About Marathon Des Sables

The Marathon Des Sables (MdS) is known as the toughest footrace on Earth. The distance covered is 243km's in the Sahara desert, run in 49 degrees Celsius heat while every athlete carries his or her own equipment, food etc. weighing in at around 9-13kg's.

This blog is aimed at telling my story. I will record my preparation for the MdS 2013 in detail in the hope that it will help my fellow runners.

Sunday, 29 January 2012

What a week!


Training is coming along just fine.

After much research I have tailored my training program for the next 62 weeks, this will take me from the first week in February to the start of the MdS 2013.

I will update my weekly progress here.

The past week I completed a total of 60.50km’s with my best ever 10km training run on Friday. I completed the run in 1:01:14.

Week
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Total
1
12.00
0.00
15.50
0.00
15.00
0.00
15.00
57.50
2
20.40
0.00
16.50
0.00
6.50
0.00
5.50
48.90
3
18.00
0.00
9.00
3.00
21.00
0.00
0.00
51.00
4
13.50
5.00
22.00
5.00
10.00
0.00
5.00
60.50

Below is the typical elevation variance I experience during my daily runs. 









I am fortunate enough to be able to run in a beautiful nature reserve which provides me with excellent cross-country running opportunities.


















And the highlight of my week is the privilege of running with my beautiful wife and partner.


















Thank you for visiting my blog,

See you soon.

Genis


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