My Maraathon of the Sands - sweat, tears and camel spiders!

LeftfieldTilt · 23 Apr 2006 at 12:18

Great read & well done

Pebbles · 23 Apr 2006 at 12:54

What an amazing achievement, well done doesnt seem enough some how!

How do you even begin to prepare for something like that?

nikebee · 23 Apr 2006 at 13:42

read your post in the SA and like i said there, awesome stuff mate... congrats on it all...what an amazing experience it must have been

jamoor · 23 Apr 2006 at 13:46

wow,£2200 to walk accross the desert, whatever next!

firstborn · 23 Apr 2006 at 14:54

Feek said:
It was actually a serious question.

K.

Ah ok - well DRZ hits the nail on the head. I did the MDS primarily for myself, but as it was such a huge event in terms of effort I thought it'd present a good opportunity to raise money for two worthy causes.

To answer a few other questions - It's impossible to prepare properly for the MDS in this country so it's just a case of getting as much mileage in as you can spending lots of time on your feet. Although I was lucky enough to have run the 2005 Singapore marathon which gave me a taste of running in high temps.

During the event it just became a case of managing yourself - managing water etc. and trying to put yourself somewhere else mentally when it really got tough.

Someone had said to me that the event is 40% physical and 60% mental - and they weren't wrong.

Tru · 9 May 2006 at 12:19

I missed this when you posted it. Excellent story firstborn, it gives a great insight into the race. Congratulations.

5*

Von Smallhausen · 9 May 2006 at 12:29

Fantastic thread and an even better achievement. :cool:

Well done and my utmost respect. Charity benefits too.

Going to Cali · 9 May 2006 at 12:43

That's an amazing achievement. Congratulations, especially on the money you raised for charity.

SeriousPigeon · 9 May 2006 at 13:05

Well done. Sounds like a fantastic experience. I would love to do it but unfortunately I don't have the stamina of a camel.

Kol · 9 May 2006 at 13:12

Wow. I'm impressed. Great report too mate, fantastic stuff

edit - just re-read the entire thing. I'm in awe. The pictures are perfect too.

Beansprout · 9 May 2006 at 13:26

Wow, muchos respect to you, you nutter

Amazing story/photos/achievement

Hate · 9 May 2006 at 13:26

you, my friend are a nutter...

a massive nutter

much kudos thou

el_dazza · 9 May 2006 at 14:15

Wow, that's an amazing achievement. Well done

My uncle was going to do a sponsored bike ride in the UAE i think it was, but he had to pull out due to injury

AthlonTom · 9 May 2006 at 14:36

Awesome read - really entertaining, well done btw!

FincH · 9 May 2006 at 14:58

Well done.

Good read and looks knackering.

firstborn · 9 May 2006 at 17:25

I thought this thread had dissapeared forever!

Cheers for the new comments. I now have the entry forms for the 2008 MDS on my desk and I am very very tempted. The only thing stopping me is the fear of ending up in a tent full of numpties after having such a great team this year.

So far I'm enetered in 2 full and 3 half marathons later on in the year to keep me focussed for now, but would love to do it all over again.

Steve