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Bruce Skinner loves to run and travel. He will do plenty of both in March as a competitor in the 20th running of the Antarctica Marathon.Read More
With its culture and pristine scenery, there’s no question that Bhutan has everything it needs to be a world-famous tourist hotspot. Surrounded by the Himalayas, Bhutan was previously physically impassable save for a handful of mountain passes.Read More
SCC Member David Klein completed the Abbott World Marathon series and received his Six Star Finisher Medal. This month (August 2018) he completed his seventh continent checking off Africa at the Amazing Maasai Marathon (Kenya) with his two sons Jonathan and Christopher by his side (their first marathon) and his wife Song cheering for all. Not only is he a committed runner, but also has a passion for flying and is a pilot with the Tiger Squadron doing amazing formations in the air. Read More
Whatever your level of athleticism, you can learn a lot from racing in other countries and the knowledge gained will make you a better athlete by enhancing your race-day experience and confidence.Read More
With some smart planning, runners can recoup some or all of their costs in the event they can't make the trip. This informative article provides some great tips of what to do. Read More
For runners, one of the most storied—and feared—stretches is Heartbreak Hill, 20 miles into the Boston Marathon. The 90-foot elevation gain over one-third of a mile would be a painful climb in any marathon, but here it’s compounded because it occurs at the distance where many runners hit the proverbial wall.Read More
"As a child I dreamed about exploring foreign places," says Thom Gilligan. Born in a Boston suburb the Marathon became "engrained in my DNA". He combined wanderlust with the marathon urge by forming Marathon Tours Inc and helped give shape to distance running as we know it today. Read more
Cindy Bishop is a Seven Continents Club Finisher and was one of the first American woman (along side with her running buddy Sheri Bush) to complete the Six World Marathon Majors in 2013! Read about her fascinating journey to Antarctica to complete her quest for a marathon on all seven continents. Read More
Todd Lubas will tell you that marathon runners don't take up the sport by accident. He's spent years running nine different marathons in various cities across the country. It was just a few weeks ago that he went to the bottom of the Earth to compete. "It was my first marathon outside of the U.S.," Lubas, who lives in Denver, says. "I've done Boston, and Chicago, and some big U.S. marathons, but it was the first exotic marathon, in a place like Antarctica."Read more
