I am running the Marathon des Sables in 2009 in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research.
The Marathon des Sables (MdS) is a 6 day 150 mile endurance race across the Sahara Desert. Competitors have to be self sufficient and carry all of their provisions for the race, with the exception of water which is distributed daily. The MdS is well known for being the “Toughest Foot Race on Earth” and was the brainchild of Patrick Bauer. The race was first run in 1986 and its popularity, not to mention its reputation, has grown year on year. In March 2007 235 places went on sale for British competitors and within 30 minutes all places had been sold, I was ‘lucky’ enough to secure one of those places. The adventure starts here!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2530022143304269892>
click the link above to see Eurosports coverage of 2007′s event
click for race details
Bond Bryan are proud to sponsor Matt’s Run
Please feel free to have a look around my site and find out about my training, upcoming events and most importantly how to sponsor me and donate to Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Nice site Matt – and good luck with the training
Liz
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ps what was your number fo rthe Sheffield half marathon – I want to look at the photos for all our crew
Good luck for Sunday 3/6/07
Keep to your plan.
Hello Matt,
I’m 38 and a Firefighter in Sheffield. I had quite a lot of phone calls the other ady at work asking if I had a brother. I haven’t, so when they said my double was on the front of the Gazette with the same surname I was interested as it isn’t exactly the most popular name in the phone book. Well sure enough we look uncannily alike from the photo – so I’ll be giving my Dad the third degree today. He’s born and bred Shiregreen so maybe we are related??
Other than the name and likeness, I wanted to say that your run also touches me in another way. I have Leukemia and I’m always moved when people go to these physical extremes to raise money for cancer research, so thanks a lot.
Good luck with the run Matt, I’ll definitely be sponsoring you – and get in touch if you’d like……never know we might be related!! ha.
Kind regards,
Andrew Hayter
Hayter!
You are a legend.
Pete (total stranger)
you’re a media whore! love meg, dave issac and milo
Re the above comment Matt – Milk it for all its worth Mike
Hey Matt,
Nice to see another fellow runner for the 2009 event! I hope your training is going well and hopefully I’ll see you on the course.
All the best…
Ian Cunliffe
Another crazy MDS runner
Good effort Mr.Matt!!!
I think the last time we met,we went for pizza and you didn’t look like you would ever be running a marathon ne’mind 150 miles over desert!
All I can say is Bravo y ole tus huevos chaval!!!
Hope all goes to plan,
Love from Dan,Rosa,Alex and Pablo.
Hi Matt,
Sorry about your unfinished race. Not to worry, it is still training! Did you register for next year MDS? If so, see you next March in the Sands.
John – http://www.mds2009.com
Hi Matt,
When I heard you were going to run the MDS in 2009, I said to you, ‘You must be mad and didn’t like the idea of you being 22st with two years to prepare, entering for this event’.
Well,here you are on the verge of departing, with all the efforts of your devoted training which included many many miles of running up hills and down dales, Gym work, half marathons, full marathons and all the other type of events you have completed in. then to see you after all of this as a new person,fit and healthy and in very good shape.
Matty, I take my hat off to you, congratulations, well done and good luck on your adventure.Looking forward to talking to you about it. Love, Pops.XXX
Matt – you did really well in the desert. I hope I can buy you a drink next week when you get back to UK