Feb 2009, the following conversation took place at work:
Steph - "Have you ever heard of the Marathon des Sables?"
Me - "Yes, it's a mad race in the Sahara"
Steph - "Fancy doing it?"
Me - "OK then!"
So that was the start of it. A couple of weeks later we each coughed up £500 deposit and entered an event we would have to wait a further 3 years to compete in.
The 28 months between then and now have passed in a blur and preparations are being ramped up at a fair rate of knots. The kit list has been scrutinised and ticked off slowly, a calendar of lead up events has been planned of which I have already completed 2. As soon as I've worked out how to do it on this page I'll publish details of those.
I've even gone so far to have worked out my menu for the week down to the last gram and calorie, both of which will be vital to how I perform. Again watch this space for details on the minutae of that (if anyone's really interested!).
So now the objective is clear. Steph and I will line up at the start of the 27th Marathon des Sables in April 2012. There will be tears along the way no doubt but it's all in a good cause - 2 good causes actually. I'm raising funds and awareness for the Army Benevolent Fund and Steph is doing the same for the Wales Air Ambulance.
Right, that's the first post out of the way. A spot of learning now required on how to get more stuff on there and the I'll post some more meaningful gubbins.
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