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Atacama Crossing (2007) blog posts from James Smith

21 August 2007 04:07 am (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

Hay all

Well thanks to those of you sending me email it does make the day a little easier. The day started out pretty strong and then came the 3rd stage across the salt flats. It almost killed me but still managed to finish 25th .

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16 August 2007 04:59 am (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

Ok

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12 July 2007 01:57 am (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

Well

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Posted On: 13 Jul 2007 03:10 am

James I sent you my latest gear spreadsheet for Atacama. Please let me know if you don't receive it. Cheers and good luck with the rest of the training. Gary B

18 June 2007 06:25 am (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

When asked why I was attempting this run

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Posted On: 17 Aug 2007 01:21 pm

Good luck Wiffyooooooooooo, got some advice for your race........run really fast! Hope it all goes well

Posted On: 14 Aug 2007 09:54 am

James you Crazy bar-steward !!!!!!!! Well you are off to chille to run some deserts Most people find the marathon enough but not you... I would like to wish you good luck on this new found adventure, the family all send their love and we will be watching your progress daily to see how things are going. Remember your already a winner to us so return safe and we shall celebrate on your return in style. Keep safe and see you soon Chris, Lea and Abs

Posted On: 21 Jun 2007 02:16 pm

Hi James Welcome to Atacama! This will only be my 2nd desert (I did Sahara last year) but I know a few guys who have done a few more deserts. There's lots of good info in previous competitors' journals and if have any questions, the Atacama Forum is a good place to start. All the best in your training and look forward to seeing you in San Pedro. All the best Gary B

Posted On: 19 Jun 2007 02:45 pm

Hi James, I'm also still having quite a dilemma with my shoes. I put a message and poll on the Atacama forum about this. In 14 days that the poll was up and running, 6 out of 7 people said TRAIL shoes. HOWEVER, the one person that said road shoes was Mary Gadams - and she has probably seen a few battered feet in her time! So, I have opted for the Asics Gel Nimbus 8. They are a little harder to come by now as version 9 is now out (I got mine from www.sweatshop.co.uk - great website). But version 9 for me is not supportive enough and when I had my gait video analysed it wasn't giving me the stability of version 8. I will be wearing the RTP gaiters with this to stop stuff getting into the wide mesh on top of the shoe. I've only bought half a size bigger as I think the water crossings + airing the feet at night will stop feet swelling massively and they only need to have room width-wise, rather than legth-wise and the Asics are quite roomy already. So... I might change my mind again, but for now, these are what I'm going with. Good luck with the shoe shopping - for the first time in my life this passtime is stressing me out! Catherine