We welcome all inquiries from the media about RacingThePlanet and our 4 Deserts events. The 4 Deserts takes competitors to some of the earth’s most pristine desert environments, many with ancient cultures still in evidence. These events are meant to be not only physical and mental challenges, but also rich cultural and environmental experiences. To learn more about us, here are the highlights of recent press releases and media coverage.

No Record present Braving Antarctica to help troubled youth   August 21, 2010 Singapore's Straits Times talks to competitor Thaddeus Lawrence Document 1 Off Limits   August 13, 2010 Four big deserts, one giant challenge. RacingThePlanet's 4-pronged extreme race is the ultimate test of human endurance. Document 1 Tough China trek left me addicted   August 3, 2010 Sam Wilson has completed one of the world’s toughest footraces in memory of his late brother She wins for sharks' sake   July 7, 2010 A gritty legal recruiter has become the first Singaporean woman to win the 250km Gobi March. Document 1 Parr conquers gruelling 7-day race in the Gobi   July 4, 2010 Former Hong Kong Football Club flying rugby winger Dan Parr proved his stamina by winning the gruelling Gobi March 2010 endurance running race yester... Document 5 Endurance Profile: Stephanie Case   July 8, 2010 The UK's Running Fitness magazine profiles Stephanie Case. Document 1 Trail Magazine features Joey Kelly   June 9, 2010 Joey Kelly relives his experience at RacingThePlanet: Australia 2010 Document 1 Marching in the desert for kids   June 30, 2010 Gobi March competitor Brian Jones and the charity he is supporting Tamati to run across Gobi Desert (taranaki-daily-new)   June 10, 2010 Tamati will compete in the gruelling Gobi March, a six-stage, 250-kilometre race through China's Gobi Desert, starting on June 27. Youth runs Sahara Desert (koreatimes)   June 9, 2010 The 39-year-old man ran the wildest regions across the globe. One may think that he must inherit a sturdy body and three-lungs. But, eight years ago, ... ORHS grad laps up globetrotting life (The Courier)   June 7, 2010 McMurtrey, a 1996 graduate of Oak Ridge High School who now lives in Washington state, recently began fundraising so he can enter the Atacama Crossing... Wellingtonian prepares for gruelling run across desert (The Dominion Post)   May 31, 2010 The 34-year-old is soon to fly to China to compete in the Gobi March - a 250km run across the Gobi Desert. Ryan Sandes' Experience at the Atacama Crossing   May 31, 2010 Ryan Sandes relives his experience at the Atacama Crossing in South Africa's leading multisports magazine. Document 1 Kisuk Song's journey to the Atacama Crossing (Men's Health magazine)   May 26, 2010 The Korean's race experience is covered by Men's Health magazine. Document 1 Desert racer has a sunny attitude (The Vancouver Courier)   May 23, 2010 Gaskell, born in Vancouver and now living in Hong Kong, is training for a 250-kilometre desert run scheduled for the end of June. ‘Slow runner’ in quick race (mosman-daily)   May 23, 2010 Stephen Bingham came fifth in RacingThePlanet Australia, one of the most challenging sporting events in the world. Ishihara's ultra-marathon runner (asahi.com)   May 19, 2010 Ishihara's experience in Australia 2010. Kimberly beats the Kimberley (Backabuddy)   May 19, 2010 The experience about Dods and Bishop in the Kimberley Desert in Australia Document 1 Blistering pace required (The Mosman Daily)   May 16, 2010 Mosman's Gareth Corbett finished one of the toughest sporting events in the world. Singing Marathon Man Conquers the Kimberlies (NewsMaker)   May 13, 2010 Brisbane’s Scott Griffin has successfully completed a six-day, 250km ultra marathon across the Kimberlies and raised funds for contemporary Australian... Wonder Woman (Grazia magazine)   May 14, 2010 Australia's Susan King is featured in Grazia magazine Document 1 Cycle race to smile about (Sowetan - News)   May 12, 2010 Joanne McLeod does not regrest losing nine toenails in the name of charity. Document 1 Nabs Goes Mad at Gala Fundraiser (Marketing Magazine)   May 12, 2010 Danis raised $41,000 by participating in the 250-km Gobi March race last June, finishing 14th overall and first among Canadian competitors. Michael’s Heroic Journey (specialolympics)   May 10, 2010 In addition to completing the rigorous Atacama Crossing, Michael