It’s 6.15 p.m. in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and I’m cutting the excess foil from a packet of paracetamol in a bid to save weight. Beside me lies a small mound of rejected kit – spare batteries, a tiny ...
It is possibly the most deceivingly named race on the planet. Over seven days and six stages, participants in the Marathon des Sables run, stumble, burn, stink, hallucinate, cry and bleed across 156 ...