7 Marathons on 7 Continents

7 Marathons on 7 Continents

Seven marathons on seven continents
Seven marathons on seven continents

First we knew about this challenge was when we were running our 2nd marathon on our 2nd continent! We had randomly run Oceania in Rotorua in 2010; and were in Greenland for 2012. The other marathon tourists were way ahead of us in the knowledge stakes and of course hearing about 7 marathons on 7 continents piqued our interest.

On returning to Australia I started looking into the challenge. I remember saying that it was a little disappointing to have done Europe (in Greenland) rather than in one of the more widely known European nations like France or Germany. I wasn’t sure I even wanted to do the challenge because the 7th continent was Antarctica, and after Greenland I thought I’d done my time on snow and ice!

Imagine my surprise (and the surprise of tour agencies when I told them) to discover that Greenland actually belongs to the North American continent! We’d done North America and didn’t even realise.

And thus the planning began and this is how I eventually ran 7 marathons on 7 continents!

Oceania – 2010 Rotorua Marathon, New Zealand

North America – 2012 Polar Circle Marathon, Greenland

Asia – 2014 Tokyo Marathon, Japan

Africa – 2015 Rossing Marathon, Namibia

Europe – 2015 La Rochelle Marathon, France

Antarctica – 2016 White Continent Marathon, Antarctica

South America – 2016 – Punta Arenas Marathon, Chile

Award dinner in Punta Arenas, Chile
Award dinner in Punta Arenas, Chile
Others also finishing 7 marathons 7 continents
Others also finishing 7 marathons on 7 continents