Christine Buckledee one of the owners of the Grosvenor Bar in Western Street raises £1,700 for charity.
In early April Chrissie took part in the 29th edition of The Marathon des Sables, a gruelling six day, multi-stage endurance race which requires competitors from over 44 nationalities to run, walk or crawl 250km through a formidable landscape in one of the world’s most inhospitable climates – The Sahara Desert.
The desert is an extremely harsh environment which includes Morocco’s highest sand dunes, the Erg Chebbi, dried up lakes, river beds and various mountain climbs, the highest of which is the 1,000 metre ascent of Jebel El Otfal. The terrain alternates between rock and sand in temperatures exceeding 48 degrees Celsius.
Each evening all competitors are allocated a place in a Berber tent which they share with seven other people and are allocated water rations.
Chrissie said: “I completed this amazing challenge fairly unscathed and it’s an experience that will remain with me forever. I raised just over £1,700 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association in South Africa in memory of my partner’s father.”
The Marathon des Sables known simply as the MdS is ranked by the Discovery Channel as the toughest footrace on earth. The race is a gruelling multi-stage adventure through the desert and the rules require you to be self-sufficient and to carry with you on your back everything that you need to survive, except water. Any other equipment and food is carried by the runner.
The race was started in 1986 by Patrick Bauer, is open to men and women, individuals, teams of individuals, amateurs, elite runners and entry places are much sought after.
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