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Alison's Marathon des Sables blog: Stage 3
By Alison Hamlett on 06/04/2011 09:49:20
Day three, the wind drops and our desert challenger is finally able to appreciate the beauty of the dunes
as yesterday was bleak: they really do nourish the spirit.I have more blisters today but the paracetemol is working and I'm looking forward to the tough challenge ahead. And it will be tough: tomorrow is the 82K long stage. I wonder what song they'll use to let
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Antarctic Ice Marathon 2011
By Alison Hamlett; Photos: Alison Hamlett & Mike King on 14/12/2011 09:42:51
It's 100 years since Amundsen beat Scott to the South Pole. To mark the anniversary, we headed to the Antarctic for a modern polar challenge: the Antarctic Ice Marathon
There are countless inspiring running races around the world, but if you’re looking for the daddy of them all, you need to head south to the Antarctic Ice Marathon. No other race can touch it for inaccessibility, extreme conditions and sheer icy magnificence. And as for its compe...
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Top 10 South African Races
By Alison Hamlett on 17/10/2008 11:28:08
Featuring... Old Mutual Om Die Dam 50K, Two Oceans Marathon 56K, Loskop Marathon 50K, Joburg City Marathon, Comrades Marathon 89K, Spar/Mercury Women's 10K, Knysna Forest Marathon, Foot Of Africa Marathon, Soweto Marathon, Winelands Marath
-marathon makes it a great family event, with both races starting at the same time. Race website: www.omdiedam.co.za Two Oceans Marathon 56K & Half-Marathon (March/April) 2009 Date: April 11The Two Oceans Marathon claims to be the world’s most scenic race
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Alison's Marathon des Sables blog: Stage 6
By Alison Hamlett on 13/04/2011 14:36:59
Our intrepid Triathlete's World Editor finally reaches the end of her first Sahara trek - and looks ahead to next time...
At just 17.5K, the final stage of the 26th Marathon des Sables was the shortest by far but still proved to be challenging. It was another hot day - although once the temperature rises above 40C it's hard to differentiate between simply hot
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Top 10 Spanish Races
By Alison Hamlett on 13/10/2008 17:42:39
Featuring... Vila de Santa Pola Half, Granollers Half, Barcelona Marathon, Cursa Bombers 10K, Madrid Marathon, Medio Maraton de Madrid, Madrid Women's 5K, Behobia-San Sebastian, Seville to Los Palacios Half, San Silvestre Vallecana
: April 26Madrid’s most important athletic event has seen around 200,000 runners attempt to complete the 42.2K run within the six-hour time limit, but only 120,000 have been successful to date – it is without a doubt survival of the fittest. The well
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Desert Storm: Taking on the Marathon des Sables
By Alison Hamlett on 19/07/2011 14:31:20
One hundred and fifty-six miles across the Sahara Desert with limited water supplies in the blistering heat (and with blistering feet)...fancy it? Only masochists need apply.
to work and back as often as I could with a loaded backpack, and doing back-to-back long runs at the weekend. But none of it really prepared me for the first stage of the 250.7K challenge, and its 13K section of sand dunes. They were the kind
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RW Pocket Race Guide - August
By Alison Hamlett on 28/07/2008 11:06:58
Featuring... Great Yarmouth Half-Marathon, London Pride Run 10K, Burnham Beeches Half-Marathon, Fleetwood Half-Marathon, Grimsthorpe Castle 10K, The Beast
, August 24) Pewsey Vale Half-Marathon (Wiltshire, August 24) London Pride Run 10K, August 16London Pride Run 10K (August 16) In just five years, the London Pride Run has become the UK’s largest mass participation event for the gay and lesbian
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Top 10 Italian Races
By Alison Hamlett on 15/10/2008 15:22:33
Featuring... Rome Marathon, Stramilano Half, Ecomaratona dei Marsi, 100K del Passatore, Cortina Dobbiaco Run, International Lake Garda Marathon, Mezza di Monza, Romeo and Juliet Half, Venice Marathon, Florence Marathon
supporters. Race website: www.maratonadiroma.itStramilano Half-Marathon (April)2009 Date: April 5The Stramilano Half in the northern Italian city of Milan is one of the world’s biggest half-marathons as well as an event dedicated to sport, health, solidarity
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Alison's Marathon des Sables blog: Who, What, Where!
By Alison Hamlett on 01/04/2011 16:10:44
Intrepid Editor of Triathlete's World Alison heads to Morocco to take on the toughest footrace on earth - the 2011 Marathon des Sables
from the Marathon des Sables.The Race The Marathon des Sables (MdS or Marathon of the Sands) is a seven-day six-stage race held annually across a section of the Sahara desert in southern Morocco. 2011 sees the 26th running of the event that is often
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