Marathon+des+Sables

The Marathon des Sables is fabled as being one of the toughest footraces on earth where 800 competitors from all over the world race for 150 miles on foot across the sahara desert. In 2006 Duncan raced in the 21st MdS where conditions were so bad that a record number of competitors had to be put on saline drips and over 25% of the competitors dropped out due to the impact of the particularly harsh conditions that year, one competitor was air lifted out in a coma on the third day. With official video footage and first hand experience of the race Duncan tells the story of what it's like to try and live and run marathons in the desert and the amazing personal emotional, mental and physical journey that he underwent and the unexpected lessons he got from it all.

Lecturer: Duncan Hewson

LVS Larby Lecture Programme Autumn 2010 LVS Larby Lecture Programme Spring 2011 LVS Larby Lecture Programme Summer 2011

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