{"id":4754,"date":"2021-08-18T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muicaa.com\/?p=4754"},"modified":"2021-09-03T09:10:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T09:10:58","slug":"muic-alumnus-and-pe-instructor-completes-7-marathons-in-7-continents-in-7-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muicaa.com\/muic-alumnus-and-pe-instructor-completes-7-marathons-in-7-continents-in-7-days\/","title":{"rendered":"MUIC Alumnus and PE Instructor Completes 7 Marathons in 7 Continents in 7 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FEBRUARY 6, 2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Lookpetch Mikkel Nielsen, a Business Administration alumnus (Class of 1998) successfully participated in the World Marathon Challenge, competing in seven marathon events in seven continents in seven days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Nielsen and his wife Sasiwimon are the first Thai couple to finish this grueling marathon event which lasted from February 6 to 12, 2019 and which has brought both of them to Novo, Antarctica; Cape Town, South Africa; Perth, Australia; Dubai, UAE; Madrid, Spain; Santiago, Chile; Miami, Florida, USA. Completing the standard marathon distance of 42.2 kilometers in each of the seven marathon events (or a total of 295.4 km), the two of them each clocked a total of 44:41:20. They finished each marathon leg in an average of six hours, rested a bit, then boarded the competition\u2019s chartered plane for the next destination. A part-time PE instructor at MUIC who teaches a course on running, Mr. Nielsen is a marathoner, ultramarathoner and triathlete who has participated in the Challenge Copenhagen, the Hong Kong 100 Km, and is a member of the 7 Continents Marathon Club and the Marathon Grand Slam Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n