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A Special Edition race was held in the country of Georgia in 2022 as the Gobi March could not take place due to travel restrictions. The Gobi March 2022 blogs below are for Special Edition: Georgia 2022.
Post-Race Reflections
I finished! This was certainly not a given considering my experience last year in the Atacama Crossing. Plus, I know that random things can occur duri ...
Gobi Blog Wrap Up
Happy Independence Day to all of you Americans! Well. It’s a wrap. I apologize to those of you who were expecting a blog repor ...
Gobi March Race Report:
Pinched between Russia and China, Mongolia is both a vast country and the most sparsely populated on Earth. Its relative isolation has kept the desert ...
Day 6
I can’t believe I’m saying this… but I think I’ve got this in the bag! Was really proud of my 42km today in under 7 hours. 4 ...
Done
A gentle yomp into Karakorum and a spectacular monestry finish. Followed by the first proper food and drink i have managed to consume for many ...
Post Race Post
What did I learn?It was hot. It was difficult. You can live off the fat of your body for a long time.Salt and water are most important.Chicken boulli ...
Stage 6 – The Finish.
Last 10 km, done. We were always going to finish the last stage if we made it past the long march. The route was mostly soft sand, and we did it in ju ...
Finished!
We are DONE! We ran the last 10km this morning at full speed - impatient to get to the beach bar finish line with its promises of cold drinks and rea ...
HAKUNA MATATA!!
HOLA HOLA !! Y AL FINAL ACÁ ESTAMOS YA TODO LISTO, TODO EL TRABAJO TERMINADO , GRACIAS A DIOS LOS TRES EN EL CAMP LUEGO DE LA ETAPA LARGA. SENS ...
The Long March
I finished the long march last night a bit after 7.30pm, after 11 hours and 36 minutes. It had just got dark, so I ran in with my head torch on for ar ...
Stage 6 & Last One For This Last Desert Series (Lo ...
Thank God for seeing us through! Deception Island! 4:45am - Rise & Shine 4:55am - Breakfast 5:30am - Get Ready for the fin ...
First Tea On The The 7th Continent
WOW! No other word to describe that moment when we got the green light to board the zodiacs and go for our first stage. A 1km loop, deep snow ...
The Most Pristine, Beautiful And Pure Place I Have ...
All right, we got our debut yesterday in the Antarctic continent. Tough, hard, cold and snowy! However, at the same time, simply the mo ...
IN USHUAIA!
After 9,000 km and 30hrs from Guatemala, 4 airports (Costa Rica, Bogota Colombia, Buenos Aires and the Ushuaia I arrived unventful this morning! ...
Strength Inside And Out
There is a bit of irony that the seed for this post was planted in the midst of my last long weighted race pack run. As each hill passed and I r ...
My Third RTP: Karma And Ultrarunning!
The year was 2009 and I emailed an article to a buddy from college (Sumanth Cidambi) about a tough endurance race, running through the four deserts in ...