Stage Three: The stars

Stage Three: The stars

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Stage 3: The stars

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Today, for the 47 km of the night stage, the runners were divided in three badges depending on their speed. The general feel at the runner’s camp was positive, runners were resting and chatting. The Referees were also resting as a long night awaited them. The podiatrist and physiotherapist were taking  good care of all athletes and they expected to have seen each group before their departure time.

 The slowest runners started at 10:00 am so they could cover more distance making use of as much light as possible ,the second batch was formed by the runners that were in the middle of the pack and they started at 12:00 pm. The last group spent a good part of the day resting, as they were the fastest  and had to start at 2:00 pm. To many runners, this stage appeared to be more difficult than the previous one, forgetting that they have already accumulated 144 km.

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While there was light runners could enjoy the beauty of the golden sands of the desert and the sunset. Once it got dark the night stage  was visible due the  lights, each light was visible from the previous one. At this stage runners were already more acclimatized to the desert and the backpack is less heavy, however the continuous ascents and descent  of the stage made it challenging.

At the km 30 we found runner Simon Wergan, a 60-year-old British man: Although he was tired, he expressed had never been in such a beautiful desert before, commenting that in 15 years of participating in races, he had never seen so much beauty. He continued his way in the dark, following the light and enjoying.

 

After the race at km 5, the runner Julio de Campos Nieto had to be assisted after initiating the ascend of one of the dunes, he was taken back to the starting camp as he could not walk due to a knee sprain. Unfortunately, he had to be pulled out of the race. 

Pol Makuri and Albert Jorquera have arrived with success to the finish line and the last stage will be the challenge for Pol to become the first person with Cerebral Palsy to have finished the Oman Desert Marathon. 

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The first arrivals at the finish line after 47 km of sand running were Ghaith Al saidi from Oman, followed by his team memberSaleh Al saidi and on third Rashid El Morabity from Morocco.

On the women’s side Aziza Raji from Morocco was in first place followed by Aziza El Amrany also  from Morocco.

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