How This 40-Year-Old Won A North Pole Marathon On Drifting Ice

American Michael Wardian is one of a few dozen international runners who ran a marathon April 9 on drifting ice at the North Pole. Not surprisingly, he told Business Insider this week it's the toughest marathon he’s ever finished, although he won it easily. “I don’t love the cold,” Wardian laughed. He committed to last week’s 26.2-mile North Pole Marathon — the northernmost marathon in the world and the only one not run on land — because he had no previous experience with cold-weat...