Marathon des Sables - Message from pc07 runner/du concurrent 0551

So here we are on the rest day after the long stage and man, it was LOOOONG! Jan is accumulating blisters like sand on the beach so walking (never mind running) is somewhat painful to put it mildly. Kim, it transpires, is a mutant: not a blister in sight. But we soldiered on and decided to do the long stage using the "walk of Shane" (= quick and effective shuffle-walk taught to us by our coach Shane) and took it check point by check point and on and on (and beautiful starry sky and a camel spider spotting and beginnings of sunrise later) we made it - EXHAUSTED! - in 21.5 hours. We are out of battery (so no photos this time) and also don't know when next we'll have reception but base case (Fabi, if you are reading this) should be Saturday. Tomorrow the marathon stage (LAST ONE!) which is apparently fairly tough but beautiful and again we are planning on Shan-walking the whole thing. Exhausted but happy to knock it off step by step, check point by check point, stage by stage. XX

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL! To send a message to a runner, follow this link:
NO CONTESTAR A ESTE CORREO ELECTRÓNICO! Para mandar un mensaje a los participantes, seguir el link siguiente:
NON RISPONDERE A QUESTA EMAIL! Per mandare un messaggio ai concorrenti, seguire questo link:
NE PAS RÉPONDRE À CET EMAIL ! Pour écrire aux concurrents, suivre le lien suivant :
http://www.marathondessables.com/

(ATLANTIDE ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Our MdS Epilogue

Image
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
Read more

TRACK US ... ENCOURAGE US.... AND GIVE ....please?

Image
Dear family, friends and all you other [lovely!] people -  So.  If you have seen us during the past 6-12 months then you know (and we promise to shut up about it SOON(ish) so you can soon(ish) stop avoiding us…) We're doing Marathon des Sables. 250km over 7 days across the Saharan Desert – that translates to 6 marathons plus 10km …since they give us one rest day in between they require us to do 80+km on one day. We're going to be tired. And very very hot. Bothered…?? We'll get back to you on that one… We leave on 5 April. AAAAAARGH! Here's what you can do to help us (if you believe we can still be helped): If you want to know how we are (more or less live) check in here from time to time. We will have patchy reception and can only send one email per day We can  RECEIVE as many encouragement emails  as you can write. So please please please  write  to us. To encourage us (or remind us we are mad). Put Wednesday 10 April in your calendar now
Read more