Runner's World

It all

started back

in 1984 when

Frenchman

Patrick Bauer

completed a solo journey through

the Sahara on foot carrying

everything he needed. Two years

later the first edition of the race his

adventure inspired him to create –

the Marathon des Sables – featured

a handful of runners but in the

32 years since then it has become a

flagship global event with its 1000+

places vastly over-subscribed.

The MdS Morocco helped to pave

the way for multiday races around

the world and in November last year

the organisation spread its own

wings at the inaugural Marathon des

Sables Peru. This was the MdS but

on a new continent and in a new

wild and spectacular landscape the

Ica desert sandwiched between the

rollers of the Pacific Ocean and the

towering peaks of the Andes.

Staying true to the values that

have made the Moroccan journey so

loved MdS Peru aimed to help

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