POLAR OPPOSITE
(LEFT)
The most extreme
desert of all in some
ways – Antarctica –
hosts The Last Desert.
Competitors must
have completed two
other RTP events in
order to qualify to
run this 250-kilometre
course split between
four to six locations.PACE YOURSELF
The start of the sixth
stage at the 2017 MDS
with runners all in blue
to support the charity
Solidarité Marathon Des
Sables. Emmanuel Lamarle:
“You can achieve the MDS
walking at about 3km/h.
Almost anyone can do this!
The problem is that you
must know what you can do,
and limit yourself to this.
Many, too many people,
start their races too quick.”
PHOTOS: 4DESERTS/MYKE HERMSMAYER (LEFT); V. CAMPAGNIE/MDS 2016
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