Marathon des Sables 2009 – the toughest footrace on earth

MARCH 27, 2009 12:03 AM| no comments


26th March
Day: T minus 3 – Fly to Ouarzazate (Morocco)
Excitement Level: Medium rare

“Training to run 100 miles is like training to get hit by a truck”
Luis Escobar

Right now I am pondering the collective noun for the throng of Marathon des Sables competitors that congregated at Gatwick this morning; an asylum, a band of mad men or maybe a hobble (probably more appropriate for the inbound journey)?

So this is it, we have all arrived on the worst self catering beach holiday on earth. Nonetheless, spirits are high and 800 MdS bores have finally released their family and friends from months of obsessive gibbering about freeze dried food, pack weight, their latest injury and the pros and con of long v short parachute silk gaiters … guilty as charged I’m afraid.

Spirits were high as dinner chat turned to pack weight and calories.
So many different tactics, the proof, no doubt, will be in the running.

So we all headed to bed early to pack and repack. 1 day to go!nike lunar janoski black and gold swoosh blue

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