raised $300,000 for Special Olympics Singapore. Scorched serenity (recordnet.com)   May 9, 2010 During a 155-mile trek amid some of the harshest conditions on earth, a Stockton man discovered a strange thing — peace Mencap and RacingThePlanet Free Information Evening (multidays.com)   May 6, 2010 Join Mencap and RacingThePlanet for a free information evening about extreme racing and the 4 Deserts series. Canyon Extreme (Go Magazine)   May 6, 2010 In May 2009 the fifth race was held in Namibia. Competitors had to traverse the Fish River Canyon and run along the Skeleton Coast to Luderitz - a dis... Document 1 Pushing Through pain to feel alive in the long run (The Age)   May 6, 2010 Peter Jong, a lean man with a spiky goatee, starts a 250-kilometre race through the hot Kimberley scrub and sand, in far north Western Australia. Keven's Maathon Effort (Cathay Pacific magazine)   May 3, 2010 Keen competed in the 250km "Race the Planet" event in the Atcama Desert in March to help raise funds for the Freedom Care Project being run by the Bud... Document 1 Ithaca Athlete Completes 7-day, 155-Mile Rough Country Foot Race (NBC)   May 5, 2010 Ithaca athlete Christopher LaVallee recently joined 116 other competitors from around the world, in completing the RacingThePlanet Australia 2010 7-da... Harriers compete on world stage (standard.co.uk)   May 5, 2010 Ian Anderson took on the challenge of the Atacama Crossing, a six stage, 250 kilometre event across the Atacama Desert in Chile. Mercy dash for saline drips as (The West Australian)   April 27, 2010 Emergency supplies of intravenous fluid are being flown to an adenture race in WA's far north - Kununurra. Document 1 Document 2 Spaniard conquers tough Kimberley (The West Australian)   May 3, 2010 A diminutive Spaniard has covered 240km of the Kimberley's harshest terrain on foot in just over 31 hours to win the Australian leg of RacingThePlanet... Document 1 6 Kiwis take on RacingThePlanet's Australia 2010 (Sportzhub)   April 27, 2010 6 seriously hard core kiwis are amongst the 200 competitors at RacingThePlanet's Australia 2010. Fab four finish desert run (Gazette)   April 25, 2010 A FANTASTIC team of four have battled on despite fatigue, bandaged feet and 40-degree heat to complete a 150-mile run across the world’s driest desert... 5th Awareness Campaign For Congenital Heart Disease (Al Bawaba)   April 21, 2010 Ali Wehbe was present at press conference just a few hours before leaving to Australia to participate in the 250 km race ‘Racing the Planet Australia ... Russell, Sharon take on Oz (Republikein Online)   April 21, 2010 RACING the Planet: Australia will be taking place in the Kimberley region of Australia from 25 April to 1 May and Namibian athletes Sharon and Russell... In the Spotlight: Going the extra miles (Tracy Press)   April 20, 2010 Steve Major will compete in a seven-day 150-mile footrace in RacingThePlanet: Australia. Bendecido por la Locura (Marzo 2010 Runners)   April 18, 2010 Articles about Carlos Garcia Prieto's racing experience in 4Deserts. Document 1 George Chmiel Prepares for 150 Mile Australian Ultra Marathon (i-Newswire)   April 16, 2010 Leaving the ABC reporter "speechless", Chmiel described his upcoming 150 mile/ 5 day ultra-marathon in the deadly and treacherous Australian Outback. The new generation of female adventurers (Times Online)   April 11, 2010 For many women, completing a tough physical challenge is about more than reaching the end goal — it’s a life-affirming event. Going the Distance (Option Magazine)   April 12, 2010 Michael Dee ran the gruelling Atacama Crossing in Chile last month to raise funds for Singapore's Special Olympics team. Document 1 Running across a desert to save sharks (asiaone news)   April 12, 2010 The 29-year-old legal recruiter, who is based in Hong Kong, will attempt the tortuous 250km Gobi March in June. A moment of truth in the Atacama Desert (The Business Times Weekend)   April 10, 2010 Articles about Atacama Crossing 2010 experience Document 1 Doctor Prepares for Gobi Desert Challenge   April 11, 2010 A GP will swap his surgery for the sands of the China desert to raise funds for a Swindon charity. Singer to run 250KM for Musical Cause (Australia.to News)   April 9, 2010 Commencing April 24, Scott Griffin, a singer with The Australian Voices (TAV) will attempt to run 250km across