes place in September every year so if you need a goal

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, the Everest Challenge Marathon, the Antarctic 100K and the Himalayan 100-Mile Stage Race. In 2009, he became the first person to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than seven days, completing the mammoth task in just five days, 10 hours and eight

and even the Sahara, with a 12th place finish in the Marathon des Sables in 2010.Then disaster struck. Cracknell suffered a serious brain injury during the Race Across America last year when the mirror of a truck travelling at 75mph struck him from behind