Michael Edward Taylor

Michael has run five marathons to date but this will be his most extreme. Among his previous events, he ran the Spitsbergen Marathon on the island of Spitsbergen, the most northerly inhabited place on Earth. Michael has also completed an Ironman in Nice, running in +35C, a little different to Union Glacier, and ran his first ultra marathon - 60 miles - in the Peak District this summer. The 29-year-old runs for the Hunters Bog Trotters in Edinburgh, a beer drinking and running club, and hopes to do them proud.