the Kimberley Desert for six days to ra... Heading off to Oz   April 7, 2010 Dods, Bishop and her daughter Kimberly will take on the seven-day, six-stage, 250km roving footrace across the great outback of Australia. Document 1 Marathon effort for a sick friend (Leader)   March 30, 2010 Sutherland Shire real estate agency Beach and Bay Realty with Mr Vials hope to raise $20,000 for the Pawley famil. Racer on their marks   March 29, 2010 Triple J Tours guide Drew Campbell is one of three locals registered to compete in the 250km self-supporting foot race in Australia. Document 1 Tamati off to beat the Gobi Desert   March 25, 2010 Lisa Tamati has her next great adventure – a 250km race through the western Chinese desert. The ultra-marathon runner has secured enough sponsorship ... Runner completes stage one of global desert challenge (The Journal 24)   March 23, 2010 A Norfolk man has conquered the first stage of his bid to become the first Briton to complete four gruelling desert challenges in a single year. Runner to tackle 155 desert miles for cancer fight (ithaajournal.com)   March 22, 2010 Lavallee, 32, is about to undertake his longest run yet -- a 155-mile, seven-day footrace through the Australian wilderness called "Racing the Planet.... Nothing but heat and dust, pain and glory for 250km   March 21, 2010 A Dumfries doctor and novice athlete on how she overcame disaster to be first female across the line in gruelling Atacama Crossing 2010 Sandes wins Atacama Crossing (Sport 24)   March 20, 2010 Cape Town - South Africa's Ryan Sandes has confirmed his status as the world's premier long distance runner with victory in the Atacama Crossing in Ch... Cape Town’s Ryan Sandes Wins The Atacama Crossing (SLXS)   March 20, 2010 Sandes overall time for the six-day event was 23:58:39 – a staggering five hours and 44 minutes ahead of the second place finisher. Dumfries Running Club (standard.co.uk)   March 20, 2010 AS WELL as the magnificent performance of Jo Zakrzewski in the Atacama desert crossing in Chile as featured in Wednesday’s Standard, last weekend was ... Chile race pushes athletes to the edge (reflector.com)   March 18, 2010 Chile’s Atacama Desert consists of towering sand dunes, rocky soil and stretches of white, coral-like salt flats. Temperatures reach 110-degrees durin... Dumfries Womans Champion of Chile Marathon (standard.co.uk)   March 17, 2010 A DUMFRIES doctor was the first woman to complete the world’s hardest race — with the best time for a female in the event’s history. Huntsville man completes 155 mile race in Chile (WAFF 48 News)   March 16, 2010 TSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - A Huntsville man has returned from Chile after running a grueling six-day race for charity. Dumfries doctor wins gruelling desert race (BBC News)   March 15, 2010 Dr Jo Zakrzewski, 34, of the Charlotte Street Surgery in Dumfries, took top spot after six days of racing on the gruelling 250km (155 mile) route. Sam conquers desert (Monash Sport)   March 15, 2010 A big congratulations to Monash student Sam Gash who successfully completed the 250 kilometre long Atacama Desert crossing over the weekend. Scottish doctor wins 250km race across ‘highest and driest’ desert (Caledonian Mercury)   March 14, 2010 Dr Joasia Zakrzewski was the fastest women to complete the Atacama Crossing, a six-day, 250 kilometre desert race across Chile. Fireman Arrives in Devastated Country (standard.co.uk)   March 11, 2010 Ian Anderson was on his way to take part in the Atacama Desert Crossing when the quake struck. I'm Doing The Sahara Race 2010 (paigntonpeople.co.uk)   March 11, 2010 Alex Bear will be doing the Sahara Race 2010 and fundraising for Help for Heroes. Red Hot Chile Runners head for driest desert (Gazette)   March 9, 2010 FOUR plucky pals are running 150 miles across the world’s driest desert in a bid to raise £5,000 for charity. Dumfries Pair Run World’s Second Most Dangerous Race (Dumfries Standard Friday)   March 5, 2010 Ian Anderson of Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service and Dr Jo Zakrzewski of Charlotte Street Surgery are taking part in the Atacama Desert C... Running duo face desert challenge (BBC News)   March 2, 2010 A firefighter and a doctor from south west Scotland are set to take part in one of the world's toughest races. Bettendorf native to run in