6 Marathons in 6 Days? Are You Nuts??!

That's the typical response I get when people discover what I'm attempting, but then running 245kms across the Sahara desert is no easy feat. One of the reasons that I’m taking on this challenge is ‘mid life crisis’ – plain and simple. But there’s another, more relevant reason:

UNICEF is currently working to maintain a number of refugee camp schools to help the 100’s of thousands of children from Darfur that have been displaced from their homes. Most of these child refugees from Darfur have never been to school, living in massive makeshift refugee camps, often having lost one or both parents through violence.” These school perform a vital function and I want to help make a difference by using this opportunity to raise funds and awareness for their maintencance and upkeep.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Logging the miles for the Marathon Des Sables in 2009

Base training for the 2009 Marathon Des Sables is going well. On Saturday I ran for two hours on the Baden Powell trail. Those series of stairs and climbs leading from the Cleveland Dam into the British Properties made my legs feel like they were going to fall off, but I seem to have gotten through it alright. I’m now just finishing my coffee and heading out for a few laps around the sea wall.

My mileage is increasing comfortably each week, but I’m going to need to start planning for more Marathon Des Sables specific training soon. Time to do some research. Shoes will be an interesting issue (at least for me) – many competitors’ feet swell up a full shoe size or more during the race. I’ll likely need to get some special runners made that have the same foot length but more width to allow for swelling. I also want to order my racing backpack soon. I guess these will be my first two pieces of equipment to research.
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