The Marathon Des Sables

[ThePopydrossou]

Cool!

[The12in12challenges]

One of our number is doing this next year. Impressive stuff!

[MrSidimoussa]

i did it in 2000 the best ever run of my life,cant really express how much i really enjoyed it. kade

[goosed1514]

lazy opinions mean nothing, what a race.

[Mr92Tom]

1 jour je le ferai !!

[hoot72]

MDS is a different type of ultra event from BADWATER or Primal Question. Not a good idea to start comparing them because the athletes who do the MDS are very different types of athletes; mainly runners..unlike badwater or primal quest who are a mixed group of triathletes, mountain bikers, kayakers, very versatile lot. All are very special athletes.

[TheLewiSka]

FourSeasonRunner you are of course right. Far better to live your life watching youtube videos than competing in a life changing event. Numpty!!!

As for Badwater there is much discussion over which is the toughest race, but none of them are directly comparable and the MDS offers a completely different type of race for which many runners regard it as the Toughest Footrace on Earth.

[FourSeasonRunner]

What's the point of paying for a race if you have to carry and cook your shit? You pay them entry fee just for time keeping? You can do that with GPS! The organization of this even sucks.

[hoot72]

@FourSeasonRunner

That's always been part of the challenge. And to reduce the work load and logistics on the organizers, who are catering for 1000 people. You either take up the challenge or you don't take part. That's the way it is.

All the organizers provide is a place to heat up your meals, drinking water and a place to sleep.

[FourSeasonRunner]

Isn't Badwater ultra harder because it's a one stage event while this lasts for 7 days.

[kaberg92]

This is so F-ing Cool!!!!

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