John Hanc gave himself a strange 50th birthday present: he ran a 26.2 mile marathon in Antarctica. John tells his story and the history of the Antarctic Marathon in The Coolest Race on Earth.
Events:
John Hanc will be reading and answering questions
Monday, February 16, 2009 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble, Tribeca
97 Warrant St., New York, NY 10007
Guests:
John Hanc
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Does you guest know of the Irish runner, Richard Donovan who, on February 5th 2009, ran his 7th marathon of seven days on seven continents, including one, in Nova, Antartica
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