have to be almost too ghastly to contemplate – you may recall that I ran the Marathon des Sables with three broken ribs. However, this week I really thought I’d hit pay dirt. On Sunday, I clambered arthritically aboard a docile old horse with a Roman
– the Marathon des Sables. (Incidentally, given the recent events in Casablanca, will it ever be run again?)Anyway, I couldn’t train. To put one foot in front of the other was to experience the martyrdom of St Sebastian while having one’s lungs scraped out with a
temperaturesSimon Ward, triathlete and coach"I did the Marathon des Sables and everyone was scared of the heat - the hottest day was over 60°C. But it was dry heat, so the sweat dried on the skin and cooled us down. It was probably better than running in 30°C
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Running Club even ran the course twice as part of his training for March's Marathon des Sables! He set off at 4:50am in the icy darkness, finished in 3:58 and then set off again for his lap of honour."Battle won: Iron Tractor Boy with his hard
infamous stretch along the side of a pig field momentarily transported the entrants into the Marathon des Sables as the road disappeared in a storm of dust and sand. In fact, the whole last loop, which followed long main roads and lacked the scenic ‘eye
Completed Marathon des Sables, Jordan Desert Cup and has a marathon PB of 3:45. The best personal trainers have sports science degrees, UK Athletics coaching qualifications or have trained with a reputable and intensive training company such as Premier Training
was relaying a recording of the alleged comedian, Bernard Manning.Rory was right about the dream thing. The inaugural MOB, a 174-mile middle England cousin of the Marathon des Sables, was looking like the most surreal event of my running career. And I hadn
long. While sitting my finals, a friend suggested that we enter Marathon des Sables - the infamous seven-day, 150-mile footrace across the Sahara. I thought he was crazy, but the next day we signed up, and six months later we were baking under
with a cold glass or two after chalking up another PB, you can snap the skirt back on again to keep the nasty sun off the side and back of your neck. And should you ever find yourself standing at the start line of the Marathon des Sables or the Badwater
