Final Stage

Well, I made it. The last day was a very hot 42.2km trot up and down steep cliffs and through lots of sand. I finished in about 5 hours and I'm waiting for the general classification to see if I'll finish in the top hundred. My tent is about 50 meters from the email tent and it took me almost 10 minutes to get here, using a very slow shuffle due to my feet. At least |'ve had the full experience, including a hot nail through my toe nail, which was pretty much the most painful experience of my life. But on the up side, there will be beer and wine with dinner tonight (yipee). Well, it's time to start heeling and spend some qality time in London before heading back to Qatar.

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Third Stage Update

I don't have words to describe yesterday. It was the longest ever stage, totalling 91kms (57 miles). I decided to walk 30 mins and run 30 mins, but it was a mistake. I should have run on the easy terain and walked the rest. All in all though, it went well. I hooked up with a fast group after dark, mainly because my head tourch was useless. I came in at about 23:25 after more than 14 hours. I was one of the lucky ones. There are still people coming in now, more than 17 hours later. I managed to go up 3 places and now have to defend position 100 in the marathon stage tomorrow. Oh and the bottom of my feet have pretty much fallen appart due to the walking, which means that I am now moving at a snails pace around the camp.

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Stage update

It was a cold, cold night. My sleeping bag was not designed for a very strong wind and arctic temporatures! So, I slept about 30 minutes. On the positive side, | had another good run today. It was 36kms of mixed dunes, hills and flat with a really evil last 2kms of dunes. I finished in about 4hrs 27 and I'll see later if I've maintained my position of 103 (I was more surprised than anyone that I almost made it into the top 100). Tomorrow is the long stage and I have no idea how to approach it. I'll just do what hurts the least. At the moment everything hurts, but that will get better when I cook.

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