RACINGTHEPLANET: GREECE 2025
250 KM / 155-MILE, 6-STAGE ULTRAMARATHON

28 September - 4 October 2025

DAYS TO GO

Race Coverage

RACE Coverage

RTP Home

Jen ZONAR

Finance and Controller

United States

Nick ASKHAM

Operations Manager

United Kingdom

Andrea MORGAN

Retired Commercial Director

United Kingdom

Rebecca WALKER

physician

United States

Natasha FANSHAWE

Self-employed

United Kingdom

Christopher BREON

United States

Bev BRAMMER

CP Captain

United Kingdom

Amanda DE KOCK

Tax/HR

South Africa

Tania CHARLES

Insurance

New Zealand

Sandy KONDO

Japan

Janka DOLEZAL

Germany

Anna DE GOUYON MATIGNON

France

Yu Ching (Philip) LEUNG

Radio Frequency Engineer

Hong Kong

Monica ROSA

Emergency Room Nurse

United States

Juliet BRUNDIGE

United States

Jacqueline "Jackie" LYONS

Nurse-Practice Education Practitioner

United Kingdom

John WILLIAMSON

COURSE TEAM (Self-Employed Businessman)

South Africa

Lena SASSE

Doctoral Student (Psychology)

Germany

Brenda ARMITAGE

Registered Nurse

Canada

Szilvia SZARKA

Self Employed

Hungary

Emoke IZER

Project manager

Hungary, Resident in Italy

Brittany OWEIS

Personal Support Worker

Canada

Jessica GREEN

Registered Dietitian

United States

Jonas LEHMANN

Course Team (Master Carpenter)

Germany

Agni (Anne) ZIOGOS

Teacher

Australia

Joanna STOREY

Sports coach

United Kingdom

Bogdan MANEVSKI

Asst.Hotel Manager

Macedonia

Yumi HASEGAWA-PERKINS

Social Worker

Japan, Resident in Australia

Abbey TOBIN

United Kingdom, Resident in United Arab Emirates

Ishaan JAIN

Research Associate

United States

Michael FLAHERTY

Hedge Fund Manager

Puerto Rico

Colin SUCKLING

Business MAnager

Australia

Belin TANNER

Property Manager

United States

Dawn BLACKWELL

Mindset Performance Coach

United Kingdom

Gudrun SIEGLE

Project manager Fund Structuring

Germany, Resident in Luxembourg

Oleksandr (Aleks) LYEBYEDYEV

Hotel Manager

Ukraine, Resident in Croatia (Hrvatska)

Anna MALMENDIER

Recruiter

Germany

Jan MUIJS

Netherlands

Kauther YAHYA

Entrepeneur

Netherlands

Jen ZONAR

Finance and Controller

United States

Jen Zonar grew up in Virginia Beach but has considered Knoxville her home since 2002. She has always worked very hard but now she is realizing the importance of playing hard as well, and as a result she'll be taking a "sabbatical" from work starting in September to travel, relax, and enjoy time with family and friends. Prior to the break she was a finance professional and has worked in the boating industry her entire career. Before 2010 she was always healthy but not consistently active. A few friends suggested a couch to 5k program that culminated in a "color me rad" run and she has been active ever since. Her longest distance is a half marathon but she enjoys meet the folks that push themselves far beyond that and "working my butt off on vacation with really cool folks!". Jen previously been an excellent volunteer with us at the Atacama Crossing 2019, RacingThePlanet: Georgia 2021, Lapland 2022 and The Last Desert (Antarctica). We are delighted to have her back on the team this year in Jordan where she will be part of the course team.

Nick ASKHAM

Operations Manager

United Kingdom

Nick has been a regular at RacingThePlanet since he first volunteered for the Sahara Race in 2014. He has visited all of the deserts in the 4 Deserts Ultramarathon Series (including Antarctica) and many of the Roving Races, working in roles on the course, camp and management team. He is a competitor in his own right and has completed many marathons, ultramarathons and Ironman competitions. Adventure and the outdoors is Nick's passion and he loves nothing more than to travel, see new things and meet new people. He loves to tour on his bicycle or motorbike out in to the wilds and sleep out under the stars. In between adventures, Nick works as a podiatrist for the Royal Air Force, rehabilitating injured service personnel. He is very excited to experience his thirteenth RacingThePlanet ultramarathon at RacingThePlanet: Greece 2025 and to meet old friends and new.

Andrea MORGAN

Retired Commercial Director

United Kingdom

Rebecca WALKER

physician

United States

Dr. Rebecca Walker is emergency medicine doctor at Stanford University Hopital in San Francisco, California - and also has a Masters in Public Health with a concentration on global health. She is a member of the 4 Deserts Club having completed the Gobi March (China) 2013, Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2014, RacingThePlanet: Patagonia 2017, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2018 and Namib Race (Namibia) 2024. She has also worked on the medical team at many RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts Ultramarathons, been on the course team and at RacingThePlanet: Greece 2025 joins the volunteer team.

