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How This Millionaire Investor Overcame Opioid Addiction to Become the World's Fastest Marathoner Over 50
Apr 19 2024 Ken Rideout shares five invaluable lessons for achieving peak performance physically and mentally. Recently, he placed first in the Gobi March, a grueling 7-day, 155-mile footrace in Central Mongolia.
Impact Magazine: World's Most Extreme Races (4 Deserts, Western States, UTMB)
Apr 16 2024 The marathon is as the name suggests—a race of four deserts across the globe, currently comprises the Atacama Crossing in Chile, the Gobi March in Mongolia, the Namib Race in Namibia and the Last Desert in Antarctica.
Isabelle Sauvé lands in the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame
Apr 16 2024 Isabelle Sauvé competed for École Secondaire Catholique Algonquin as a multi-sport athlete. Upon being selected as an OPP officer, she took up running to keep in shape and competed in some 10k events.
Australian Story: Inside the Aussie outback music festival built on a 'crazy gamble': Big Red Bash
Mar 22 2024 A story about Greg Donovan, who completed the 4 Deserts Grand Slam 2012.
Podcast: 4 Deserts Grand Slam Challenger Tania Carmona Prieto interviews Event Director Samantha Fanshawe
Mar 22 2024 Another incredible guest, Samantha Fanshawe - Event Director for the Namibia Race @racingtheplanet We take a deep dive into the stories and the people that make this More Than a Race. Sam has directed over 50 events, we were so lucky to get words of encouragement, advice and wisdom, leaving us inspired.
Taipei Times - Ultramarathons keep Tommy Chen ‘humble’
Mar 02 2024 After topping the world in the 4 Deserts Race Series in 2016, Taiwanese ultramarathon runner Tommy Chen could easily be considered a conqueror of nature, but after having run more than 1,800km in the intervening eight years, the ultramarathon veteran says the extreme mileage has taught him to be “humble” in the face of Mother Earth.
The Globetrotting Guidebook: Our Most Memorable Runs Across the Planet
Feb 04 2024 “Picking a single route is very difficult, considering I’ve run 365+ times a year for the past several years. But the one run/race that really stands out to me is an approximately 48-mile race as part of the seven-day stage race across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. I won this stage and took the overall race lead. I would go on to win the Gobi March, a 155-mile, self-supported stage race. It was my first ever ultramarathon, first ever stage race, first time camping, first time running ...
Ironman Announces New CEO, Scott DeRue
Jan 29 2024 As the former president of Equinox fitness, DeRue helped oversee over 100 fitness clubs, a fitness platform, digital commerce, and its media groups through COVID and the dawn of vaccines.
Ryoji Kido from Japan Joins the 4 Deserts Club at the Atacama Crossing 2023
Nov 18 2023 挑戦に年齢は関係ない 58歳の城戸さん(熊本市) 砂漠レース四大会制覇 Age doesn't matter when it comes to challenges: 58-year-old Kido (Kumamoto City) has won 4 Deserts races
Running on earth is tough/hard but it makes you happy
Nov 13 2023 Nineteen years ago in 2004, Lin Yijie was the Atacama Crossing champion. This year he was invited by the organizer to return to his old place to compete. He brought five other amateur runners, including Xiaobai, who had never run an ultramarathon, to participate in the seven-day race. A six-night, 250-kilometer race with self-supply and weight.