Needless to say, I don't have photos of the race itself in progress, but Mike King was the official photographer and you can see he did a great job.
Look at his photos here
The official website http://www.npmarathon.com/ described the race below.
By the way, as you read: Some challenges and less-than-ideal visibility win the understatement-of-the-year award.
This is me with Victor drinking the Irish whiskey I brought along. It was a huge hit with the Russian crew and didn't even begin to last until everyone finished. The race was a total blast and Richard Donovan stayed out there, without a break, for ten hours, until everyone was over the finish line. He's an amazing man and he organized an amazing race.
I was thrilled with the event, but totally bummed about my time, which was well over two hours slower than my slowest marathon to date.
Update - Thursday 8th April at 01.00 (GMT)
The last competitor has just crossed the finish line of the 2010 North Pole Marathon with Joep Rozendal from Holland winning the men's event and Emer Dooley from Ireland taking first place in the women's race.
The start time of the 2010 North Pole Marathon was 15.00 (GMT) with weather conditions that presented some challenges to the runners. The wind gusted to 45km/hr which had an effect on both the temperature and visibility. With wind chill, competitors were running in temperatures that dropped to -20 degrees celsius. In addition to this, the wind also led to drifting snow which made for poor contrasts and less than ideal visiblity.
Competitors are due to leave the North Pole for Longyearbyen later today and a full set of results will be posted at this time. There were no injuries at this year's marathon and everyone is delighted to of achieved their goal of completing a marathon at the top of the world.
The last competitor has just crossed the finish line of the 2010 North Pole Marathon with Joep Rozendal from Holland winning the men's event and Emer Dooley from Ireland taking first place in the women's race.
The start time of the 2010 North Pole Marathon was 15.00 (GMT) with weather conditions that presented some challenges to the runners. The wind gusted to 45km/hr which had an effect on both the temperature and visibility. With wind chill, competitors were running in temperatures that dropped to -20 degrees celsius. In addition to this, the wind also led to drifting snow which made for poor contrasts and less than ideal visiblity.
Competitors are due to leave the North Pole for Longyearbyen later today and a full set of results will be posted at this time. There were no injuries at this year's marathon and everyone is delighted to of achieved their goal of completing a marathon at the top of the world.
Results
Men's 2010 North Pole Marathon
1st Joep Rozendale (Netherlands) 5hrs 00min 58sec
2nd Rik Vercoe (Great Britain) 5hrs 07min 30sec
3rd Yen-Po Chen (Taiwan) 5hrs 29min 47sec
Women's 2010 North Pole Marathon
1st Emer Dooley (Ireland) 5hrs 56min 54sec
2nd Julia Tizard (Great Britain) 7hrs 31min 05sec
3rd Sarah Oilphant (USA) 7hrs 48min 14sec
1st Emer Dooley (Ireland) 5hrs 56min 54sec
2nd Julia Tizard (Great Britain) 7hrs 31min 05sec
3rd Sarah Oilphant (USA) 7hrs 48min 14sec
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