So I had an idea. I was thinking of doing something a little unique. Alex coining Sandbagger and all, I figured I would throw this out to the group to see who is *really* in.
Interested? Involves lots of running (duh) and some hot weather (a lot hotter then what we have been running in) – distance is about the same as 2 marathons. But there is a catch… Hmm, so you clicked to the next page huh? Think you can hang? The catch is, that you do the 44 to 50 miles in one day. And the heat? 100+. Water? Good luck finding any – and if you do, it’ll probably give you the runs.
Here is where it gets really interesting. The run is *across the freakin Sahara* – you do the whole thing – 4000 miles in over a hundred days.
This obviously falls in the INSANE category. In fact, I’m going to create a ‘Insane’ tag for the post. Show of hands – Should I drop this one into the ’2007 Race Info’ category?
AP Pic Below – ESPN Link here for the story.
PS – Sorry for the cheesy buildup. All this extra time I have since my knee is keeping me sidelined has has not helped my writing skills.
8 responses so far ↓
1 Rama Polefka // Feb 20, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Credit goes to my brother Shiva in Santa Barbara for finding this one. He corralled me into doing a “Night Moves” race over last summer. If you’re ever in SB and want a great tour guide/running partner, Shiva is your guy.
http://www.runsantabarbara.com/nite_moves.html
2 litl' bit // Feb 20, 2007 at 10:57 pm
I am not sure the Sahara sounds like fun. I do not see smiles on their faces.
3 terp // Feb 20, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Sahara…throw in some Krispy Kremes and I’m there!
4 Rama Polefka // Feb 21, 2007 at 7:39 am
my two favorite parts of the run were rinsing the hands in the ocean on one side, and rinsing them on the other. i could handle that.
5 Alex // Feb 21, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Rama, What Night Moves race did you do?
6 Rama Polefka // Feb 21, 2007 at 3:12 pm
aint *NO WAY* im gonna spill the beans. if you want to laugh at me, im gonna make you dig through ALL of those lists
7 Alex // Feb 21, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Touchy, touchy. No, seriously. I don’t want to know when, and I ain’t going to search thru any results. I just wanted to know if you did the swim or the biathlon.
8 Rama Polefka // Feb 21, 2007 at 3:50 pm
for some reason, the august 16th biathlon results are GONE. my brother is looking into it – he of course is a little higher on the list than me.