ROBERT GIBBS
MARATHON DES SABLES 2022‘If you’re going to take on a challenge…make it count’!
MISSION
Completion the 2020 Marathon des Sables. However, this gruelling, painful and sweaty event would not be complete without some charitable fundraising, so I have chosen to support Cancer and Veterans...THE EVENT
Marathon des Sables, or MdS, is a six-day, 251 km ultra-marathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage is 91 km long. This multi-day race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert.It has been called the “Toughest foot race on Earth”. Competitors sleep in bivouacs, are self-sufficient with their equipment and all food, but receive water bottle rations at specific checkpoints en route.
THE EVENT
Marathon des Sables, or MdS, is a six-day, 251 km ultra-marathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage is 91 km long. This multi-day race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert.
Marathon des Sables, or MdS, is a six-day, 251 km ultra-marathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. The longest single stage is 91 km long. This multi-day race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert.