Sean Harrington is originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and now resides with his wife, Brynn, also a Blue Planet Runner, in Menlo Park, California, where he works at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He learned of the Run from Simon Isaacs, a fellow BPR runner, and spent the next several months looking for ways to get involved while reorganizing his life to make room for the big commitment.

Sean has been running since age eight, when he undertook his first 3K Run and kicked off a lifelong love of running for fitness, including stints of cross-country and track-and-field training. Running has remained a consistent part of his life and, combined with biking and playing squash, is still his primary means of exercise and stress relief.

One-half of the only husband-wife team to take part in the inaugural Blue Planet Run, Sean cites his wife, Brynn, as a major source of inspiration in all that he does. Through his extensive travels to more than 27 countries, including Morocco, Mexico, China and much of South America, Sean has witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of clean-water shortages and remains passionate about doing whatever he can to ignite positive change.

Sean completed his MBA at Stanford just days before the start of the 2007 run and also holds a BS in geomatics engineering from the University of Calgary. He is currently working as a case writer while he investigates entrepreneurial opportunities in cleantech and renewable energy.

Sean completed the Marathon des Sables in Morocco in 2005 as a fundraiser for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. When he’s not working or running, he enjoys playing board games with friends, playing Scrabble with his wife at a local coffee shop, reading and watching the Daily Show with John Stewart.