Submitted by Steve on 08:41, 10th Apr, 2014 | 0

Today Darren Carre is on day 5 of the Marathon des Sables 2014.

Currently Daz is on the 81km (49mile) stage through the night and we are awaiting details. He finished Stage 3 in 7hrs 59 mins and went up to 593rd place. On Monday the second day in an amazing 8 hours 3 minutes and 594th place and his first day in 7 hours 7 minutes and in a fantastic 552nd place.

This Blog is written by the very brave Darren Carre or Daz as his friends know him -

I am currently embarking on an adventure (or torture as some say!) of a lifetime in which I hope to raise £2000 for each of my chosen charities.  So if you've seen me out running in even the most horrific of weather, this is why!!

The Challenge:

To compete in the Marathon des Sables 2014, which is a self sufficient, multi-stage ultra marathon across 150 Miles of Moroccan Sahara Desert.  It’s the equivalent of completing 6 marathons in 7 days in the 50 Degree (c) heat of the Sahara Desert with a 10k pack on your back which contains 7 days worth of food (2000 Kcal minimum per day) and items such as sleeping bag, mat, survival kit etc.  Water is rationed at each checkpoint in the race which is roughly 10k - 15k apart.  The toughest of these stages is Stage 4 which is a 50 mile double-marathon stage which you are given 34 hours to complete.  The terrain covered will range from solid crusty ancient river beds and salt flats right up through small mountain ranges and of course sand dunes as far as the eye can see!  I am giving myself a goal of finishing in the top 500 just to make the challenge a little more interesting !!!!

The Charities:

My two chosen charities are our own "Specsavers Childrens Charity" and the "GSPCA".  If you feel charitable and would like to support my challenge you can donate to my charities on one of these links:

Specsavers Childrens Charity

www.justgiving.com/daz-carre1

GSPCA

www.justgiving.com/daz-carre

Sheryl Carre, Daz's wife said 'Daz still running stage four and will be long in to the night. He passed checkpoint 4 at 20:40. Had an email last night, he is loving getting his messages every day so thanks for helping to keep his spirits high guys.'

Steve Byrne GSPCA Manager 'We are very grateful to Daz Carre for taking on this huge challenge and nominating us as one of his chosen charities.'

'Anyone who takes on a challenge for charity is a real hero but I think this is one of the biggest challenges anyone has taken on to raise funds for the GSPCA.'

'We are all following his progress at the Shelter, especially as his wife Sheryl works for us and is keeping us up to date.'

If you can spare a minute please send him a note - receiving e-mails when I did it last year was a massive source of strength and the best part of my days out there. Here's the link, and Daz is no.537. Cheers! http://www.marathondessables.com/en/live/write-to-a-competitor.html

To see some of the videos from the race check out http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1mljvg_29eme-sultan-marathon-des-sables-good-morning-sahara_sport

 


29ème Sultan MARATHON DES SABLES : Good Morning... by marathondessables

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