Flooded in Sahara
Well it sure has been an interesting couple of days.
Camp one was flooded and all the competitors had to be evacuated to hotels. However, 4 people to a 2 man room assured that we all felt like we were in camp.
In fact our British spirit really showed through yesterday when about 20 of us broke camp (the hotel) and went for a run in the rain, much to the amusement of the other nationalities.
The first stage of the race has had to be scrapped as the tents and equipment could not rescued in time for today’s scheduled start.
But fear not, the race may be 1 day shorter, but the organisers have thrown in 10 miles of the biggest dunes around into a revised day one to keep Marathon des Sables on target as the toughest footrace on earth.
Matt Mahoney
Through knowledge comes hope
Running Marathon des Sables 2009 for Yorkshire Cancer Research
Links:
Sponsor me: www.justgiving.com/mattmds
Web: www.mahoney.co.uk/mds.php
Charity Site: www.yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk
Official Race Site: www.darbaroud.com/index_uk.php
Tags: foot race, Marathon des Sables 2009, Sahara, Yorkshire Cancer Research
March 30th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Oh no, Matt! It sounds like I’ve done more running than you over the last couple of days. I don’t think being evacuated to hotels sounds too bad. Are you sure you’re not just taking a beach holiday after all?
March 31st, 2009 at 1:05 am
So it is trench foot all round then! I am sure you are used to that by now.
March 31st, 2009 at 6:39 pm
It sure is the worse beach holiday you could have picked, no beach and no bar
We have teamed up on Forum and now know that the comms are down. God bless and take care!