LIVE RACE COVERAGE
LEADERS
1
Overall Rank
18
BIB

Switzerland
Nationality
Switzerland
CountrySC
Status25:05:01
Overall-
Stage 1:
3:56:30 -
Stage 2:
4:27:10 -
Stage 3:
4:08:44 -
Stage 4:
3:53:33 -
Stage 5:
7:53:50 -
Stage 6:
0:45:14
Team
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Charity
-6
Overall Rank
9
BIB

United Kingdom
Nationality
United Kingdom
CountrySC
Status34:09:30
Overall-
Stage 1:
5:19:33 -
Stage 2:
6:03:40 -
Stage 3:
5:28:11 -
Stage 4:
5:34:58 -
Stage 5:
10:42:10 -
Stage 6:
1:00:58
Team
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Charity
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STAGE DETAILS
BLOGS

12
May 2022Remember greatness together!
Saturday, May 7th, 2022 – Swakopmund, Namib The following lines were said by a great Norwegian explorer named Carl Lumholtz in the end of the 1 ...
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11
May 2022After finishing Namib Race 2022 :)
Namibia Race 2022 It flew by, it was a week. A wonderful week in every way. I was telling my dad that it still didn't sink in what we were doing. Wha ...
By: Yosef Laniado
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09
May 2022Last Stage - Mil Gracias!
The final stage snuck up on me. I can’t decide if this week went by super fast or if I was in the middle of the desert for a very long time. It& ...
STORIES

4 Deserts Grand Slam & Plus at the Namib Race 2022
The 4 Deserts Grand Slam began in 2008 when the famed "Ultramarathon Man" Dean Karnazes of the United States, set out to complete all 4 Deserts Ultramarathons (4 x 250km ultras) in one calendar year. Dean successfully completed the 4 Deserts and sinc ...


From Namib to Georgia – what does the future hold?
The 10 Grand Slammers and Plus’ers who have started their journey in Namibia will be taking the next step in their journey at the Special Edition: Georgia 2022. Namib Race has been full of beautiful and challenging desert landscapes, but Georgi ...


Sandwich Tour for Children of Namibia
PLEASE DONATE TO THE LOCALS OF THE NAMIB RACE Much of the Namib Race is enabled and supported by our wonderful local team - RacingThePlanet employs approximately 40 local people from the race area who help set up the camp sites, work as drivers and ...


Elise Zender at Namib Race 2022
Stage 1 of the Desert Grand Slam 2022: The Namib Race The Desert Grand Slam (DGS) is a self-supported 1.000km ultramarathon series in four stages across the Namib desert, the Great Caucasus, Atacama desert and Antarctica in 7 months (4 x 250km). It ...


Matthew Cavanaugh - Demonstrating You Can Live a Full Life After Donating a Kidney
What makes RacingThePlanet is the people! Everyone has a story and we like to highlight some of them. Matthew Cavanaugh from Colorado is a military officer in the United States Army and a recent kidney donor who is set to complete the 4 Deserts Gra ...


Race Reports and Competitor Stories from Namib Race 2021
Read some of the stories and race reports from the Namib Race 2021 competitors: RACE REPORT - Namib Race (Namibia) - Robert Ripley RACE REPORT - Namib Race (Namibia) - Beth Whitman Mabasa - 5 Years in the Making Gabriella Mathise ...


Fuel for a Champion
Namib Race 2021 Champion Robert Ripley shares his advice on how to fuel yourself for 250km in the desert. Food! Suffice it to say, people aren’t signing up for the Namib Race ultramarathon because of the food. Breakfast Buffet optio ...


Training Tips from a Champion
Read how Namib Race Champion Robert Ripley prepared to take on his first RacingThePlanet event as a competitor. Follow the series of blog posts from Rob, covering everything from sand training, tapering and the final countdown to race day. ...


The Namib Desert: All about the people
The Namib desert: the oldest desert in the world with the highest sand dunes in the world… but where are all the people? Namibia (Africa) is the second least populated country in the world! (Based on land size vs. population). Despite the smal ...


Namib Race - Part of the 4 Deserts Grand Slam (and Grand Slam Plus)
Starting with the Namib Race in Namibia, competitors from around the world will take on the 4 Deserts Grand Slam. Learn more here: WHAT IS THE 4 DESERTS GRAND SLAM (AND GRAND SLAM PLUS)? ...


Host Town of the Namib Race (Namibia) – Swakopmund
Namibia is a jewel of a country. Swakopmund is a sparkle in the jewel. You couldn’t ask for a better host town for a 4 Deserts Race than Swakopmund. Swakopmund is the host city for the 4 Deserts, Namib Race (Namibia). It’s a great ...


The RacingThePlanet Experience for Friends & Family at the Namib Race
Bring friends and family members with you on your Namib Race journey with the RacingThePlanet Experience for Friends & Family. Find out more here. ...


Discover Namibia - Travel Ideas for your time in Namibia.
One of the best things about competing in RacingThePlanet ultramarathons is the amazing locations. In Namibia we have picked a country with spectacular scenery, culture and wildlife in one of the safest places to travel in Africa. Why not take advant ...


Women in Ultra and Multi-Stage Races
Since our first race in 2003 we have seen more and more female participants, usually between 20-25% of competitors. So far, however, we have not had a female winner but we think it's just a matter of time. Read why here: Women in Multistage and ...


Why Do People Choose to Run 250km in the Desert
What would make you want to run 250 kilometres in a desert? This is possibly the most common reaction of friends and family when someone decides to run a 4 Deserts race! The reasons people take part in multi-stage races in deserts arou ...


Plant Power – Running Ultramarathons as Vegan / Vegetarian
Food. What to take, what to avoid and what treats to pack on a RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts Ultramarathon are always among the hot topics ahead of any 250 kilometer multi-stage race. But with an increasing number of competitors relying on plant powe ...

By: Arthur Azevedo
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