BRENDAN FUNK ON RUNNING ANTARCTICA'S ONLY MULTI-STAGE RACE
In 2016, Brendon Funk of Kansas City, Missouri became the youngest in the world to complete the 4 Deserts Grand Slam, that is running four, 250 kilometer ultramarathons in the world's most forbidding deserts which included Antarctica. Read Brendan's story.
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