For Amy Palmiero-Winters’s latest ultramarathon venture, the treacherous Marathon des Sables, her 13-year-old daughter wrote a note: “Good luck. I love you. Don’t die.” ...

As well as simply drinking a delicious cup of Des Sables, Miller suggests using it to make a special simple syrup. Her recipe is four cups of water, two cups of sugar, and ¼ cup tea.

The Marathon des Sables in the Sahara Desert is an extreme example of this – a gruelling, 251km multi-stage race across inhospitable terrain in the blazing heat.

Gruelling: Competitors in the Marathon des Sables face 50C heat. AFP/Getty Images. The race is made up of six stages of up to 52 miles each over seven days in temperatures exceeding 50C.

Harry Hunter, aged 76 becomes the oldest Brit to run the infamous Marathon Des Sables. A Berkshire man has become the oldest Briton to run an ultra-marathon in the Sahara Desert. Harry Hunter, 76 ...

The six-day long Marathon des Sables, which takes place in Morocco, has claimed the lives of three people in its 35 year history. David Ward, from Lower Darwen, will be taking the challenge on for ...

Earlier this month, David Exell became the oldest Briton to ever complete the Marathon des Sables, a six-day, 156 mile ultra-marathon in the Sahara Desert.

Lam Pok-yin, Leung Hok-hin and Wu Man-hang are experienced trail runners and have competed in the Oxfam Trail Walker with Poon. But the multi-day Marathon des Sables (MDS) presents a host of new ...

Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes hopes to become the oldest Briton to complete the "toughest footrace on Earth" - the Marathon des Sables in Morocco. Participants run 156 miles (250km) in six days ...

The four-legged competitor joined the notorious Marathon des Sables during the second stage of the 140.7 mile trek across the Sahara Desert in Morocco.