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September 28 |
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Weather:
Highs of 46.9C at the finish line in the shade |
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Stage 4 – Rally of the Pharaoh’s
Posted 4pm
Camp Black Desert is situated on soft beach sand and surrounded by black rock outcroppings. Viper trails were seen earlier so everyone is a little wary of going too far from camp. Still incredibly hot at 4pm and everyone is just waiting for signs that the sun is going down so that things begin to cool off. There is rumor there may be a midnight start for tomorrow's 80km stage so everyone is trying to get as much rest as possible.
Posted 1pm
The cool morning 5:30am start gave all a few hours of easier running and walking. Ray Zahab, Canada cruised through the course arriving at Camp Black Desert at 9:55am, Kevin Lin from Taiwan at 10:11 having overtaken American Joe Holland in the very last leg. Joe arrived at 10:20. The first woman to cross the line was Terry Schneider at 10:39am.
Click here to see previous updates for today.
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Photos by Chris Lusher
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Photos by Chris Lusher
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Faces
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Daily
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Stretching
the Limits
Profile of a Runner: Christine Evans, Australia
By Mason Dwinell / Sahara Race 2005 Volunteer
September 28, 2005
The sunrises and some athletes cover incredible distances
in the relative cool, and then as the heat begins to
bake everything in sight other athletes stretch the
preconceived limits of existence. The 30 year old Australian
Christine Evans has had a taste of both. During the
42k second stage she found herself pushing her limits
beyond her comfort…CLICK
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Foot : Everybody’s Bestfriend
A Visit with Rob Conenello, Camp Podiatrist
By Elizabeth Cogar/Sahara Race 2005 Volunteer
September 28, 2005
Most novice campers would not consider making their
first outing a trip across the Egyptian Sahara –
most would take a quick overnight trip to a state park,
hunker down in a shelter and quickly dash back to civilization
early the next morning. But podiatrist Rob Conenello
made a more daring choice for his first vacation without
indoor plumbing…CLICK
HERE for more… |
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Daily
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| Matthew
Chapman |
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September
28, 2005
About 40 of the field have now completed today's near marathon stage and people are now recuperating at camp. This will be a short update, as organizers look set to bring the start of tomorrow's killer 80km stage to 12 midnight (rather than 8am) due to the continuing record heat, so I need to chill.. From now we have approximately 11 hours to patch our feet, recover from today's race, eat as many calories as we can stomach and, if we are lucky, grab a few hours of sleep…Click here for more. CLICK
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| Tony
Bammer |
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September,
28, 2005
Not much of a journal today, I have run out of
words to describe how brutal this is. It’s
mind numbingly monotonous. I’m so tired
I’m so hungry, and I’m so weary, but
tomorrow we only have to go 80km looking forward
to it. Wait for my next one when I’ll be
almost finished |
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September 28, 2005
Gary Johnson, UK
Well at last day 4. I'm glad to have survived this tortuous race so far. When asked last night to write my day diary I decided to push hard to the first checkpoint. The field is so strong; I knew I could probably beat them all on 1 only. I did and dedicate it to my baby daughter Madison, who is 9 weeks old tomorrow CLICK
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September
28, 2005
Today's winner is …..friction. The feet on these runners are truly something to behold. The friction between their feet and their shoes has caused blisters on every possible surface of their feet. CLICK HERE for more.
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Overheard
in the Desert |
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"My mom would kill me if she knew I was out here" |
-Lawrence
Baca, Sahara Race 2005 Competitor, taking a break in
the shade of a checkpoint today.
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“If it weren’t for the medical team, we wouldn’t be able to go back out every day for more torture.” |
-Sahara Race 2005 Competitor |
