This April I'm running the 30th Marathon de Sables.  It entails 6 back to back marathons across the Sahara desert including a double marathon on day 4 now rumoured to be 100kms! In total I'll be running around 260km over dunes, riverbeds and mountains.

I have to carry all my food and kit in a pack on my back with only rationed water and an open-sided berber tent provided during the race.

You can see more about it by following the link below...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwQKGt10DCA

Training hasn't gone as planned so chances of me completing the whole event are slim but I'm going to get out there and give it a go.

Please donate whatever you can for a cause I'm passionate about.

I'm runner 490 and during the event from April 5th to April 10th you can go on the Marathon de Sables website and track my progress. You can even send me an email that will be printed out and handed to me each evening back at camp! (That might raise my spirits a little!).

The website is...

http://www.marathondessables.com/en/

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