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2009 Race Outcomes

Sunday, May 13th, 2007

Race outcomes
 

  • To ‘race’ the Marathon des Sables – to compete for the winning spot.
  • To complete the total 151 mile (243km) event in less than 28 hours.
  • To average a pace of 5.39 miles per hour (8.67 km per hour) carrying a rucksack weighed at 10 kg at the initial check in (before water supplies are added – another 2-3 litres).

  • To have completed the following approximate distances for each day of the race:

                                15.5 miles (25 km) – day 1
                                21.0 miles (34 km) – day 2
                                24.0 miles (38 km) – day 3
                                51.0 miles (82 km) – day 4
                                26.0 miles (42 km) – day 5
                                13.6 miles (22 km) – day 6

 

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Welcome

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Hi,

What you are going to read is going to be brutally honest. The highs, the lows, the don’t knows and moments of total desperation blurted out in the hope that it ‘connects’. Some of it I will be proud of and some I will be simply disgusted by; but hey, I am human and I believe that we are all inspired by moments of greatness - when people cross the finish line with arms raised high - but the real inspiration comes from the being there at the best and worst of moments and appreaciating that it is the adversity withn the journey that makes success  so special.

So welcome and read on,

 Simon

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