Gary Thornton

Gary is a teacher and 2:17 marathoner, which was inside the qualifying standard for the Rio Olympics. He has won the Irish 10,000m track championships on two occasions in addition to winning many Irish titles at underage level as well as Irish and British universities championships. He has represented Ireland at track, hill running, x-country and road running. Gary won the 2013 North Pole Marathon, the 2014 Volcano Marathon, and the 2016 Antarctic Ice Marathon, which are the three sister events of the World Marathon Challenge. Overall he has 22 years of running experience and looks forward to the ultimate endurance test of mind and body over 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days.