{"id":101,"date":"2008-03-21T11:18:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T02:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seanmisen.com\/?p=101"},"modified":"2008-03-21T11:18:41","modified_gmt":"2008-03-21T02:18:41","slug":"moms-desert-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanholland.net\/seanmisen\/family\/moms-desert-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom’s Desert Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

My awesome mother is flying to Morocco this Sunday to compete in the 23rd annual Marathon des Sables<\/a>. Here’s an excerpt from the race website about this year’s course:<\/p>\n

The route for 2008 is 245.3 Km long, making it the longest ever in the history of the MARATHON DES SABLES.<\/strong>
\nThe race will be challenging from day one – and continue that way – offering all the variety of the Sahara. The course will take runners over ergs (dune zones), seriously steep jebels (up to 25% slope factor) and rocky plateaus. They\u2019ll have to cross hard as iron salt-flats and the driest of wadis. The backdrop to all of this is the most beautiful of landscapes with vistas accessible only to those on foot.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m jealous! But 245 kilometers, even over five days, is not easy. So, I encourage you to send my mother some words of encouragement or just a ‘hello’ via the race’s email delivery service, from March 29th to April 4th. My mother’s yoga website has instructions and a link to the page<\/a> from where you can send messages. There is no specific address information yet. I am assuming that will not be posted until the 29th in order to avoid spam and such. Unfortunately this means I can’t send a message, since I will be in Papua New Guinea during that time. But I encourage you all to!<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the city where the race is based (starts?):
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