Krzysztof Szachna

A 39-year-old who has completed ten marathons since changing his lifestyle and giving up cigarettes in 2007. His first marathon was in Warsaw in 2008 and this has since been followed by the Honolulu, Marrakech, Stanley, Spitsbergen, Beiruit and Hobart arathons as well as the Cracovia, Wroclaw and Poznam Marathons in native Poland. In 2010, he hopes to complete both the North Pole and Antarctic Ice Marathons and become a member of the Seven Continents Marathon Club and the Grand Slam Club. He will be the first person from Poland to run the North Pole Marathon. Married with two children, Krzysztof is a Senior Sales Specialist with IBM Poland.