The Toughest Foot Race on Earth: Recent Episodes
The Toughest Foot Race on Earth
What is it like to run 5 and a half marathons, back to back, across the Sahara desert?
Mark Middlemas is the Director of Communications at advertising software company RadiumOne and has just returned from the 2016 Marathon Des Sables.
He is quizzed by friend Andy Corcoran a Managing Partner at Universal McCan - who raced the Marathon Des Sables in 2008. Andy and Mark review the gruelling experience, and discuss why Mark did the race in aid of charity Walking with the Wounded.
What is it like to run 5 and a half marathons, back to back, across the Sahara desert?
Mark Middlemas is the director of communications at software company Radium One and has just returned from the 2016 Marathon De Sables.
He is quizzed by friend Andy Corcoran a Managing Partner at Universal McCann, who did the race in 2008 on what it’s like to do the grueling experience - and why Mark did the race in aid of charity Walking with the Wounded.
Mark talks about the surreal experience that happens upon arrival to the start of the race.
Running out of water in the desert is the worst thing that could happen, so managing the supply he did have became a vital part of completing the race for Mark.
Running one marathon in a day is an achievement in itself, so after feeling strong at the end of day one, how did Mark prepare for doing the same thing again?
Mark talks about how he had to prepare himself, both mentally and physically, before taking on the brutality that day four of the race brings.