ROBERT GIBBS
MARATHON DES SABLES 2022‘If you are going through hell, keep going’
Sir Winston Churchill
MISSION
Completion of the 2022 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...
I decided to train for this event back in May 2018, giving myself an 18 month build up to enter the April 2020 MDS. Due to the impact of Covid19 – the event has been delayed every 6 months until October 2021, when I decided at the last minute the risk of Quarantine made entry the event unworkable. So here I am, waiting for the March 2022.
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.