My Story – The MDS 2008
The Marathon des Sables 2008 is over, and I am very happy that my journey of 245.3 kilometres across the Sahara desert finished after 37hrs 41min – the winner finished in stellar 19hrs 27min!
I was lucky to be able to take part in one of the most amazing adventure races. A race, in which the final time and position is secondary to the actual journey. The journey to get you to the start in the first place – and then that real journey of running, jogging and walking for seven days across the Sahara desert in Morocco.
I like to thank you all for your kind support during the months leading towards and especially during the race. Without your encouragement, this challenge would have been twice as hard.
I am very proud to announce, that thanks to all your generous support, I was able to transfer almost $5500 to The Fred Hollows Foundation. This money will allow for more than 200 blind people to be able to see again. So my race truly was a great Run 4 Vision!
As any runner, I always have that one special race on my mind, that I would love to compete in one day. I plan to continue supporting and helping The Fred Hollows Foundation in the years to come, because I will continue running and hopefully be part of many more exciting challenges and wonderful adventures like the Marathon des Sables.
Read my story
Part I – The Road to Morocco
When I decided, after watching TV coverage of the race in November
2006, to participate in one of the hardest foot races on this planet,
I had no real idea what was lying ahead of me ... apart from lots of
sand.
Dedicating the race to The Fred Hollows Foundation made this a worthwhile
project. Never before did I run a race and got hundreds of friends and
strangers involved and interested in helping a great cause! The following is the story about my biggest running
adventure yet and tells about the ups and downs all the way to the finish
line of the famous desert race in Morocco ...
Download full story (PDF 412KB)
Part II – The Marathon des Sables
So 4500 km later, $15,000 poorer and with a damaged knee, Uli
and I headed off to Morocco. Marathon des Sables 2008 – here we
come! At this point, I felt proud and grateful that I had been able to transfer
a total of over $5,000 to The Fred Hollows Foundation – more than 200 people will be able
to see again thanks to Run4Vision and the generous supporters of my project...
Download full story (PDF 176KB)
Thank your support!
I would like to thank all my friends, supporters, and corporate sponsors for
their words of encouragement, and that they have helped me to help hundreds
of people by donating almost $5,500 to The
Fred Hollows Foundation.
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