Terri Straiton

Never completed a marathon before and has never had ambitions to! Terri's first half-marathon was at the Great Wall of China in May 2005 where her boyfriend Gary Baron (also participating in the North Pole Marathon) asked her to marry him. Despite preferring creature comforts and not particularly liking to run or the cold, she nevertheless couldn't pass up the chance to run in Santa's backyard. It was Gary who talked her into joining him and Terri confesses the trip offers the prospect of a tremendous adventure and undoubtedly something they can talk about for a long time. Having proposed to her at the end of the Great Wall Marathon, Terri can't want to see what's in store for her when both herself and Gary finish the marathon together at the Pole.