Lyon-Morocco. In the heart of the Marathon des Sables (Stage 3)
250 kilometers in the Sahara in food self-sufficiency. The Marathon des Sables is not just a race in the desert. It is also the story of men and women who seek to conquer the adventure of their lives. Follow stage 2 of 31 km, (Rich Mbirika – Nord El Maharch), with Lyon Capitale.
47 runners from the Auvergne-RhôneAlpes region, including 7 from Lyon, took the start of the 36th Marathon des Sables, a foot race of more than 250 kilometers spread over six timed stages, in food self-sufficiency and alone in the southern Moroccan Sahara.
Every day, from March 27 to April 1, a journalist from Lyon Capitale on site (with the support of Fiducial*) takes you through the adventure of the “first desert raid in the world”.
“It’s a race out of time, in the middle of nowhere, it’s another planet, on finds himself stripped of everything, we find the original man in his simplest device, explains to Lyon Capitale Patrick Bauer, founder and director of the Marathon des Sables. It is a trip that allows you to rise spiritually, the desert helping a lot with that. »
* shareholder of Lyon Capitale.
Also to follow: the Marathon des Sables live here
See also the “6 minutes chrono” (the daily TV meeting of Lyon Capitale) on the subject: Marathon of the Sands. From Lyon to Morocco, “the call of the desert” (video)