Natasha FANSHAWE

Self-employed

United Kingdom

Natasha Fanshawe calls herself a RacingThePlanet junky, stating that participating in the races is a life addiction. She has raced twice (in Jordan and Namibia) and volunteered eight times, including taking on a management role at some races.

She set up her own company, Light Style Space, as a declutterer where she helps people to get rid of unwanted stuff and simultaneously runs a sustainability network called "And The Future" with a friend. She also works on events when help is needed. If the event involves food or an adventure, she is there, and she thinks RacingThePlanet fulfills the latter. Amongst other job projects, Natasha has worked for the Olympic Committee in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.

The races she has volunteered at previously include the Atacama Crossing 2011, RacingThePlanet: Iceland 2013, Ecuador 2015, Patagonia 2017, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2018, Gobi March (Mongolia) 2019, RacingThePlanet: Lapland 2022, the Atacama Crossing 2023 - and is set to be at the Atacama Crossing in 2025. She has also completed RacingThePlanet: Jordan 2012 and the Namib Race 2016 as a racer. She is working herself up to racing in another event. Until then, we're thrilled to have her return as a volunteer for the tenth time at RacingThePlanet: Greece.

Christopher BREON

United States

Bev BRAMMER

CP Captain

United Kingdom

Bev Brammer is a retired nutritionist from Manchester, UK who got bored being retired so now works part time in Customer Services for a large retail company. She followed the exploits of her husband Tony through his 4 Deserts Ultras as a competitor and then experienced life in the desert for herself as a volunteer in the Atacama Crossing (Chile) back in 2010. That was the start of a love for early morning starts & roughing it! Since then she has volunteered in 17 Racing the Planet or 4 Deserts events. Bev is not a novice to sporting achievements herself having climbed Ben Nevis, trekked 60 miles along the Great Wall of China and completed half and full marathons. She enjoys the gym, spin classes & hiking in the great outdoors. We welcome Bev back to her 20th RacingThePlanet Event at RacingThePlanet (Greece) 2025.

Amanda DE KOCK

Tax/HR

South Africa

Tania CHARLES

Insurance

New Zealand

Sandy KONDO

Japan

Sandy Kondo from Japan has volunteered at seventeen RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts Races - she also raced in RacingThePlanet: Jordan 2012 and Madagascar 2014. Sandy worked for the South African Embassy in Tokyo before retiring in 2023 and has managed the RacingThePlanet office in Japan for more than ten years. She is a natural organizer with a flair for multi-tasking.

Kind and generous, Sandy is one of our best known cheer-leaders and has assisted dozens of 4 Deserts and RacingThePlanet competitors in preparing for the races. She also works and volunteers at the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, Tokyo Marathon in Japan and, most importantly, multiple 4 Deserts / RacingThePlanet events.

Janka DOLEZAL

Germany

Anna DE GOUYON MATIGNON

France

Yu Ching (Philip) LEUNG

Radio Frequency Engineer

Hong Kong

Monica ROSA

Emergency Room Nurse

United States

Juliet BRUNDIGE

United States

Jacqueline "Jackie" LYONS

Nurse-Practice Education Practitioner

United Kingdom

John WILLIAMSON

COURSE TEAM (Self-Employed Businessman)

South Africa

John Williamson is an experienced endurance athlete who finished the demanding Bull of Africa, a six-day non-stop adventure race in South Africa. He has also competed at a national level in the Landrover G4 Challenge and Southern Storm stage race. He describes himself as never turning down a challenge. This might explain how he is able to manage and own seven quick-service restaurants in South Africa. John volunteered at the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2011 and RacingThePlanet: Nepal 2011 before completing races as a competitor at RacingThePlanet: Jordan 2012, RacingThePlanet: Iceland 2013, RacingThePlanet: Sri Lanka 2016, Gobi March (China) 2017 and RacingThePlanet: New Zealand 2019. He also volunteered at the Sahara Race (Namibia) 2016, Namib Race (Namibia) 2018, the Special Edition of RacingThePlanet (Georgia) 2022 and Gobi March (Mongolia) 2023. John is now returning for his seventh time on the volunteer team at the RacingThePlanet: Greece 2025.

Lena SASSE

Doctoral Student (Psychology)

Germany

Lena Sasse of Germany is a young doctoral student in psychology from Germany. Lena joins her fourth RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts Ultramarathon after volunteering at the Gobi March (Mongolia) 2023, the Namib Race (Namibia) 2024 and RacingThePlanet: The 20-Year Race (Jordan) 2024. She loves to travel and see different landscapes and cultures. During her time at university, she met people from all over the world, which was an experience she really enjoyed. She enjoys volunteering at the races to combine her passions of travel and to give something to other people while also growing as a person.

