The last two days for Spartan’s Kelly Ann McLay have not been boring. After gathering with the rest of the World Marathon Challenge field in South Africa, she and her cohort began their seven-marathons/seven-continents/seven-days journey by flying to Novo, Antarctica,  for marathon one.

(Check out McClay's field report on what the ice is like in Antarctica).

The group immediately made their return flight (the flight window in Novo is on the sketchy side) back to Cape Town for marathon number two. And then it’s to Perth (!!!) for marathon three. Which is almost halfway finished with the week if you want to look at it from a certain light.

Today's report is a compilation from the World Marathon Challenge and Kelly, who filed some pre-race reports for us to give us a feel for what the WMC is like.

Results from World Marathon Challenge Day 1: Antarctica

Men’s Marathon

1 Gary Thornton (IRL) 2.58.39

2 Jason Cousins (GBR) 3.44.56

3 Scott Coey (AUS) 3.52.47

4 Joshua Cohen (USA) 3.55.05

5 Jared Blank (USA) 4.05.12

6 JP Caudill (USA) ‪4.09.37‬

7 Dorn Wenninger (USA) 4.21.44

8 Nick Wishart (USA) 4.22.45

9 David Harris (USA) 4.24.29

10 Andrew Brooks (USA) 4.31.40

10 Brian Winter (USA) 4.31.40

12 Gareth Evans (GBR) 4.40.34

12 Martin Franklin (GBR) 4.40.34

14Jonathan Terrell (USA) 4.43.04

15 David Samson (USA) 4.50.15

15 Dave McGillivray (USA) 4.50.15

17 James Alderson (AUS) ‪5.08.30‬

17 Steve Birnie (GBR) ‪5.08.30‬

19 Alain d’Andria (FRA) 5.16.55

20 Brad Miller (USA) 5.17.14

21 Thomas Taut (Austria) 5.20.01

22 Josh Samson (USA) 5.25.45

23 Xiabo Li (CHN) 5.40.27

24 Feibao Jin 5.53.43

25 Jason Huang (HKG) 5.56.38

26 Nicholas Appell )(GBR)6.00.46

27 Mike Hill (USA) 6.04.10

28 John Silverman (USA) 6.04.11

29 Robert Owens (USA) 6.15.26

30 Bret Parker (USA) 6.22.44

31 Mitch Moser (USA) 6.36.07

32 Graham Gillespie (AUS) 6.41.08

33 Jeff Conine (USA) 6.46.19

33 PJ Loyello (USA) 6.46.19

35 Jianhong Li (CHN) 6.49.11

35 Terry Harker (CAN) 6.49.1

Women’s Marathon

1 Becca Pizzi (USA) ‪4.06.45‬

2 Renee DeMarsh (USA) 4.28.10

3 Gulzhamal DeFelice (RUS/USA)4.38.03

4 Meghan Newcomer (USA) 4.41.14

5 Cara Nelson (USA) 4.50.15

6 Sarah Lacina (USA) 4.53.47

7 Carrie Lavigne (USA) 5.06.16

8 Deb Carneol (USA)‪5.10.45‬

9 Mikayla Wingle (USA) 5.17.25

10 Heather Brien (USA) 5.34.49

11 Kelly Allen McLay (USA) 6.05.08

12 Pushpa Chandra (CAN)

Wheelchair (Assisted)

Johanna Garvin (AUS) ‪5.08.30‬

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