Month: November 2023
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Hope for Children and Marathon des Sables
When I initially signed up to run the Marathon des Sables (MdS), it was for purely selfish reasons. I wanted to test my mental and physical capabilities of running a six-day, 250 km (160 mile) ultramarathon race in the Sahara Desert. I had not intended to raise money for a…
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Why I’m running the ‘toughest race in the world’
In April 2024 I will undertake my most challenging ultramarathon race to date. The Marathon des Sables (MdS) is a six-day, 250 km (160 mile) ultramarathon race held every year in the Sahara Desert, in southern Morocco. It was the brainchild of French concert promoter Patrick Bauer. In 1984 he…
Chris runs ultras 