OK – today was FN hot. This is more like i was expecting. The marathon stage [42.2km] started a bit late, a land rover was stuck in a sand dune in the middle of the course, but even at 8:30 am, I knew it was going to be a hard one. Most people were in Read More …
First off – MERCI MERCI MERCI for all the incredible emails and website comments. For some reason they were unable to find my tent so i never received any email for the first 4 days. Everyone else in my tent was getting their 3 or 4 emails a day but nothing for me. It was Read More …
Still hot – and still having fun! If you want to truly experience the Sahara, taking a 10 1/2 hour, 75 km run is the way to do it. Basically you see the desert from sunrise to just after sunset. Dunes, Jebels [mountains], saltflats, dried riverbeds, Berber women herding goats, camels in the shade of Read More …
OK – today was hot! Maybe not the 50 degrees that everyone talks about but it is getting up there. And the fact that 90% of the stage was on either sand or salt flats probably made things hotter. But with all that sand you learn how to run in it – as if you Read More …
STAGE 2 – today was great – still not too hot and only 30 km. But we ran over 3 mountains and the views were incredible. On one mountain we ran along the ridge, only about 2 feet wide and steep rock and sand dunes down both sides. Everyone is complaining how hard it is Read More …
Well i survived. It is amazing here. Not quite as hot as i was expecting, but still pretty hot. The day went well. Took it easy and tried to learn as i go – Run in dark sand, run pointed toed… POST RACE COMMENT I forgot to factor in “sand in the keyboard” and it Read More …
The race is now over and I basically survived intact by trusting the only thing you can really count on – yourself. The only issues I really had were some things that required a bit of technology… And they failed me. Camera… The 3 batteries I brought for my brand new camera all quickly died Read More …
Well I’m off to the desert! And I’m using another line from Lawrence of Arabia. When describing the desert, the Major calls it a “burning, fiery, furnace”. Lawrence responses, in a cool, calm and collected manner, “It’s going to be fun”.
Actually it’s pronunced more like “Where’z yaz at?”. Well I finally arrived here in Ouarzazate after my five flights and 36 hours of travel. Flights were actually pretty stress free and some what relaxing, and the time was still shorter than any of my FatDog 120 times, so I can’t complain. Ouarzazate is in southern Read More …
***CHECK THE SIDE NAVIGATION “RACE REPORTS” FOR NEW POSTINGS*** I’m hoping to be able to add daily stage reports during the event, as we have access to an email tent at camp. Just check Recent Posts to see anything new. DO NOT BE ALARMED if you don’t see any reports. More than likely I was Read More …
