Graham Gillespie

A 52-year-old recreational runner completing his 13th marathon at the North Pole. Born in Frankston Australia, Graham is married to a beautiful French lady and lives at Béziers in the south of France. He started running marathons in 2005 for a bit of a challenge after retiring from the military. Since then, in between working in Africa, he has run the Victoria and Niagara Falls marathons, and also the Okinawa marathon in Japan. Graham is hoping to run a marathon under 4 hours one day and to make it into the Grand Slam club before getting too old to enjoy running. In preparation for the North Pole Marathon, he has run the Walt Disney Goofy challenge in Orlando in January, the Sevilla Marathon in espin in February and the Rome marathon in March. He is hoping to raise money for "Terre Faternitié", a charity thats helps the family's of soldiers killed in action and soldiers wounded in action.