Derek Stefureac

Derek is a 52-year old engineer living in Las Vegas. Derek is a big fan of things that are challenging, extreme, interesting, far away and exotic. He has run at least one marathon on each continent and would like to celebrate by running the North Pole Marathon and joining The Marathon Grand Slam Club! Some of his favorite adventure marathons have been the Everest Marathon in Nepal, the Volcano Marathons in Chile and the Antarctic Ice Marathon in Antarctica. Derek took up running in 2011 to help him quit smoking and get healthier and totally fell in love with distance running. He has run 36 marathons including the Revel Mt Charleston Marathon in Nevada where he qualified for Boston.