Competitor bio:

Pushpa is a Vancouver Canada based Naturopathic Physician with a passion for running since grade one. Her running began when she used to run to school to save her bus fare money for popsicles and she has continued for 5 decades. Pushpa has run in all 7 continents including the Antarctic 100km, the North Pole Marathon, Mt. Everest Marathon and a few multi-day stage races including Madagascar 250km, Gobi 250km and Marathon Des Sables 250km. She is one of only 21 women in the world who have completed the North Pole Grand Slam and in 2009 was the female winner of North Pole Marathon. The 777 will be a commemoration of her 60th Birthday in which she will fundraise to enroll 60 children in school for her program “Schools on Wheels.” It’s an alternative program in India where a school bus reaches out to street kids and starts them in a school program. Once these kids have reached an academic standard of grade one they are placed in mainstream school. Education is the most powerful tool to change the world! See Pushpa’s mission for change via her website: shiftworkershealth.com and there is a link to donate.