Sharyn Fitzgerald

Completed five marathons, twelve half-marathons and five 32km runs across King Island, a little island in Bass Strait off mainland Australia. In addition, Sharyn finished the Swedish Women’s Classic, which includes a 30km cross-country ski race. The medical research scientist's other adventure activities have included climbing Kota Kinabalu (4100m, Borneo), walking the 180km Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, skydiving, and long distance cycling. She has ridden Melbourne’s 210km ‘Around the Bay in Day’ bike ride four times to date. In a double act for 2009, Sharyn ran both the Antarctic Ice marathon, finishing second woman, and the Alice Springs Marathon in the Red Desert heart of Australia. The Alice2Antarctica campaign aimed to raise awareness and funds for cardiovascular disease research in Indigenous Australians. See www.alice2antarctica.com for further details.