Kevin McGeeney

(100 KM COMPETITOR) A 44-year-old Irish native who has been living near Lausanne, Switzerland for the past eight years. Since taking up ultra-running in 2003 Kevin has completed over 25 ultras and managed a string of top ten finishes, though he says typically in races with less than ten finishers! His most memorable events include the Marathon des Sables, Davos 78km, Verbier X-trail, Israel’s yam to yam 144km and the Longford Ultra in Ireland. As CEO of SCB, the world’s largest renewable energy brokerage firm, Kevin is familiar with issues of climate change is looking forward to seeing Antarctica so that he "can explain first hand to his two girls, Fie (8) and Liv (7) what it looked like before it melted".