![]() ![]() It’s just what I’ve always done since I can remember, and it would be pointless existing without a challenge. ![]() As he told Outside in March, “I would consider life not worth living if there weren’t some form of challenge of a physical nature. Without them, it would have been even more difficult.”įiennes told the BBC that not making it never crossed his mind, but “there were points where I thought the camels, who walk at the rear sweeping up those who are too slow, were getting dangerously close.”įiennes has pressed on despite his advance age. “I don’t feel good,” Fiennes told the BBC upon completing the race. This multiday race is held every year in southern Morocco, in the Sahara Desert. The longest single stage (2009) is 91 km (57 mi) long. But Fiennes, who has had two heart attacks and double bypass surgery and whose doctor instructed him not to exceed 115 beats per minute, ran for ten hours on Friday to reach the finish line. Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands, also known as Sahara Marathon) is a six-day, 251 km (156 mi) ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance of six regular marathons. ![]() Fiennes’ trainer, Rory Coleman, told the Telegraph on Thursday that he was unsure if Fiennes would be able to finish the race. Temperatures on the course, which runs through the Sahara Desert in southern Morocco, spiked above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. competition athlete sports marathon running long-distance running athlete outdoor recreation recreation sports athletics individual sports ultramarathon. Despite experiencing some unnerving heart rhythms on his quest to complete the Marathon des Sables, 71-year-old British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes crossed the finish line on Saturday, becoming the oldest Briton to complete the six-day, 155-mile ultramarathon. ![]()
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