Colin Wright

Although never having run more than 12 km previously, Colin heard a 2011 Ice Marathon competitor being interviewed on local radio and decided this could be the best way to achieve his lifelong dream of visiting The Frozen Continent. The next day he started training! That was January 2012 and after convincing himself he could go the distance by completing the 2012 Rottnest Marathon (a small island off the coast of Perth, Western Australia) in 3:51:44 he entered the Ice Marathon. It was 36C that day in Perth and he's hoping for slightly cooler conditions in Antarctica. Having been overwhelmed by the generosity of his friends last time round, Colin will be raising money for three local Perth charities: Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation; Breast Cancer Care WA; and The Scott Kirkbride Melanoma Research Centre.