McMurdo 16 mile and marathon winners 2004

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Here's a shot of me on the left and Ted Dettmar on the right en route to our respective "wins" in the 2004 McMurdo 16-mile and marathon races on Jan. 25, 2004 in Antarctica (I'm trying to build some "content" for my North Pole Marathon contest application). The highly glaciated peaks of the Royal Society Range can be seen to Ted's right. It was a gray day, but not overly cold (about 15F with a 15mph wind). There were 3 runners in my race and 2 in Ted's. The course started at the Pegasus ice runway on the Ross Ice Shelf, traversing the flagged ice road about 10 miles to Willy Field, and then continuing 6 miles to New Zealand's Scott Base. I ran alongside Ted to WF where I picked up the pace and finished in about 2:25. Ted and his co-competitor Jim (I can't remember his last name) had to turn around there, run back four miles toward WF, turn around again, and finally finish at Scott Base. By then I and my fellow 16-milers, Solar Joe and Karen Joyce, were relaxing in a sauna at the US McMurdo Station. I had spent 3 weeks in December at McMurdo, followed by 3 weeks at Megadunes Camp. I left McMurdo the day after the race for a two-week hiking vacation on New Zealand's South Island after meeting my wife Sue in Christchurch. Ted stayed on at McMurdo and ran 40 miles the following week on his 40th birthday. --Terry Haran