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Marathon des Sables – Training Plan
This is obviously going to vary massively depending on what your goals are and what your starting point is. Being a former rower my starting fitness was pretty good. In general I probably do some sport or exercise every day.… Continue reading
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Marathon des Sables – Stage 5 – The Marathon Day
Dawn broke on the last competitive stage of the event and for the first time I had the competitive butterflies in my stomach. My goal had been to make the finish line and give a good account of myself and… Continue reading
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Marathon des Sables – Stage 4 – The Long Day
Morning of the long day started early with a planed start time of 0730 camp time for most runners. If you are in the top 50 you start 3 hours later in order to make sure that even the quickest… Continue reading
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Marathon des Sables – Stage 3 – The Hilly Day
The previous day had taken its toll with around 60 people pulling out over night. Tent 56 arrived at the start line of stage 3 with it full complement, ready to tackle the 30km ahead of us. Like many people… Continue reading
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Marathon des Sables – Stage 2 – The Tough Day
The night before stage 2 was great fun, everyone was in their bag by about 8 after eating dinner whilst the sun went down. The initial nerves had lifted having got a stage out the way and we all enjoyed… Continue reading
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Marathon des Sables – Stage 1 – The Intro Day
Sunrise broke at about 0600 camp time (the bivouac is on a different time to Morroco, GMT +0 if I recall correctly) and we woke up to begin our morning ritual. You have about 2 hours which seems like it… Continue reading
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Marathon des Sables – The Toughest Footrace on Earth?
I’m recently back from the 36th Marathon Des Sables and since I found peoples blogs on the subject so useful in my own preparation I thought I would share my experience, what worked and what didn’t. The week I spent… Continue reading
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