Marathon des Sables 2006

A 6 day 150 mile endurance race across the Sahara Desert in Morocco in temperatures of over 120°F and carrying all of your own gear!!!

  

 

Please help us to raise money for a tremendous charity 'Facing Africa' to help fight the disease Noma. Noma is a terrible disease which kills hundreds of thousands of very young children each year but is preventable, curable and treatable. Full details of the charity can be found at www.facingafrica.org

What is Noma?

All donations are very gratefully received.

You can make a donation on line by clicking here

Please make cheques payable to "Facing Africa"

You can also give cash to Mike or Kevin

or send to:

MDS Team
Computer Services Department
North Tyneside Hospital
North Shields
NE29 8NH

The team
Mike and Kevin are entering the race together - we completed the Caledonian Challenge (54 miles in 22 hours) last year and decided to do something a bit different for the next challenge.
[Kevin's son Steven (in blue NUFC shirt), very unfortunatley has had to withdraw from the event, he will be greatly missed]


Training photos

* www.saharamarathon.co.uk - More information about the MdS (you could run it too!)
* www.facingafrica.org - Helping to cure and prevent NOMA (official charity of the MdS in 2003)
* www.darbaroud.com - The organizers of the MdS