Wadi Adventure Race #18 - the mother of all obstacle races in the UAE It was in 2012 when OutdoorUAE visited the first ever Wadi Adventure Race in Al Ain. The inaugural race attracted just a few dozen adventure enthusiasts to make the long drive from Abu Dhabi, Dubai...
Toughest thing I have ever done, by Sam Morris The Oman Desert Marathon (ODM) is one of the hardest endurance races around, but having run the 250km Marathon des Sables (MDS) across the Sahara last year, I thought I was ready for the ODM. But this event was another...
Oman by UTMB is supposed to be a tough ultramarathon (www.omanbyutmb.com) at 137km, with almost 8,000 meters of rocky vertical ascent and 44 hour time limit. But even the top elite runners are surprised by its difficulty. Afterwards Co-Winner Jason Schlarb commented:...
“I’ve learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers fear.” (Nelson Mandela) Over the past year, I began running ultra’s (Running events over 50km) as a way to keep fit...
Olya, Alex and I first ran Rome Marathon together in 2014, and our most vivid memory of that marathon was the torrential downpour while we were waiting in the Start corral. We were so miserably wet and the rain continued that day until after the Finish, so our...
