The perversity that allows something like the Marathon des Sables to pull at the heart...

A U.S. woman (Meghan Hicks) is the women's leader after four stages.

http://www.irunfar.com/2013/04/2013-marathon-des-sables-interim-results.html

I love running in open country and some of our desert runs have been

among the best of our roadside stops.

rgot