Leigh Burton

Leigh has run one previous marathon, covering a challenging course in San Francisco in 2012. Antarctica will be the sixth continent for her to visit, with plans of visiting her final continent, Australia, in the next couple of years. Her goal is to play soccer/football on all seven continents and she’s primarily going on this marathon trip just to do so on the frozen continent. Leigh, who lives in the warm climate of Atlanta in the United States, typically needs a winter coat when temperatures drop below 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius), “so this should be fun,” she says.