Ginny Turner

An avid runner and racewalker who has completed over 90 marathons to date, including three ultras. This 53 year old grandmother of 5 is a member of the 50 States & DC Group, the 50 States Marathon Club, and the 7 Continents Club—completing marathons in all 50 states of the USA including Washington DC—and all 7 continents of the world, including Antarctica. Ginny, who hails from Hillsboro Oregon USA, likes street marathons and completed the Comrades [Ultra] Marathon in South Africa in 1999. However, she finds excitement in extreme adventure courses including Pike’s Peak Marathon and the Mosquito Marathon in Colorado; 100 Mile Stage Race in the Himalayas of India; Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in the Andes of Peru; and the Marathon du Medoc in the wine country of France. This adventurous marathoner made her first skydive (tandem) the day before completing the 2004 Honolulu Marathon. While visiting South Africa in November 2005 she bungy jumped off the Bloukrans Bridge, which the Guiness Book of World Records claims to be the highest bungy in the world. Her immediate ambition is to add her name to the Grand Slam Club roster by completing the 2006 North Pole Marathon.