I’m heading up to the North Pole tomorrow to run a marathon and do a mountain bike race (a duathlon of sorts…).
Right now I’m about 750 miles south on the island of Spitsbergen in the town of Longyearbyen (http://www.longyearbyen.net/visside.php?id=28)
I took my Pole gear out for a test run yesterday morning (see picture) to get a feel for what it feels like to run in -10 degrees (it will be -30 at the Pole).
I’m racing in support of the Challenged Athletes Foundation. I’ve done a crazy event like this each year for the past 8 years and have brought in over a half a million dollars on their behalf. If you’d like to help out, visit my website at www.ponyexpressrun.com and click on the donation button. I’m trying to raise 1 dollar for every foot of the marathon and mountain bike race (over 250,000 feet so over $250,000). If you can spare a dollar, it would truly mean a lot.
All the best!
Bobby