Brenda ARMITAGE

Registered Nurse

Canada

Szilvia SZARKA

Self Employed

Hungary

Emoke IZER

Project manager

Hungary, Resident in Italy

Brittany OWEIS

Personal Support Worker

Canada

Jessica GREEN

Registered Dietitian

United States

Jonas LEHMANN

Course Team (Master Carpenter)

Germany

Agni (Anne) ZIOGOS

Teacher

Australia

Joanna STOREY

Sports coach

United Kingdom

Bogdan MANEVSKI

Asst.Hotel Manager

Macedonia

Yumi HASEGAWA-PERKINS

Social Worker

Japan, Resident in Australia

Abbey TOBIN

United Kingdom, Resident in United Arab Emirates

Ishaan JAIN

Research Associate

United States

Michael FLAHERTY

Hedge Fund Manager

Puerto Rico

Michael Flaherty was a volunteer at the Namib Race 2024. He is connected to RacingThePlanet through his fiancé, Elizabeth Brown, and sister, Heather Flaherty, who are both competting at RacingThePlanet: Greece and both completed the Namib Race 2024 (Heather also completed the Atacama Crossing). Born and raised in Boston, Michael now lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he co-owns and operates a commodity trading hedge fund. When he is not working, Michael enjoys spending time with his fiancé and two grown children (Katherine and Macdara) scuba diving, fly fishing, hunting, horseback riding and collecting sea glass. His other interests include music and travel. In his younger days, Michael worked as a cowboy on ranches in Calgary, Alberta Canada and Idaho where he rode as a saddle bronc rider in a professional rodeo. He studied classical piano at the Boston Conservatory of Music and played college ice hockey at his alma mater, Amherst College, before earning his MBA from Harvard Business School. Michael sits on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations in Puerto Rico and Boston.

Colin SUCKLING

Business MAnager

Australia

A member of the 4 Deserts Club Colin Suckling from Melbourne, Australia works as a Business Manager with the Education Department, “but I am secretly just an adventure seeker”.

Colin and his wife raced and completed the Sahara Race (Egypt) in 2010. He says "it was so tough, but it set us up for many more adventures and helped define a part of me". He went on to complete the Gobi March (China) 2011, Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2012 and The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2012 to join the 4 Deserts Club. It has also widened his eyes to tavel and the big world out there and he has taken on his fair share of indpendent multi-day hikes.

As well as completing four RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts ultramarathons Coin has also volunteered twice at the Namib Race 2018 and 2019 - and also turned up at the finishline of RacingThePlanet: Jordan 2014 as a surprise to his wife who was racing and won the race. He loves working like minded people and giving back to RacingThePlanet. We look forward to welcoming Colin back to the RacingThePlanet family for the eighth time at RacingThePlanet: Greece 2025.

Belin TANNER

Property Manager

United States

Dawn BLACKWELL

Mindset Performance Coach

United Kingdom

Gudrun SIEGLE

Project manager Fund Structuring

Germany, Resident in Luxembourg

Oleksandr (Aleks) LYEBYEDYEV

Hotel Manager

Ukraine, Resident in Croatia (Hrvatska)

Anna MALMENDIER

Recruiter

Germany

Jan MUIJS

Netherlands

Kauther YAHYA

Entrepeneur

Netherlands

RACINGTHEPLANET: GREECE 2025 250 KM / 155-MILE, 6-STAGE ULTRAMARATHON

DAYS TO GO

Race Coverage

RACE Coverage

Jen ZONAR

Finance and Controller

Nick ASKHAM

Operations Manager

Andrea MORGAN

Retired Commercial Director

Rebecca WALKER

physician

Natasha FANSHAWE

Self-employed

Christopher BREON

Bev BRAMMER

CP Captain

Amanda DE KOCK

Tax/HR

Tania CHARLES

Insurance

Sandy KONDO

Janka DOLEZAL

Anna DE GOUYON MATIGNON

Yu Ching (Philip) LEUNG

Radio Frequency Engineer

Monica ROSA

Emergency Room Nurse

Juliet BRUNDIGE

Jacqueline "Jackie" LYONS

Nurse-Practice Education Practitioner

John WILLIAMSON

COURSE TEAM (Self-Employed Businessman)

Lena SASSE

Doctoral Student (Psychology)

Brenda ARMITAGE

Registered Nurse

Szilvia SZARKA

Self Employed

Emoke IZER

Project manager

Brittany OWEIS

Personal Support Worker

Jessica GREEN

Registered Dietitian

Jonas LEHMANN

Course Team (Master Carpenter)

Agni (Anne) ZIOGOS

Teacher

Joanna STOREY

Sports coach

Bogdan MANEVSKI

Asst.Hotel Manager

Yumi HASEGAWA-PERKINS

Social Worker

Abbey TOBIN

Ishaan JAIN

Research Associate

Michael FLAHERTY

Hedge Fund Manager

Colin SUCKLING

Business MAnager

Belin TANNER

Property Manager

Dawn BLACKWELL

Mindset Performance Coach

Gudrun SIEGLE

Project manager Fund Structuring

Oleksandr (Aleks) LYEBYEDYEV

Hotel Manager

Anna MALMENDIER

Recruiter

Jan MUIJS

Kauther YAHYA

Entrepeneur

Jen ZONAR

Finance and Controller

Nick ASKHAM

Operations Manager

Andrea MORGAN

RACINGTHEPLANET: GREECE 2025
250 KM / 155-MILE, 6-STAGE ULTRAMARATHON