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By Sahara Runner
April 14th 2006

CARL VINE 14th April

Africa » Morocco

not really sure where to start...days 1 to 3 were really bad... water supplies simply didn't keep pace with the unusual weather...I saw so many distressing sights...dozens of people collapsing...convulsions, loss of consciousness etc...On the plus side, the cohesiveness of runners seemed that much stronger for the travails...then the water was upped from day 4 and the weather got back to just stinking hot...now we are cooking - no pun intended. the big day was naturally pretty brutal but I think we all loved every minute - well almost. After about 20k I somehow managed to catch up with Chlover [View Full Entry]

By el Jefe
April 14th 2006

Todra Gorge

Africa » Morocco » Meknès-Tafilalet » Todra Gorge

Gorge III
Love this pic...the hotel is just tucked in behind the large crack and to the left...very cool...

The time had come to leave the beautiful and serene desert/Merzouga and continue the journey. With the help of Edir from Chez Julia I piled into a grand taxi and made my way back to Rissani in hopes of catching transport to Tinerhir and my destination of the Todra Gorge. Rissani, wasn't looking forward to going back there. Fortunately as we arrived there was another traveler in the back of the taxi that was asking about Tinerhir as well, we hooked up and with a united front we scooped another grand taxi to ourselves and made our escape.... Nicolas, from Chile, [View Full Entry]

By Sahara Runner
April 14th 2006

CHLOE VINE - APRIL 14th

Africa » Morocco

i ran a marathon today 42.2k. it was a glorious day a glorious course and my day of rest did wonders. it took me 6hr20min. i was so happy to finally have a day where the weather and terrain allowed me to RUN the entire race. get into a rhyth, and feel competitive. SO...NEARLY TIME TO CELEBRATE...Weve nearly done it we.ve cracked the MDS: weve got 11k of sand dunes tmrw but its a drop in the ocean to what is behind us now. no matter what we will get over those dunes to the finish line: i am not going [View Full Entry]

By Sahara Runner
April 13th 2006

CHLOE VINE - APRIL 13th

Africa » Morocco

we got in last night at 1130 13 hours in the making. and mostly across dunes. as u may hv read due to the huge dropout rate {140 hv dropped most yrs it is 40 for whole race]. and serious medical issues due to condition they made it 57k instead of 75. i started out on the day alone but saw carl at 20k and we did the rest together: it was fantastic to have him with me. we stopped for only 5 minutes in 8 hours and just took it slowly..not that you can move fast over huge sand dunes. [View Full Entry]

By Sahara Runner
April 13th 2006

WILL LYON April 13th

Africa » Morocco

Yesterday is done-an awesome feeling,but it has taken its toll on the feet.I started yesterday at a fairly punchy pace on my own,pushing through the 1st 2 checkpoints stopping only for water,but no rest.The 1st 20k were good,& I was happily entertaining myself.By the 33K mark I'd bored myself & hit a low patch.It felt like the terrain for most of yesterday was dunes,dunes & more dunes,though the reality is probably about only half.My feet are slowly & steadily going downhill.I can't count the blisters,suffice to say that I have taken a couple of pictures one shouldn't see immediately before ea [View Full Entry]

By ksjs
April 12th 2006

A Whole New World

Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes

What??
Stop sign in Arabic.

Aladdin pun intended. This will be a long entry, so to capture your attention I thought I'd throw out a few highlights from the past five days: 8 Hours in a bus...every day, Sahara Sunrise, sketchy means of transportation, lots of barganing in various languages, 10 liters of bottled water, amazing food, actually seeing stars, BIG DONKEY!, tons of mint tea, and spending a lot of Dirhams. After a call from Mom at 3:55 a.m. Friday morning, I met the group at 5:15, and we drove to Tarifa, the southernmost point of Spain, to board a Ferry for Tanger, Africa. This [View Full Entry]

By el Jefe
April 11th 2006

Merzouga - Sahara!

Africa » Morocco » Meknès-Tafilalet » Merzouga

Coomby of Arabia
Says it all...haha...

Says it all, the main reason for this whole crazy adventure... Finally felt well enough to travel so hopped an early bus out of Azrou, destination Rissani. Loooonnnngg day to say the least, it was an 8 1/2 hour trip from Hell on one of the local transports...the seats were so close together that I couldn't sit with my knees in front of me: had to sit at an angle and essentially squirmed in my seat the whole way... was able to see some beautiful sites along the way which was cool, but the bus would stop at every town along [View Full Entry]

By Sahara Runner
April 11th 2006

WILL LYON April 11th

Africa » Morocco

I have 1000 characters to share my thoughts with u..my approach to this race has been to view the first 3 days as a non event in terms of pain to the body.That means I only allow myself to think that I am feeling fine,regardless of the 8 blisters I sliced off my feet before getting to the start line this morning.Conditions are tough at the moment & water rationed.I am told it is hotter & more humid than it has ever been here before.People seem to be dropping like flies (I am attracting flies for different reasons!),with the fallout rate [View Full Entry]

By Sahara Runner
April 11th 2006

CHLOE VINE - APRIL 11th

Africa » Morocco

i thought about my emaill today on the trail. there are millions of amazing positive things to say and just as many examples of hardship pain horrible thoughts etc: let me first say that i feel strong/good. every day has been as hard as the next but getting used to the rhythm of the race has made life gradually eaier. i also hqve no idea how i did ystdy or today. not the time or the place. i feel that this is survival not a competition. that said im definitely not taking it lightly.. although taking 7 hrs to do 35k [View Full Entry]

By Sahara Runner
April 10th 2006

CARL VINE 10th April

Africa » Morocco

not got long so will be brief. first day tough but doable. chloe and I found temp ok but then we learned it was 41&12%...dry! 21 ppl had to have IVs. day 2 today was clearly harder...more force 5 winds whipping the skin and the lack of sleep and food kicking in...even one of the fq,ous Ansel bros blew up today...suffering from what he believes are worst conditions he has seen in his 10 yr domination of the event...gulp. the really hard work is yet to be done so for now we are strong and still in decent spirits but a [View Full Entry]

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