Two years later in 1986 the first Marathon des Sables was run. He covered 350 km (214 mi) in 12 days without encountering a single oasis or desert community along the way. The marathon was the brainchild of French concert promoter Patrick Bauer who in 1984 traversed the Sahara desert on foot and alone. ▷ Big thanks to The Tech Dept - my business - for sponsoring all of this.Photo of the first British Runners to complete the Marathon des Sables (Dr Mike Stroud OBE, Rene Nevola, Richard Cooper and Prof Mike Lean). The Power of F*ck You with Debbie Wosskow, OBE How To Turn Your Worst Day Into Your Biggest Breakthrough with Dan Sullivanįrom Public Speaker To Prison Cell with Peter Sage ▷ Check out Dan's top three interviews from season 1: We build tech products for impact startups ▷ Please reach out to me with a DM on LinkedIn ▷ Big thanks to The Tech Dept - my business - for sponsoring all of this.

▷ We’re now in the top 2.5% of global podcasts - heard in 44 countries! Somehow he passed the PCR test to fly - but just how do you finish the world’s toughest footrace with a COVID 19-hangover? And what lessons did he learn on this “Sahara Fun Run”? Find out in this special episode - hosted by Joe Pack! That’s tough - but Dan nearly didn't make the start line because after 18 long months of hardcore trail training, he caught COVID only two weeks out. And he completed it - raising £14,000 for charity KidsOut with his team.The MDS - known as “the toughest foot race in the world” - is a seven-day, 250 kilometre, ultra-marathon across the remote Moroccan Sahara (that’s the equivalent of six marathons). Yet, on the 25th March 2022, he undertook this legendary survival race, dodging scorpions in sand dunes with all his food and equipment strapped to his back.

When our host Dan Kirby - who’s day job is running The Tech Dept - announced his intention to run in the Marathon Des Sables (MDS), everyone thought he was crazy.

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