Marathon running trio cross Sahara

They started with a dip in the cold surf of the
Atlantic on a white sand beach in Africa's far west. A little over
three months later, this week they were swimming above coral reefs in
the Red Sea.

In between lay 4,580 miles of
heat-blasted and empty Sahara, which, unlike anyone before them, Ray
Zahab, 38, Kevin Lin, 30, and Charlie Engle, 44, ran across.

On average, the Canadian, Taiwanese and American ran two marathons a
day for 110 days, in temperatures of up to 104F, ripping through a pair
of trainers in 48 hours.

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Weekend report

Saturday last week - Easy run plus strength exercises for legs. Very good to improve legs strength to help climbing.

Monday (yes, still weekend because Tuesday holyday) - Easy run, 30 or 40 minutes, always raining. It was nice to run at rain, and at night. Of course with a wet bath immediately after the run.

Yesterday an easy run interrupted with the rain. Because I'was not close to the home and so I haven't the wet bath :)

adiStar Fusion

This work week log

Tuesday - 55 min, running on a free pace, with my wife on bike. It was the first training that we did together with run/bike and it's fine. I can run more time than before, and her did a good exercise also.

Wednesday - 40 min, 15 last min fast.

Next run only in weekend, with an harder trails.



POLAR RS800SD





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Week report

This week report:

Tuesday - 40 minutes.

Saturday - 50 minutes, hard trail, finishing fast.

This weekend I do only one run, because after the Saturday run, I become so much tired, and so the Sunday was only to rest. Maybe today I do an extra run in compensation.



Air Max Azulikeit Plus

Bike

Finally I bought a bike for my wife. For now on we can do a mix training: I go by foot and her goes by bike. This way I can do longer runs that would improve my trainings quality, because until now I usually only run about 30/40 minutes on the days I go run with her. So, Tuesdays will be the day of the week for the long runs by the river...



New Balance M992

This weekend runs

Saturday - 1 hour

Sunday - 40 min

Both of days, run middle fast, in a difficult trail some ascents and descents. I feel fine, with a good strength, finishing fast. Just a little pain on my soleus muscle / ankle. I have resume take my magnesium supplements like a doctor recommend me some time ago, for similar situations.



Nike Air Equalon

Week Report

Monday - 45 m fast

Tuesday - 40 m very easy

Wednesday - 40 easy + 10 minutes fast

Thursday and Friday - I will rest rest, try to recover my pain in the knee.

In the week day I will try to do some 'mountain cross'...



Nike Air Jagged Ice

Preparing next half-marathon

I need to go faster and run more miles to prepare my next hal-marathon. It will be on middle of Mars, in Lisbon. The link to the race site.



New Balance W606.

Adidas

Here are some good air mesh upper running shoes: adidas mega bounce.

Low performance

In the past week I was give blood. Everything goes fine. I just can't do any sport activity during the 24 hours after it. In the weekend, to days after, I was feeling fine and so I did my first run. It was to be an easy 40 minutes run. 10 minutes after my start, when I begin the first road ascent, I was tired. The remaining run I was so tired that almost have to stop...completely tired. but no, I go to the end very slowly but without need to proceed walking. I never thought that is so difficult to run with a little less blood in the body, but this is a amazing difference! This week will be a couple of easy runs to progressively becomes to the same point I'm before!