Bob's Marathon Des Sables adventures...

Dashing through the sand...

I've created this page as a quick way to update friends on my progress during the race. Nothing fancy but hopefully it will get the job done.
My daily updates are below here.

You can find an overview of the race here: Race Overview
Here's the official rules: Official Rules

Check out Scott's page for some good info on the race and also for his daily updates. What the Sahara was I thinking?

And, just because I've had time on my hands I've created pages of all kinds of details no one should really care about. :-)
Bob's Pinterest Gear Boards
Bob's Gear Spreadsheet
Bob's Food Spreadsheet

Here's a great (my opinion !) article written about my experience by Katie at TrainHarder.com.

MDS Route

My Garmin fenix batteries managed to track the first 5 stages but died just before the 6th charity stage. I needed to run just a bit faster... The 6th stage was just a straight shot over the dunes so I've manually added it to the maps below.
It looks good in Google Earth...
Here's the raw GPX files in case anyone wants them. GPX files
Or you can just zoom in and play with the map below (Try Google Satellite, Google Hybrid, or Terrain views).

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My Picture Gallery

I took over 500 pics during the race! Here's a few (81) of my faves.
I've uploaded the high res originals in case anyone wants a print quality copy.
The video link below contains all the pics plus some video and audio (plus a couple of Stefanie's pics).

My Movie

Here's a 10 minute video that combines a slideshow of the pics, some video footage I shot, and Moroccan music.
Right click and 'Save Link As' to download the movie to your computer to watch later (probably best).
View HD movie (1.5 GB)...
View smaller movie (400 MB)...

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Daily Updates

I'm allowed to send one short email per day from the desert. I've (hopefully) set it up so that the email will automatically be posted to a blog which is embedded below.

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