42,195 etc.

Suffering is optional

Haruki Murakami, "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running"

Full name: Евгений Горьков / Evgeniy Gorkov
Will also respond to: EG (pronounced "ee-gee")
Email: evgeniy.gorkov@yahoo.com
Skype: evgeniy.gorkov
Mobile: +7 985 767 4354

• We runners knew it all along — it was running that turned apes into humans. Now, there's a rigorous academic argument to support it.
• Some tips on hot desert racing, based on experiences in Gobi, Sahara and Atacama
• My blog from a cold race, 2006 Antarctica Ice Marathon

Past Races and Adventures

Date	Place	Format	Bib #	Links/Notes
2001	Barcelona, Spain	42k (26m) road	3122
2001	Moscow, Russia	42k (26m) road	348
2002	Helsinki, Finland	42k (26m) road	4296
2002	Chicago, IL	42k (26m) road	8687
2002	Huntsville, TX	50k (31m) trail	668
2003	Boston, MA	42k (26m) road	7802
2003	North Pole jump	5,000 ft (vertical)	n/a
2003	Lapland, Sweden	100k (62m) road	60
2003	New York, NY	42k (26m) road	5064
2004	Stratford-upon-Avon, UK	42k (26m) road	2513
2004	Blackpool, UK	42k (26m) road	764
2004	London to Brighton, UK	87k (54m) road	76
2004	Richmond, VA	42k (26m) road	1055	PB 2:57:20
2005	Tarim Basin, China	250k/7 days desert	149	#1
2005	Reno, NV	42k/26m road	114	#1
2005	Western Desert, Egypt	250k/7 days desert	52
2006	Patriot Hills, Antarctica	42k (26m) snow/ice	2	#1
2007	Geneva, Switzerland	42k (26m) road	387
2007	Ashford, CT	42k (26m) trail	73
2007	Hovsgol Lake, Mongolia	100k (62m) trail	05
2007	Atacama Desert, Chile	250k/7 days desert	25
2007	Inverness, Scotland	42k (26m) road	2252
2008	Sapa, Vietnam	250k/7 days mud	26
2008	Collegiate Peaks, CO	40k (25m) trail	n/a
2008	Pikes Peak, CO	42k (26m) trail	216
2008	Antarctic Islands & Peninsula	72k/4 stages snow	15
March 2009	Lake Baikal, Russia	42k (26m) snow/ice	4	#2
April 2009	North Pole	42k (26m) snow/ice	15	#1
May 2009	Uniondale, NY	42k (26m) road	26633
May 2009	Fish River Canyon/Skeleton Coast, Namibia	250k/7 days desert	68
June 2009	St Petersburg, Russia	42k (26m) road	514
August 2009	Nantucket, MA	80k (50m) sand	n/a	#2
October 2009	Beijing, China	42k (26m) road	5768
January 2010	Dubai, UAE	42k (26m) road	1121
April 2010	Kimberly, Australia	240k/7 days bush/rock	60
May 2010	Moscow, Russia	42k (26m) road	514
June 2010	Archangel, Russia	42k (26m) road	234
July 2010	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	42k (26m) road	2076
August 2010	Green River, WY	42k/26m hills	222	#1

Links to personal pages of remarkable athletes (and fellow-nut cases) I met out there:
• Ben Saunders
• Terri Schneider
• Ray Zahab
• Rosie Swale-Pope (Rosie I haven't actually met yet — somehow, I missed her when she went through the 9,000k of Russia, but what a remarkable adventure anyway!)

Special thanks to all those close to me for their love and care,
also to the principals of Siguler Guff & Co / Russia Partners Management LLC and my colleagues for their support and understanding