North Pole marathon.<\/p>\n
Rob Plijnaar houdt wel van een uitdaging. Vorig jaar liep hij de Marathon du Sables, die zware etappeloop in de verzengende hitte van de woestijn. Dit jaar deed hij mee aan de Noordpool-marathon, een loodzware marathon gelopen bij een temperatuur van -37 graden celcius. Hij finishte op een knappe elfde plaats. Onderstaande tekst en de uitslag zijn overgenomen van de site van de wedstrijd.<\/p>\n
The world\u2019s coolest marathon, the North Pole Marathon, lived up to its billing when competitors endured temperatures of -37C at the North Pole.<\/p>\n
Thirty-eight participants from 14 countries and 6 continents started the 26.2-mile race on Wednesday April 7th at 15:30 GMT. Operated at a drifting Russian ice base at the Geographic North Pole, the event is quite literally run \u2018on\u2019 water: the frozen Arctic sea ice. Contestants must negotiate energy sapping soft snow and small ice pressure ridges to complete the race.<\/p>\n
Race director, Richard Donovan of Ireland, said the event was operated without a hitch, taking place in brilliant sunshine and spectacular scenery.<\/p>\n
Evgeniy Gorkov, a vastly experienced Russian extreme athlete, took the lead from the outset to win in a time of 4:27:05. A close battle for second position ensued before France\u2019s Renaud Michel eventually prevailed over Willy Roberts of New Zealand. Michel was one of four brothers who all finished in the top 8 places.<\/p>\n
Six women took part in the women\u2019s competition. Pushpa Chandra of Canada edged out Great Britain\u2019s Daniela Spiridigliozzi in the closing stages to win in a time of 7:27:31. Sarah Ames of Germany finished third.<\/p>\n
Seven of the competitors completed the Grand Slam of marathons, having run one on all seven continents and at the North Pole. The race also featured its youngest ever finisher in Stefanie Petterrson of Brazil. The sixteen year-old was accompanied by her father on the course. Sixty-eight year old Dan Hamner (USA) became the oldest finisher in the seven year history of the race.<\/p>\n
For more details, see www.npmarathon.com.<\/p>\n
RESULTS MEN\u2019S MARATHON:<\/p>\n
1 Evgeniy Gorkov (Russia) 4:27:05
\n2 Renaud Michel (France) 4:44:13
\n3 Willy Roberts (New Zealand) 4:44:59
\n4 Tim Davie (Great Britain) 5:09:18
\n5 Angelo Henry (South Africa) 5:35:36
\n5 Herve Michel (France) 5:35:36
\n7 Yvan Michel (France) 5:45:53
\n8 Jean-Christophe Michel (France) 6:08:12
\n9 Jacques Fox (Luxembourg) 6:23:54
\n10 Mike Davies (New Zealand) 6:35:12
\n11 Rob Plijnaar (Netherlands) 6:45:49
\n12 David Jorgensen (Great Britain) 6:46:40
\n13 Fernando Ribeiro (Luxembourg) 6:58:36
\n14 Thomas Michel (France) 7:03:04
\n15 Nick Appell (Great Britain) 7:10:30
\n16 Jorge Gonzales de Matauco (Spain) 7:18:52
\n17 Kal Bittianda (India \/ USA) 7:21:00
\n18 Stuart Driver (Great Britain) 7:25:24
\n19 Bob Bundschuh (USA) 7:27:08
\n20 Michael Bartl (Germany) 7:28:29
\n21 Neil MacDonald (Great Britain) 7:36:58
\n21 Rory MacDonald (Great Britain) 7:36:58
\n23 Jon O\u2019Shea (Great Britain) 7:46:44
\n24 Mark Balsiger (USA) 8:17:35
\n25 Rupert Kitching (Great Britain) 9:16:31
\n26 Ted Jackson (Great Britain) 9:30:52
\n27 Norm Zinker (USA) 9:55:33
\n28 J.R. Arebalo (USA) 11:32:33
\n28 Tom Djurdevich (USA) 11:32:33
\n30 Anders Pettersson (Brazil) 11:46:39
\n31 Dan Hamner (USA) 13:10:37<\/p>\n
RESULTS WOMEN\u2019S MARATHON<\/p>\n
1 Pushpa Chandra (Canada) 7:27:31
\n2 Daniela Spiridigliozzi (Great Britain) 7:30:54
\n3 Sarah Ames (Germany) 8:24:13
\n4 Mariko Takano (Japan) 9:49:31
\n5 Stefanie Pettersson (Brazil) 16:07:20<\/p>\n
Henri Thunnissen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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