4 Deserts's Blog (10)

Name: The Last Desert 2016

Date: November 2016

Organiser: The 4 Deserts Race Series Ltd

Website: http://www.4deserts.com/thelastdesert/

Contact: info@4deserts.com

The Last Desert is a 6-stage, 250-kilometer self-supported footrace at the final frontier in Antarctica. This race is only open to those who have completed at least two of the 4…

Name: Sahara Race 2016

Date: 1 – 7 May 2016

Organiser: The 4 Deserts Race Series Ltd

Website: http://www.4deserts.com/sahararace/

Contact: info@4deserts.com

The course of the Sahara Race (Namibia) 2016 takes competitors across 250 kilometers (approximately 155 miles) of stunning desert terrain in the country of Namibia that is home to the oldest desert and the largest dunes in the world. Over seven days…

Name: Gobi March 2016

Date: 19 – 25 June 2016

Organiser: The 4 Deserts Race Series Ltd

Website: http://www.4deserts.com/gobimarch/

Contact: info@4deserts.com

Gobi March (China) 2016 is the 50^th race of the 4 Deserts Race Series. It is a a 7-day, 250-kilometer self-supported footrace, takes place in Hami region in the eastern part of Xinjiang Province in China. Along the 250…

Name: Atacama Crossing 2016

Date: 2 – 8 October 2016

Organiser: The 4 Deserts Race Series Ltd

Website: http://www.4deserts.com/atacamacrossing/

Contact: info@4deserts.com

The course of the Atacama Crossing (Chile), a 7-day, 250-kilometer self-supported footrace, takes competitors across a wide variety of terrains and includes approximately 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) of ascents and…

Date: 14 – 20 February 2016

Organiser: The 4 Deserts Race Series Ltd

Website: www.4deserts.com/beyond/sri lanka

Contact: info@4deserts.com

The 9th Roving Race, RacingThePlanet: Sri Lanka 2016 which is part of the 4 Deserts Race Series, will take place in Sri Lanka from 14-20 February 2016. This race follows a similar format as the prestigious 4 Deserts Series. It is a 250-kilometer / 155-mile, 7-day, 6-stage…

In 2012 NHK filmed Yasuhito Wakita, or 'Wacky' as he is better known, undertake and conquer the Sahara Race, a 250km self supported footrace in Egypt. Check out the brief trailer for the documentary at www.nhk.or.jp/ichiban/ and watch the full program on the below dates. 

January 10 (Thu) 22h00 - 22h50 "Chikyu…

The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2012 has proved to be a momentous race in 4 Deserts racing history. When the fifth edition of the event came to a close in the snowy setting of Danko Island yesterday, new records were being forged in all directions.

Anne-Marie Flammersfeld of Germany emerged as the first woman to ever win all four events in the 4 Deserts…

One of the world’s most extraordinary endurance races gets underway this Thursday, 22 November, as 55 competitors set out on a journey to race up to 250 kilometers across the world’s largest and coldest desert.

It is the fifth edition of The Last Desert, the most eagerly awaited race in the 4 Deserts series because of the rare chance it offers individuals to…

One of the most extraordinary moments of the Sahara Race comes at the halfway point, as competitors enter one of the planet's most mind-boggling landscapes. Set against the vast, silent expanse of a valley buried deep in the desert, are the unlikely skeletons and fossilized remains of whales. If you take a closer look at these ancient, aquatic creatures placed like…

Spain’s Vicente Garcia Beneito, 36, won the Gobi March 2012, earning his second-straight 4 Deserts victory in a time of 23:12:33. Garcia Beneito, winner of the Atacama Crossing 2012, never once relinquished his lead during the week-long, 250-km race.

In the highly competitive women’s competition, German Anne-Marie Flammersfeld, 31, won her…