Peter McGarry

Peter has completed dozens of marathons, slowly, including Mont Blanc, Marathon des Sables, Paris & NY. Having also completed the North Pole Marathon in 2006 in a time it would take to fly around the world, he thinks this event should pose a true challenge! Peter has wanted to do marathons on 7 continents ever since reading about Sir Ranulph Fiennes attempting it in 2003. Now living in Switzerland, this Irishman’s recent highlights have been climbing the Matterhorn, running up the Empire State building and sharing earphones, while running, to convert local kids in the foothills of Kilimanjaro to his eclectic music tastes. He considers his greatest sporting achievement to date as running the entire Jamaica Marathon in fake dreadlocks!