Running the Sahara!

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 2/27/2007 at 8:49 AM

Wow, I really look forward to this: runningthesahara.com I can't even fathom that!

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

SkBunny

posted: 2/27/2007 at 9:10 AM

I am sooo envious. What amazes me is the mental toughness. And to think I am patting myself on the back for running in snow and rain. Puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Ewa

I would rather wear out than rust out. - Helen Klein You create your own universe as you go along. - Winston Churchill

rockenmamaof5

posted: 2/27/2007 at 9:18 AM

WOW! Better them than me Clowning around

I can't even imagine doing that! 4,000 miles maybe but in the Sahara? TOUGH!

Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 2/27/2007 at 10:53 AM

Quote from SkBunny on 2/27/2007 at 9:10 AM:

I am sooo envious. What amazes me is the mental toughness. And to think I am patting myself on the back for running in snow and rain. Puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Ewa

Exactly! They were talking to one of the guys on WGN radio (Chicago) this AM. I was flabbergasted. I really look forward to the film. One of my very favorite documentaries is "Long Way 'Round"--Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman on motorcycles going from England back to England...around the Northern hemisphere. Those endurance events really fascinate me. k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

tbarton

posted: 2/27/2007 at 7:53 PM

I've always been fascinated by the endurance events. Two guys from my running club are heading off to do the Marathon of the Sands in Morocco, a 7 day run through the Sahara and I thought *they* were nuts. (And then I thought I bet I could do that one day ..... No wonder dh thinks I'm crazy! LOL!) Teresa

I'm Running to Eat

jlynnbob

You'll ruin your knees!

posted: 2/28/2007 at 9:42 AM

Wow, that's a long way to go to run 4000 miles! Lynn B

""...the truth that someday, you will go for your last run. But not today—today you got to run." - Matt Crownover (after Western States)

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 2/28/2007 at 10:35 AM

Lynn, I think you should do this.... Wink

k

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

GreginND

clawing my way back

posted: 3/6/2007 at 7:52 AM

The other day it felt like I was running the Sahara. It was 5°F and the wind was blowing 20 mph. We just got about 16 inches of snow and it was blowing across the landscape like the sands in the Sahara. I managed a 9:35 pace for 6 miles even plowing through 3 foot snowdrifts!

Greg in ND

2013 Trying to become a runner again.

kooky2003

Now that was a bath...

posted: 3/6/2007 at 2:14 PM

That's amazing! Stupidly though it's actually making me jealous. I can barely hobble a mile at the moment. I would rather be them than me. Claire xxx

jlynnbob "HTFU, Kookie's distal tibia"

Where's my closet? I need to get back in it.

scrumhalfgirl

posted: 3/10/2007 at 6:57 PM

I actually know one of the guys! Ray used to work with my husband - they would train together (strength - not running!). Very interesting guy - he's found his passion, and has worked it into a career.

-Jess

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