Running coldMore than 60 runners, skiers participate in annual McMurdo marathonPosted January 24, 2014
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Skiers Kerry Kells, left, and Rosalind Lee complete the McMurdo Marathon.
More than 60 people – outfitted mainly in long underwear, shorts, fleeces and hats – ran, jogged, walked,
hiked and skied the compacted snow roads on the McMurdo Ice Shelf on an overcast, flat-white Sunday for one of the
biggest turnouts of the annual McMurdo Marathon (inset above). Ranging in age from 22 to 57, participants had the
option of attempting a half or full marathon. The winner of the full marathon was Ian Holmen, above, who finished in
3:05:22. It was the first marathon for the 23-year-old, first-year fuels operator. The course started at mile marker #1
on the snow road to Pegasus Airfield, 13 miles away, so
that the full marathon was an out-and-back race. The McMurdo Marathon began back in 1995 with just two participants. In
2011, the South Pole Station
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