Talk:Marathon des Sables

Questions on Patrick Bauer's Initial Trek
How does one get water in the Sahara when trekking 12 days without encountering a single oasis or desert community along the way?

Unexplicable mutilation of article
User Widr had unexplicably (offering no explanaton whatsoever) removed new and useful info recently introduced by a user. The list of notable participants had been enriched with far more relevant names than the two previously offered (nearly unrelevant). I have therefore reverted the quasi-vandalism perpetrated by Widr. P.S.: It is an obvious and elementary Wikipedia rule, that edits and un-edits should be motivated.--217.201.66.13 (talk) 18:39, 24 August 2013 (UTC)

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Trivia
moved to talk for discussion RJFJR (talk) 13:44, 12 August 2013 (UTC)


 * During the 1994 race, Italian police officer Mauro Prosperi lost his way during a sand storm and wandered lost for more than 9 days, losing over 13 kg (30 lb) of body weight.
 * In 2007, the BBC reported the total cost to participate as being about ₤2565 (US$5000).
 * , two competitors had died during the race.
 * For the 2008 Marathon des Sables, the registration fee was €2550 before taxes.
 * , Lahcen Ahansal from Morocco had won 10 titles, and his brother Mohammed Ahansal 5 titles.
 * In the 2009 race, there was heavy rain, in the two days before the start of the race, causing the first and last day's stages to be cancelled due to flooding. This had never before occurred during the history of the MdS. To compensate, the 'long stage' was the longest in the race's history at 56 miles.
 * The 2011 race saw a new winner take the podium, Rachid Morabity, Mohamed Ahansal's pupil and fellow countryman, in a time of 20 hours, 58 minutes and 19 seconds. It was the longest yet at 250.7 km.

Why the emphasis on British runners?
Two out of four points in the "Notable Runners" is dedicated to Brisih runners - NON OF WHOM EVEN WON. This seems uncalled for, sections should be deleted and a section on the actual winners added.Pearl2525 (talk) 13:47, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

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Mohamed Bensalah
The 1992 winner, Mohamed Bensalah, links to Mohamed Hassan Bensalah. His age and nationality make sense, and judging by his profile picture it's plausible that he could be a long-distance runner, but his article doesn't mention a running career, or the Marathon des Sables. Is it the right Mohamed Bensalah? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 13:01, 13 July 2019 (UTC)


 * In fact I wonder if the athlete is actually this chap at the International Association of Athletics Federations - a long-distance runner called Mohamed Ben Salah, born in 1972. Sadly the internet has almost nothing about him. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 13:11, 13 July 2019 (UTC)