Posted on April 29, 2009 by Mark Hannaford
Look out for some fantastic press coverage out soon about the Namibia 24hr ultra marathon.
BBC Blue Peter is showing their programme about the race on 6 May at 4.35pm. Helen Skelton, BBC Blue Peter presenter came 8th in the 2009 race.
Men’s Fitness Magazine are running a 6-page spread about the race which is out [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2009 by Mark Hannaford
The team are all now safely back home and have fully recovered. There are still some nice juicy blisters and foot scaring but all in all a wonderful experience was had by all.
The competitors have managed to write down a few thoughts about the event and what it meant to them:
Really excellent experience! Organised well [...]
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Posted on April 12, 2009 by Mark Hannaford
We’ve just heard from the Namibia Ultra Marathon race director Steve Clark, that everyone is now back in Swakopmund. Steve said the race was very tough with temperatures getting up to 42 ºc. Winner Darren Roberts was very surprised and shocked to hear he won the race but once it sunk in he was delighted. [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2009 by Mark Hannaford
We’ve just heard that all runners have just passed the 10km check-point. Currently Tom Adams and Tom McGuire (last years winner) are in the lead running the first 10km in 55 minutes. The rest of the pack are doing well considering the temperature is +38 at present.
www.adventure-racing.org
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Posted on April 9, 2009 by Mark Hannaford
We’ve just heard that the group have all arrived on time at Windhoek Namibia, they are currently heading out to camp where they will stay until the race. It’s their last chance to check kit, acclimitise, get to know the other runners and ask our team of experts any last minute questions. We have [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2009 by Mark Hannaford
It’s only a few days until our team of runners set off on the ultimate endurance test in the Namibian Desert. The Namibia 24-hour ultra marathon is a race over 126km in 24-hours, all contestants will be completely self reliant from the start to finish and will need to carry all their own food and [...]
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