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As I hit the midway stage of life at the ripe young age of 45 I have finally taken the plunge to do this event after first reading about it 25 years ago.

It is billed as "The Toughest Foot Race on Earth". 

Six Days

Six Marathons

A total of 250Kms across the Sahara.

Read all about it here:-

http://www.darbaroud.com/en/

I have always had a dream of completing this event and I think its now or never. I have done loads of training over the last 18 months with some definite highs and lows along the way as well as a few injuries. Not quite sure how many training miles have been completed but its certainly a few marathons worth.

Giving up the booze on 1st January for the final training has been a big enough endurance of its own!!

Certainly a few people to thank for letting me do it. I never realised how much time it would eat up.

So thank you to Lucy and the boys for putting up with me.

Also to everyone at work for all the odd hours that I have been missing.

Finally I promise to everyone that I am not goint to start taking part in lots of events and begging for money left right and centre. Once a decade should be sufficient so there will be a ten year break after this event. So please dig deep.

The cause (H4H) is really well known as they do such wonderful work. Please support me and them as much as you can.

I will be wearing one of their wrist bands all the way round to motivate me in those trickier moments.

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