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Kim and Jan's MdS Adventure

We are embarking on a 250km 7-day race across the Sahara from 7-13 April and raising funds for the Walkabout Foundation. Donate here: https://www.walkaboutfoundation.org/campaigns/kim-jans-desert-adventure/

Food for the week

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April 05, 2019

Certainly food for thought!

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Our MdS Epilogue

April 22, 2019

So ... Two weeks ago we were at home in London, stressing about the MDS and what still needed to get done/ sorted/ organised/ weighed and established whether it was really a completely necessary item of kit to take along, together with the ever present niggle at the back of our minds on whether we had trained enough (is it ever enough) and what we should have/ could have done differently.... One week ago we were in about the middle of the long stage, at 5pm "camp time" (one hour behind Moroccan time) through the worst heat of the day, Jan soldiering on with shmangled feet - unbeknownst to us at the time, he had amassed and was walking on 15 blisters in total - 10 on one foot, five on the other. We were yet to hit the remnants of a sandstorm in the dunes - for us not as debilitating as the sandstorm that had hit the runners at the front of the pack (ie we didn't have to stop and/or huddle, merely lift the buffs to become face protectors), which would take us into su...

The long day

April 10, 2019

The big challenge today. 76k in one go. Walking slowly Wish us luck

Last morning in the desert

April 13, 2019

Above the view from our tent. Yesterday was another long day (distance wise a "mere" marathon) but we took it easy with a run before the heat built up and then walked (or hobbled) the rest of the course. They snuck in some jebels, dunes, and gorges to make it the most scenic day... to end on a high or perhaps encourage people to sign up again..?! Not for us (we agreed on that remarkably quickly!). As for us, we are looking forward to relatively easy double digit distance runs in the future - and being able to say "we shaved 5 hours off our last marathon time!" Now gearing up for the last little push for 6km to the finish finish line, where a bus (or maybe a taxi) awaits. Then a 6h bus ride back to a shower to start some recuperation until our girls arrive on Monday. Thanks for all your support and donations. The daily printed out emails which were brought to our tent were such a wonderful treat - the joy reminded us of the excitement felt ...