Marathon des sables - 2008 Crazy Canuck Trekkers |
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Event Details
The Marathon Des Sables ("Marathon Of the Sands") is challenging running/trekking event, which covers 243km/151 miles (in sections similar to 25, 34, 38, 82, 42, 22 km) run over 6 days (7 for some) - equivalent to 5 1/2 regular marathons, through the very challenging Sahara desert terrain, in Morocco, Africa.
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| The international participants will run/trek at a speed of between 3 and 14 km an hour for competitors aged between 16 and 78. All participants must also carry everything they will need for the duration (apart from a tent) on their backs in a backpack (food, clothes, medical kit, sleeping bag, etc). Water is rationed and handed out at each checkpoint and during the morning/night (Bivouac areas), by the organizers.
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Participants: Crazy Canuck Trekkers |
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Go Over, Go Under, Go Around, or Go Through, But Never Give Up! |
| The Crazy Canuck Trekkers will have to prepare all their own food (freeze-dried, energy bars, etc) throughout the race. The minimum calorie intake is strictly controlled, by the event organizers, and must be a minimum of 2000 cals. /day. The Sahara desert (Morocco) temperatures for this extreme event will rise to mid-day temperatures of up to 120°F (48°C). The team will be running or walking on uneven rocky, stony ground, as well as 15 - 20% of the distance being in sand dunes. |
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The Crazy Canuck Trekkers will be exposed to extreme heat, long distances, severe rubbing of the feet (blisters), and possible severe injury (ill prepared, improper equipment, or shoes). This extreme challenge is both physical and mental, whereby all a person's energy is required to complete the event. This event will require many long hours of training, and mental preparation to succeed at this event. Due to the multi-day event it will require very strong determination and will to push oneself where the mind and body have never got before.
The Crazy Canuck Trekkers will train (1 year) and complete this extreme event and be both a great representative for Canada and our selected sponsors.
Crazy to the Limit – Canadian to the Bone
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Donations:
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