Marathon des Sables, Day 3.
Oh what a night! We'd been asleep 2 hours when at 11pm a sand storm hit camp flattening tents & sending peoples' gear out of sight, into the night.
One lad in our tent got hit on the hand by a large iron tent peg, but
luckily was not seriously hurt. Our tent was about to literally take off, or
tear in two so we collapsed all the poles & slept under the coarse wool
tent covering. We spent the rest of the night with it banging & flapping on our heads.
Definitely character building.
The race started on time this am & the 21 miles included flat plains, sand dunes, jebels (rock hills / mountains) and we even went along a narrow rock ridge covered in sand. It reminded me of the ridges in the Scottish highlands, but with sand instead of snow & ice.
I felt I was going pretty well and was loving the technical rock sections, especially the sandy and rocky descents.
Unfortunately with about 4 miles to go the heat bit! Made it in not too badly.
Tomorrow's the long one 53 mls (See below)
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