I understand, regarding the legion. I'm sure there are a lot of military folk who ran it. I know of at least one US Marine who ran it. There were a number of Rugby players and French firemen who were the talk of the town that year, too!
Ugh, 54 hours. I got hurt at the end of the first day and had to walk... and got really sick during the long stage which forced me to take frequent rests during the remainder of that and the marathon stage. As for me, I'm from the United States and trained in New Jersey. Hardly the conditions of the Sahara, but you make it work :)
If you asked me right after the race, I would've said no. I was in so much pain.. but about a month later I felt like I had to again. If you can pay the high entry cost(~$4,000 USD), it's worth it. I'm going to try to go back in 2013.
I understand, regarding the legion. I'm sure there are a lot of military folk who ran it. I know of at least one US Marine who ran it. There were a number of Rugby players and French firemen who were the talk of the town that year, too!
Ugh, 54 hours. I got hurt at the end of the first day and had to walk... and got really sick during the long stage which forced me to take frequent rests during the remainder of that and the marathon stage. As for me, I'm from the United States and trained in New Jersey. Hardly the conditions of the Sahara, but you make it work :)
Here's the Flickr link if you're interested. Runner 786 is me: https://picasaweb.google.com/arthur.baczyk/ArthurSMarathonDe...