ultra-marathon in Chile   March 2, 2010 The Quad times speaks to Andrea Bassman about her first 4 Deserts race as she prepares to depart for Chile. Dumfries running duo face Atacama Desert challenge   March 2, 2010 A firefighter and a doctor from south west Scotland are set to take part in one of the world's toughest races. GP starts 250km run across world's driest desert (healthrepublic)   March 1, 2010 Dumfries GP Dr Joasia Zakrewski is undertaking a 250km race across Peru, beginning on 7 March. After a 4am start, volunteers still on duty as the last of the runners heads off home (South China Morning Post)   March 1, 2010 Peter Lee's hope of competing in this weekend's 250km Racing The Planet Atacama Crossing desert race in Chile. Document 1 Shark' sinks teeth into marathon effort (South China Morning Post)   February 28, 2010 Articles about Peter Lee's experience during Atacama Crossing 2010. Document 1 Ryan Sandes (Izimvo)   February 23, 2010 Ryan’s amazing story begins in 2006 when he finished in the top 20 of his first ever marathon. Desert race is no walk in the garden (The University of Queensland)   February 23, 2010 Melanie Wee, preparation for racing 250 kilometres across a desert and along the way raise money for the Singapore Cancer Society Pensioner takes on Atacama Crossing desert race (BBC News)   February 20, 2010 Laurie Brophy, 78, from Bridgend will trek 150 miles across the driest desert on earth in searing heat University lecturer prepares for 250km run across driest desert on Earth (The University of Winchester press office)   February 19, 2010 The Sports Science Support Unit at the University of Winchester has been carrying out extensive physiological testing on a lecturer who is taking part... Tough Kilometres in Injinji’s (Perform Smarter)   February 18, 2010 Santiago with Daniel. They will all travel to Calama March 3rd to start their preparation for the race launching March 7th. The race is covering the d... Laurie Brophy - Age Is No Barrier   February 18, 2010 Welshman Laurie Brophy talks to the South Wales Echo about his return to Chile at 78, and his determination to collect a medal. Sandes heading to Chile (Eye Withness News)   February 16, 2010 Sandes will be running in the Atacama Desert in Chile in his first race of the year. Running with Sandes (iafrica.com)   February 15, 2010 iafrica.com’s Head of Sport, Rob Peters, caught up with Ryan at one of his favourite training spots in Hout Bay to discuss how he got started and what... Testing both strength and stamina under the Sahara sun…(Extreme Sport)   February 11, 2010 The oldest competitor, 74-year-old Jack Denness of the UK, said: “It is fantastic to be here. I love it. It is great for my ego as even the front runn... Running the Gobi March   February 10, 2010 Nick Carmichael and his friend Dan Brandt will be raising money for Camilla and her father by taking part in the gruelling Gobi March in June. Seattle physician Brian Krabak will do more than treat injuries at Winter Olympics (The Seattle Times)   February 10, 2010 Krabak also has learned to appreciate the mental and psychological aspects of sport in his work with "Racing The Planet," a series of multiday ultra-e... THE CHALLENGE: The Atacama Desert (Cwicvolunteers)   February 7, 2010 THE CHALLENGE: The Atacama Desert To raise $25,000 for CWIC. RacingThePlanet: Australia 2010 (ABC Kimberley)   February 5, 2010 Articles about Australia 2010 Hero #4: The Pro (Runner's Web)   February 4, 2010 Ryan Sandes has quit his day job and is living his dream as a fulltime runner. Laurie, 78, is ready for his desert challenge (walesonline.co.uk)   February 3, 2010 Laurie, 78-year-old grandfather is instead planning to race 150 miles across a desert. Another Grueling Adventure (WAIMR)   February 3, 2010 Articles about Gobi March 2008 experience. Document 1 Citywire editor gears up for gruelling desert race (Citywire)   February 3, 2010 The 27-year-old, who was previously a New Model Adviser® reporter, will take part in the Atacama Crossing in March, raising money for Mencap. RacingThePlanet Medical Director, Brian Krabak goes to the Olympics    Seattle physician Brian Krabak will do more than treat injuries at Winter Olympics Going The Distance With The Ultra Marathon Man (ProSource.net)   January 27, 2010 Dean Karnazes Shares Some of the Secrets That Have Helped