Thank you …..

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Mark Lyons

Thank you …..

Ive had a fair amount of email about when my next blog post is coming  , the actual story of my Marathon Des Sable, so a quick post to say that I have started it and it wont be much longer  Ive been pretty exhausted since I got back and ill to say the least , painkiller overdose hurt my stomach lining and Ive been struggling to eat , badly bruised , throbbing and blistered feet have also given me a hard time ….  this is one race that obviously didnt end at the finish line …

Id also like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported ,  donated , followed and accompanied me through the Desert , the Marathon Des Sable was one tough ride and harder than I ever imagined …..  thank you !!

Id like to thank my friend and Marathon Des Sable companion Ray Wise for the use of his photos , his excellent work can be found here :

http://raywise.co.uk/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raymond0/

http://ray-wise.blogspot.com/2011/03/follow-880.html

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NEWS JUST IN – Mark has completed the Marathon Des Sables

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Mark Lyons

finished !!

Editor’s Note: I have just recieved a text from Mark from the middle of the Sahara Desert. He only has text messaging for the moment but will be online properly soon. The message he asked me to pass on:

My feet are a serious mess, my body is battered, burned and dehydrated. The Marathon Des Sables didn’t come easy, it was very hard in a lot of ways, yet it was the most beauiful journey both over the Sahara and within myself… It was a love hate relationship!!

 

 

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Marathon Des Sables – Day five update

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Mark Lyons

 

 

 

I made it through another day , 42m 50 degree heat, peole were dropping like flys , it was horrendous ,my feet have swollen up and I’m in incredible pain but I’m fightng my way to the end. only 30km to run tomrrow and Im done!!! happy days:)

I’m battered burnt and in huge pain , I can hard run any more and today consisted of a shuffle across huge desert plain in 50 degree heat ,never before have ifelf so low yet  something inside drives me forwrad, inch by inch .. today was so slow and so painful but the desert so harsh yet beautiful in its extrme, some thing inside tells me to just enjoy where Iam but with the pain in my feet screamng AT me its hard… thoughts of my fiends and people who are behind me were in y head today, tear swere in my eyes , i am lovingt his but its definetly a love hate relatonship …  ony tomorrow and its over,  I dream of a ice cold coke … mmmmmm  🙂

 

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Marathon Des Sables – Day Four Update

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Mark Lyons

Thanks for all the email, I really really appreciate them, I’m suffering badly with blistered feet and the going is so tough, I’m suffering more than I ever have before but I will keep going.

Sorry I couldn’t get an update Yesterday, I was in the Doc Trotter having the doctor apply a second sking to blisters on my heel that are down to the flesh. My feet are pretty much done for and every step is so so painful. I finished the 80km stage do only one 42km & the 20km to finish. Its do hot, 45 degrees and 2% humidity! It was roasting hot yesterday going over the mountain stage I was close to fainting but I hung in. I can’t believe how hard the heat is to handle even at 9am in the morning….

Mum and Dad your the best, India I love you, thanks for your Scottish Kisses 🙂 Everybody else who sent me an email thank you so much…now I’m blubbing 🙂

Only two more stages, Fuck Yeah!!!

 

Editor note: Mark can recieve mesages from supporters just go to this page and post your message. Mark’s race number is 786.

 

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