Richard Donovan is an internationally known adventure runner and race organiser. He was the first marathoner at both the North and South Poles and currently holds the record for running marathons on all seven continents (5 days 10 hours 8 minutes). He has won the Himalayan 100-Mile Stage Race, Everest Challenge Marathon, South Pole Marathon, Inca Trail Marathon and Antarctic 100k three times, among other overseas events. Richard organises the northernmost and southernmost marathons on earth: the North Pole Marathon and Antarctic Ice Marathon. He brought the first IAU-labelled ultra event to Ireland, the Celtic 100k, and was race director at the inaugural Commonwealth 100km Championships in 2009 and the World 50km Trophy Final in 2010. He organised the globally broadcast IAU Trail World Championships in Connemara, Ireland on 9th July 2011 and was Race Director at the Commonwealth Trail Running Championships in Wales in September 2011. On 2nd December 2011, Richard set a new record when running 100 miles in -25C in Antarctica in a time of 24:35:02 hrs .
Richard will be running the Cape Town Marathon 42km route on Wednesday 1 February, as part of his endeavour to run a marathon in every continent in under 5 days. He is appealing to marathon runners to join him, he will start running at23:30 from Adderley Street.
Interested runners must be able to run a marathon time of 4 hours or less and have an idea of the marathon route. Those runners that will be taking part and finishing with Richard will be accredited with an official finishing time for the marathon. You are more than welcome to do it as part of a relay but you must provide your own transport.
Should you be interested or require further information please do not hesitate to contact Sue Forge onsue@wpathletics.co.za