Neil Wilson

Neil is a relatively inexperienced and very social marathon runner, seeing this event much more as a rare adventure with great mates than a chance to show off any running prowess. He has ventured into longer distance running, cycling and triathlon mostly in the past 5 years, having spent his school years and much of his twenties playing rugby and cricket. As a pint-size forward in a country of decidedly few pint-size forwards, Neil says he eventually broke his body enough on the rugby pitch that a change of tack to lower-impact sports was in order. The Antarctic Ice Marathon will be his sixth marathon distance run, including one ultra-distance at the 56km Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town in 2012. Neil also completed the South African Ironman and the Great Wall Marathon the same year. He hadn’t given much thought to the 7 Continents challenge until recently, but with this being continent number 3 I will be well out of the blocks by time he reaches that icy finish line in Antarctica. The final 4 continents will be a great excuse for future holiday planning. Outside of his weekend running, Neil heads up the maintenance operations of an airline.