believe it to be the toughest foot race in the world. If you’re up for the challenge in the unforgiving Sahara Desert, you’ll have to carry food for the entire event – organisers provide shelter and a ration of water as you tackle six stages over seven
runners had trained hard and were mentally prepared for the challenge but the pair adopted completely different approaches to race strategies.Radcliffe set the pace, as she had in all her previous marathons, daring the other runners to keep up with her