Patrick Utz

Started running in 2006 after a "smoking career". Patrick's first 30 minutes felt like 'survival', but then he began to run longer. He first competed in Sprint triathlons and then graduated to the 70.3 Ironman distance and 190km duathlon distance. His first marathon was in San Franciso last year and Patrick hopes to achieve the Grand Slam in the next few years. His motivation for running the North Pole Marathon is the dream, the place, the moment. It's also about experiencing how far and how hard he can go. Patrik's bucket list is still long and he hopes it will lead to completing ultras in 2013 and 2014 and some other endurance races all around the world. In 2013, he will concentrate on the North Pole Marathon, a 70.3 Ironman, a 333km ultra bike race in Swiss mountains and a multi-stage ultra run over 250km in Iceland. You can read Patrick's blog at http://fightinnerweak.com. It's all about "first impossible, then doable and in the end finished". He operates his own business with salesgenerator+, a sales coaching company.