The Toughest Race on Earth: The Sahara Marathon

Posted by Alex in Sports on April 28, 2008 at 5:49 pm


If you think that running the marathon is tough, that’s cakewalk as compared to this: Marathon Des Sables, or Marathon of the Sand, 156 miles over 7 days (that’s like running 6 marathons back to back) … across the Sahara Desert!

Here’s a very interesting report by Clarissa Ward of the ABC World News Webcast: Link


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7 comments to "The Toughest Race on Earth: The Sahara Marathon"

  1. Scrowed
    April 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

    That reminds me of Dean Karnazes who ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states. The lengths people can push themselves to are utterly amazing.

  2. Alannah
    April 28th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Man, these people are tough. They'd have to average 22 miles a day, which doesn't sound like much, until you realize how horrible those miles are.

  3. DanO
    April 29th, 2008 at 5:38 am

    neatorama is brought to you by abc news.

  4. fsmarch
    April 29th, 2008 at 8:23 am

    Those people are insane!

  5. Webomatica
    April 29th, 2008 at 10:29 am

    Yeah that was a cool segment, I watched it last night. Really amazing what people are capable of. I don't think I could complete that journey!

  6. Xinavera
    April 29th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    Not to disparage any of these athletes, but status as "hardest race in the world" is highly debatable. I can name half a dozen ultras off the top of my head which are longer and a couple with worse conditions as well. The Iditarod Trail Invitational is 350 miles across Alaska on foot in February. Still, it's an impressive feat and the conditions are brutal enough for me.

  7. sam
    April 29th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    That picture reminds me of a national Lampoon's movie with Chevy Chase.


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