‘Every journey begins with the first step’
Life is a game, play it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is an opportunity, capture it.
~Unknown
Latest from my blog
- FRI 08 OCT: MARATHON STAGE 5 – ‘FINISH LINE’
42.2Km, 12H00 CUT OFF Eat. Sleep. Run. Repeat. Our rest day served its purpose. Tail feathers plumped, bodies re-charged, energised, calorie boosted. Diarrhoea and vomiting appear to be at least under control. Doc Trotters have worked their magic, patching up our feet. Clothes smell fresh after a desert wash and sun dry cycle. As if… - THU 07 OCT: ‘REST DAY’ (or no rest for those still on the Long Stage)
82.5Km, 32H00 CUT OFF Bivouac four is approximately one hundred and ten kilometres south of Errachidia, three hundred and twenty five kilometres east of Marrakesh and eighty five kilometres west of the Algerian border. We have covered almost one hundred and eighty five kilometres across one of the most inhospitable parts of this earth. In… - WED 06 OCT: ‘LONG STAGE’
82.5Km, 32H00 CUT OFF A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Ernest Hemingway For an event given the cachet of ‘The Toughest Footrace on Earth’ no amount of preparation can completely prepare you for the journey ahead. The ability to adapt is essential and there are no shortcuts in the Marathon des Sables. Endurance… - TUE 05 OCT: LIAISON STAGE 3 – ‘SAND BROTHERS’
37.1Km, 11H00 CUT OFF Analysis of Stage One made for uncomfortable reading and yet the fallout from the enormous dunes of Stage Two cast an even darker shadow. Forlorn hopes for a drop in temperature hadn’t materialised. The legion of participants succumbing to the brutal conditions was as unprecedented as it was sobering. Grain by… - MON 04 OCT: LIAISON STAGE 2 – ‘DUNES DAY’
32.5Km, 11H00 CUT OFF The prior day had been a rude awakening. On a personal level, nothing I can readily think of rivals the experience. Good. And bad. Several things made it particularly special. First, I’m still here. Ready to go again, just about. Chewed up? Yes. Pride slightly dented? Perhaps. But I’m back for…
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