Seven Marathons, Seven Continents, One Week — with Ellen Hunter Gans

Before we go into the details and some of the people you met along the way and, of course, your book, which we'll discuss, why?

That's an excellent question.

That's an excellent question.

I actually was at an American football conference a handful of months after doing this.

And a fairly famous NFL quarterback, Andrew Luck, retired NFL quarterback, came up to me.

And it had been announced that I did this.

And he said, I just have one question.

I said, sure, I'm ready.

Hit me, Andrew.

Why? And I said, my joking response is efficient way to visit Antarctica.

I'm only half joking about that because I've been sort of a nerd for polar exploration and read everything there is to read about Ernest Shackleton, who's a famous polar explorer from the early 20th century.

And I've always wanted to go, but I'm, you know, I thought you had to be like a researcher, somebody, you know, scientist.

And I am very much not.

I'm a writer.

So that was a huge part of the appeal.

But I've never been a fast runner, but I love taking on increasingly unhinged challenges.

And I also love travel.

I try to keep up with my age and the number of countries I've been to and I'd fallen a little behind.

So this caught me back up.

That's awesome.

I mean, getting to Antarctica is on my list as well.

I've always dreamt about surfing there, just going and finding some little waves.

But the logistics, although I do live in New Zealand, so there are ways of getting there.

It's just a case of actually making the preparations.

But I love it.