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Cape Town - On Friday, 23 January, David Gething of Hong Kong outran a small field of competitors to win the 2015 World Marathon Challenge, completing 7 marathons on 7 continents in only 7 days.
In the same event, Marianna Zaikova of Finland became the first and only female to ever complete this grueling marathon-series, fighting through an injury to complete the full marathon version of the race.
The World Marathon Challenge only allows for 12 runners to part-take, and they can either choose the full or half marathon version of the race. This year, 2 participants Krishna Prasad Chigurupati and his wife Uma Chigurupati, opted to run the half version, while 9 men and Zaikova embarked on their week-long journey to tread the world.
Also see: Iconic marathons of the World
The 12 runners of 2015's marathon were:
Marcelo Alves (Brazil)
James Danaher (Great Britain)
Tim Durbin (USA)
David Gething (Hong Kong)
Ted Jackson (Great Britain)
James Love (Great Britain)
Jon O'Shea (Great Britain)
Doug Wilson (Australia)
Pierre Wolkonsky (France)
Marianna Melanie Zaikova (Finland)
and
Krishna Prasad Chigurupati (India) - Half Marathon
Uma Chigurupati (India) - Half Marathon
There were no South African or African runners in this year's race, which is understandable when one converts the entry fee of €32 000 to R418 240 (€/R13.07).
The 7 marathons are run in the following order, on the following continents: 1. Union Glacier, Antarctica. 2. Punta Arenas, Chile, South America. 3. Miami, Florida, North America. 4. Madrid, Spain, Europe. 5. Marrakech, Morocco, Africa. 6. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia and 7. Sydney, Australia.
The competitors were given 8 hours to complete each marathon of around 42km, while the rest of the week was spent travelling, resting and recharging.
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