Wake Up Call

Stage one is done but was very hard. They opened the race with a 33K run through the Mazouga Dunes,including a trek through Erg Chebbi. In plain terms: a nine mile warm up and then 9 miles through the dunes...it was very hot, very steep and felt like one step forward for two back. After the dunes we had 4 miles across flat volcanic type basalt fields. It took me 8 hours....longest 23 miles ever! I am generally ok. -Ed