Heather Hawkins

Coming all the way from Coogee, on the east coast of Australia, Heather’s really looking forward to the experience of swapping the beach sand beneath her feet with the ice floes of the North Pole. Heather’s a 50 year old mother of two, who only took up long distance running two years ago…. yet in that time she’s clocked up 6 marathons, 2 ultra marathons and several half marathons. She’s a firm believer that it’s a truly fabulous and surprisingly healthy way of having a midlife crisis! Since overcoming Ovarian cancer in 2007 Heather hasn’t looked back, becoming a qualified Australian Surf Life Saver, trekking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal in the middle of winter and she’s currently hard at work writing a children’s novel based on her adventures in the remote Outback of Australia. Heather hopes that by running in the North Pole Marathon she’ll tick another challenge off her ‘Second chance at Life’ list and she plans to cross the finish line wearing her Surf Life Saving cap, wearing a teale ribbon to help raise awareness about Ovarian Cancer https://ovariancancer.net.au/ and to celebrate the occasion with an ice angel!