Marathon des Sables

The London Marathon is obviously a major undertaking, but there is a harder marathon....

The Marathon des Sables.

This is one of the most gruelling events in the world of sport.
It is an endurance race through the Sahara desert, which involves competitors exploring the desert sands and route-finding for many days...

Check out the OFFICIAL MARATHON WEBSITE.

There is a good YouTube clip which gives a flavour for the race, and also provides some useful background in the form of statistics and other information...



Just finished writing something on this as a context for learning...
Certainly helps cover a whole range of topics, and is an alternative to the 'usual' geography case studies...

Comments

Anonymous said…
My friend completed this year either last year the year before. I may be able to get hold of some of her photographs if they would be useful?
Alan Parkinson said…
They would be great - thanks :) Going to work this up a little more for possible publication - as a way of teaching about Extreme Environments it has some possibilities. A few 'celebrities' have also competed in their time.