Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Race Around the World

A Christmas tradition at the South Pole is to hold a race on Christmas day called Race Around the World.

The race is 2 miles and consists of 3 laps around the actual pole. There is an inner track for walkers, runners, skiers, biking or whatever else you want to do, and there is an outer lap for vehicles to drive on (some of which play music or throw candy at the racers).

The race was a lot of fun! The approximate temperature was -18 with an approximate windchill of -30. Jeri, Kate, and I all went as a team and wore fleece ear bands with our initials attached in memory sticks on them.

The top male and female finishers (this year 15:41 and 21:07 respectively) get to go to McMurdo station to run a race there, which they usually win since they are already running really well at altitude.

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