Alison Hamlett

Completed four marathons since 2004, running the Beirut, London, Everest Challenge and Mardi Gras events. Alison finished second female in a highly competitive Himalayan 100-mile stage race in 2005 and ran a PB of a 3.16 to place fourth in the 2006 Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans. She also had two running trips to Russia in 2005 where she participated in week-long stages of the Great Russian Race from Vladivostock to St Petersburg. Alison, who has worked at Runner's World magazine for the past two years, will also be pacing the London Marathon in April if she survives the North Pole.