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!!
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 🙂
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.
Editors Note – We have yet to recieve Mark’s day 3 update email, the condtions have been poor and we recieve the comunications by satlink so this situation was expected. Until we recieve the current up date please see the day 3 media update.
I can confirm Mark is still in an racing.
Day 3 map
