THE MARATHON DES SABLES - SEVEN DAYS IN THE SAHARA

HINES MARK

• Titolo: THE MARATHON DES SABLES - SEVEN DAYS IN THE SAHARA
• ISBN: 9780955380013
• Pagine: 398
• Dimensioni: 19,5 X 25
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• Anno di pubblicazione: 2007

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Enduring the Toughest Footrace on Earth

The Marathon des Sables is billed as the toughest footrace on Earth. It consists of around 150 miles of running across scorching desert plains and peaks, in temperatures soaring above 40 degrees C. As if the distance, the heat and the terrain were not enough, the whole race must be completed carrying all the food and kit required for the seven days of the event. In this book, exercise scientist Mark Hines takes us through both his two years of training and the competition itself, as he goes from non-running optimist to ultra-endurance athlete.

Escape into a world outside of the ordinary. Leave the comfort of your workplace to cling onto rock faces in Snowdonia, to wake up on beaches in Christchurch, and to walk from sunrise to sunset across the baking Egyptian Sahara. All of this takes Mark from his mundane existence in London to his successful completion of the toughest footrace on Earth. the marathon of the sands.
This very personal account of the Marathon des Sables, and all of the training that went into it, is an adventure from beginning to end; often hilarious, sometimes dangerous, where he's always fighting on in the face of adversity.