Competitor bio:

Alain will be 68 years old in July. His first marathon was the 1997 New York Marathon, just one year after he started running. In 2006, after 45 marathons on all continents including the Antarctic Ice Marathon, Alain started running ultramarathons. He finished second in the Antarctic 100k and also completed ultras such as Badwater in 2007 & 2008, the Marathon Des Sables in 2015, taking 3rd place in the Antarctic 100k in in 2010, and finishing other ultras in Siberia, Finland and the ultimate ultra at Comrades. In 2018 his desire is to finish the World Marathon Challenge regardless of the ranking. Alain is a business owner and married father of one.