Miles Cudmore

A 42-year-old who has run almost 20 marathons since his first one in 2002. Miles also completed the Marathon Grand Slam (marathons on all continents + North Pole) when winning the 2008 Antarctic Ice Marathon. Events completed in his quest to do so were the New Hampshire Marathon (USA), North Pole Marathon (www.cudmores.net), Himalayan Mountain Kingdom Marathon (Bhutan), Thames Path Ultra with the river in full flood (50 miles, UK), Sahara Marathon in the Saharawi refugee camps (Algeria) and a marathon in Sydney (Australia). He also ran the Maraton Costa del Pacifico (Chile) in December just before heading South. Miles was raising funds for Leukaemia Research in memory of his father who died of the disease in October 2008. See www.justgiving.com/miles_antarctic. He has lived and worked in a number of countries and loves travel, the outdoors and encouraging others to take on new challenges. He currently lives in Berkshire and is a Technical Director for an oil company.