Sahara Sunday

Posted on 8th Apr 2018 by | 39 Comments

Marathons des Sables

My Marathon-Running son (age 39) is in the Sahara.

He arrived on the 6th and the photo is of the sun going down over the tents on Friday night, his first night in the desert. It was posted on Facebook by the Marathons des Sable photographers.

He and his team of 5 other Chartered Surveyors are raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

They will be running 6 Marathons in 6days – Whaaaaaaaaat!!! Crazy!

They “will run over 250km (156 miles) through endless dunes, over rocky jebels, and across white-hot salt plains.” A quote from the website.

I am glued to the Marathons des Sables Facebook Page as there are real time videos, photos and interviews – I haven’t seen Ralph yet though.

He will have a GPS tracker on him when he’s running and he tells me I will be able to follow him – a dot on a map – when he is racing.

The wonders of technology.

His first race starts at 9am (10am here) when at last the months of gruelling training is going to be put into practice. I have to admit I have butterflies.

Go Ralph!

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39 responses to “Sahara Sunday”

  1. Shirley | 10th Apr 2018 at 7:15 am | Reply

    Sending good luck to your son. Best wishes

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  2. Froggy Crochet | 9th Apr 2018 at 8:27 pm | Reply

    Beautiful Picture 😊

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  3. Froggy Crochet | 9th Apr 2018 at 8:27 pm | Reply

    Wow!! That’s Amazing! 😃
    I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award 🙂

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  4. sewchet | 9th Apr 2018 at 6:22 pm | Reply

    I’m utterly in awe of a challenge like that and so pleased to hear that the first run went well. Here’s hoping the other five (!) are as successful.

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    • Wild Daffodil | 9th Apr 2018 at 7:30 pm | Reply

      I find it incredible, not only that my son is doing it but that there are 977 competitors and some have done it multiple times – there is one French man who has done it 29 times!!!!!
      Ralph took 7 and a quarter hours over tough terrain to do 39km today, but he’s sounding quite chipper in his email to the family. All of his team finished – only 9 of the 977 had to withdraw at various stages along the route – absolutely spectacular photos on the Facebook page.
      Thank you for your good wishes.

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  5. Rainbow Junkie | 9th Apr 2018 at 4:31 pm | Reply

    Sounds like quite an adventure!

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  6. Eleonora from Coastal Crochet | 9th Apr 2018 at 7:18 am | Reply

    Go Ralph indeed!!! That’s an amazing thing to do but I’m not surprised you have butterflies! It will be tough!! Fabulous photo he’s taken… 😊❤️❤️❤️

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    • Wild Daffodil | 9th Apr 2018 at 7:31 am | Reply

      It was great to see a photo of him fresh and elated after the race yesterday – not so nervous today – there is so much coverage on the Marathons des Sables Facbook page, it is like being there without the sand …. and the heat!

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  7. MrsCraft | 8th Apr 2018 at 10:08 pm | Reply

    Wow! That’s impressive, good luck to him and his colleagues.

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  8. Murtagh's Meadow | 8th Apr 2018 at 6:52 pm | Reply

    Looks like an amazing place to run a marathon.

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  10. Laurie Graves | 8th Apr 2018 at 3:22 pm | Reply

    Go, Ralph, indeed! Best, best, best to him!

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  11. kathyreeves | 8th Apr 2018 at 2:25 pm | Reply

    Indeed, a hundred cheers for Ralph and his team! 😳👏

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  12. Judy E Martin | 8th Apr 2018 at 11:47 am | Reply

    What a wonderful thing to do and for such a worthy cause. I wish Ralph and the others the best of luck. 🙂

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  13. claire93 | 8th Apr 2018 at 11:09 am | Reply

    what a very brave man, Ralph is, along with his team of runners and all the others taking part! I’ll be thinking of them all over the next 6 days!

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  14. Lisa at Greenbow | 8th Apr 2018 at 10:51 am | Reply

    Good luck Ralph and the rest of his team. It sounds like a grueling challenge. What a beautiful place to be running.

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  15. craftycreeky | 8th Apr 2018 at 10:08 am | Reply

    Wow! That’s some challenge!! Good luck to him and his team 🙂

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  16. Ali | 8th Apr 2018 at 9:02 am | Reply

    That is very impressive. And a wonderful cause.

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  17. nanacathy2 | 8th Apr 2018 at 7:04 am | Reply

    Three cheers for Ralph. We really do appreciate what he is doing for Macmillan Cancer Support, and what they do for us. Mr E and me. xx

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