Beacon Company CEO Sean Taylor completes his amazing 150 mile run through the Sahara
Well, the second and final part of my challenge has been completed! The Marathon Des Sables (the toughest footrace in the world - so they say). I have not run every race in the world to give a definitive conclusion on whether it is the toughest, except to say I find it difficult to comprehend how it could be any tougher!
The first day went well and I was sitting around the 100th position which was a good start, however my feet started playing up quite soon after and from the end of day two I found it very difficult to run on them (click on my gallery and you will see some pics) http://seantaylor.saharamarathon.co.uk/ it was purely a case of just taking it one check point at a time, not even a day at a time!
The end of the Marathon day was quite emotional for me because it was then that I knew I would finish (even if I had to crawl) I only had a further 7 miles to go. I eventually finished in 309th place out of 780 that started the race.
The overall experience was fantastic and a worthy challenge for a worthy cause - thank you all so very much for your support and donations throughout.
Thank you once again to everyone who has ready donated or pledged I am very grateful, fopr those of you who have only pledged and not paid you can either send a cheque to me payable to (world Christian Ministries or WCM) or you can pay by card through the justgiving website: www.justgiving.com/seantaylor
Here are the results and a few extra pics:
www.darbaroud.com/index_uk.php
Fast facts
- 100 volunteers on the course itself
- 400 support staff overall
- 100 000 litres of bottled water
- 150 berber and saharan tents
- 100 all-terrain vehicles
- 1 "Ecureuil" helicopter and 1 "Cesna" plane
- 3 mountain bike
- 6 "MDS special" commercial planes
- 18 bus
- 4 camels
- 20 000 litres of diesel, 5 000 litres of petrol,10 000 litres of kerosene
- 40 members of medical team
- 5 km of Elastoplast , 2 700 Compeed, 15 000 compresses
- 2 800 pairs of gloves, 2 300 antibiotics, 5 300 painkillers
- 125 litres of disinfectant
- 1 editing bus, 5 cameras, 1 satellite image station
- 6 satellite telephones, 15 computers, fax and internet
- 1 grain of folly,...
p.s. I wouldn't mind if you ended up contributing more than you originally pledged!
Many Thanks
Sean
Sean Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
staylor@fine-finishers.co.uk
