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An ULTRA ultra challenge and the MS Society ….. Helping is what we all should be about .

All this training for the desert made me realise that I was capable of doing things that I had wanted to do in the past but had written off because I didn’t have the ability , one of these was the Sandbaggers … Continue reading

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Runner 786 …

My number arrived for the Marathon Des Sable and I am number 786 , runner 786 if you will , Im pleased to have a number , for years I have just been Mark Lyons , now I am runner … Continue reading

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Marathon Des Sable 2011

The Toughest Footrace on Earth “It covers 243km/151 miles (in sections similar to 25, 34, 38, 82, 42, 22 km) run over 6 days – equivalent to 5 1/2 regular marathons. . . In addition to that, competitors have to … Continue reading

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