Neil Standring

Recently converted to triathlons having formerly been a soccer player for 20 years. Neil completed his first Ironman this summer, successfully negotiating the tough 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and full marathon run at the UK Ironman triathlon. Along with his HSBC bank colleagues, James Heddle and Fredrik Nerbrand, he ran the Antarctic Ice Marathon in support of the Greenhouse Schools Project, a London charity dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged and marginalised children. To prepare themselves for the Antarctic conditions, they were given exclusive use of the Ice Station Antarctica exhibition at the famous Natural History Museum in London. The exhibition includes a freezer capsule where temperatures can be dropped to -30C.