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"... That Wiki link is rather devoid of information about the Marathon des Sables ..." It's always a balance here to go to the original technical source or a g

"... That Wiki link is rather devoid of information about the Marathon des Sables ..." It's always a balance here to go to the original technical source or a general one. I read http://www.darbaroud.com/uk/html/mds/general/uk_26mds_regulation.php http://www.darbaroud.com/uk/html/mds/general/uk_26mds_regula... but most might want a quick overview. "... I'm not sure how the Foreign Legion factors into the race ..." A fair portion of the participants are military - I know of ex Legion who have completed this. "... would know, as I ran it in 2009. ..." What time did you complete in? You gave the UK url where did you train to acclimatise to the heat?

artmageddon 16y ago
Fair enough, given the amount of detail :) I understand, regarding the legion. I'm sure there are a lot of military folk who ran it. I know of at least one US Marine who ran it. There were a number of Rugby players and French firemen who were the talk of the town that year, too! Ugh, 54 hours. I got hurt at the end of the first day and had to walk... and got really sick during the long stage which forced me to take frequent rests during the remainder of that and the marathon stage. As for me, I'm from the United States and trained in New Jersey. Hardly the conditions of the Sahara, but you make it work :) Here's the Flickr link if you're interested. Runner 786 is me: https://picasaweb.google.com/arthur.baczyk/ArthurSMarathonDesSablesPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCP3a8J-Zx-PCKQ&feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/arthur.baczyk/ArthurSMarathonDe...
- troyk 16y ago
  would you do it again?
  - artmageddon 16y ago
    If you asked me right after the race, I would've said no. I was in so much pain.. but about a month later I felt like I had to again. If you can pay the high entry cost(~$4,000 USD), it's worth it. I'm going to try to go back in 2013.

artmageddon 16y ago

Fair enough, given the amount of detail :) I understand, regarding the legion. I'm sure there are a lot of military folk who ran it. I know of at least one US Marine who ran it. There were a number of Rugby players and French firemen who were the talk of the town that year, too! Ugh, 54 hours. I got hurt at the end of the first day and had to walk... and got really sick during the long stage which forced me to take frequent rests during the remainder of that and the marathon stage. As for me, I'm from the United States and trained in New Jersey. Hardly the conditions of the Sahara, but you make it work :) Here's the Flickr link if you're interested. Runner 786 is me: https://picasaweb.google.com/arthur.baczyk/ArthurSMarathonDesSablesPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCP3a8J-Zx-PCKQ&feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/arthur.baczyk/ArthurSMarathonDe...

troyk 16y ago
would you do it again?
- artmageddon 16y ago
  If you asked me right after the race, I would've said no. I was in so much pain.. but about a month later I felt like I had to again. If you can pay the high entry cost(~$4,000 USD), it's worth it. I'm going to try to go back in 2013.