Make Him the World's Ultimate Extreme Endurance Athlete. CTR Services' Tremaine Kent Prepares for the 4 Deserts Challenge (Military Suppliers & News)   January 26, 2010 Trig attempt to complete all 4 Deserts events in a single year is aimed at raising �30,000 for the charity’s first project. Ithacan Runs Far for a Worthy Cause (Tompkins Weekly)   January 25, 2010 Christopher LaVallee officially began training last year for the seven-day foot race in Australia to be held in April. Racer raising funds for Cancer Resource Center (ithacatimes.com)   January 21, 2010 Christopher LaVallee runs through the snow during training for his upcoming seven-day, 155-mile, rough-country footrace in Western Australia. Photos (National Defence and the Canadian Forces)   January 20, 2010 Capt Mehmet Danis, a dentist with 1 Dental Unit Detachment Toronto, finished 15th in the Sahara Race in Egypt in October. Ithaca Athlete To Particpate IN 7-Day, 155-Mile Australian Outbank Foot Race; Celebrates with $20,0 (PR-USA.net)   January 15, 2010 Ithaca resident Christopher LaVallee is one of 200 athletes worldwide, who was recently accepted to compete in the April, 2010 RacingThePlanet 7-day, ... Racing The Planet: Vietnam 2009  Hanoi, Vietnam (RealEndurance.com)   January 15, 2010 A six-day, 250 kilometer footrace in northwest Vietnam. Ithaca man plans 155-mile run to benefit cancer center (ithacajournal.com)   January 15, 2010 Ithaca resident Christopher LaVallee, and Herbert Dwyer and Anthony Guarneri, co-owners of Ithaca company ASI Renovations, will announce the fundraisi... Sahara race: ‘Like running up Fort Henry hill in knee-deep sand’ (Kingston This Week)   January 13, 2010 How the Kingston man describes the nights as he and teammates Tom Adair and Jesse Yoo raced across 250 km of the Sahara Desert over five days last fal... Marathon effort for charities (Westside-news)   January 12, 2010 Greg Layton, 29, Mr Hunt has been spending hours hitting the tracks of Mt Coot-tha as he prepares for the Atacama Crossing endurance event. Rob James Talks About The 4 Deserts   January 10, 2010 Manchester United's Rob James speaks with UK endurance website Only Live Twice about the 4 Deserts. The Ultramarathon Man (Taiwan Review)   January 1, 2010 Kevin Lin is beating everyone to the finishing lines in the world's toughest sporting events. Jesse Yoo is the cover story for MBC in Korea   December 29, 2009 Jesse Yoo has completed more RacingThePlanet events than anyone else in the world. Document 1 When the tough get going (Time Out Singapore)   December 29, 2009 John Davidson finds out what drives these competitors to go that extra step. Medical Students Racing In The Chilean Desert (The University of Sydney)   December 25, 2009 Daniel Trevena and Gareth Andrews will set out on one of the world’s most difficult endurance challenges – the six day, six-stage, 250km Atacama Cross... Danis Wins Atacama Crossing (Trailrunner)   December 25, 2009 Mehmet Danis, 34, Toronto, Canada, won the 250K, seven-day, self-supported Atacama Crossing in Chile this April RacingThePlanet Namibia Ultrarunning (Ultrarunning Magazine)   December 23, 2009 Articles of RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 Document 1 Tips for living younger for longer (Freeman Courier Online)   December 17, 2009 Linda Quirk is now training to attempt to become the first woman to complete the "4 Deserts" in under a year - a series of four, seven day and 155-mil... ATACAMA CROSSING STAGE 1 OF 6 (Dean Blog)   December 16, 2009 Dean Karnazes was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Follow his exploits as he travels the globe and in... Christian Schiester finishes sixth in Atacama Crossing (Suunto)   December 16, 2009 Extreme runner and Suunto Ambassador Christian Schiester finished sixth place in the 250km Atacama Crossing race in Chile, which ended on April 4, 200... Testing their limits Local ruuners take on the Sahara (National Foundation for Cancer Research)   December 15, 2009 Vogel, 24, and Minar, 25, will be among 130 competitors who will converge on Egypt's Sahara Desert from Oct. 25 to 31 to participate in a seven-day, 1... Arnold Native Earns More Than Blisters   December 10, 2010 The Severna Park Voice catches up with George Chmiel and The Magic Foundation. Document 1 Sahara Race 2009 by Mika Kume (MacRitchie Runners 25 (Singapore))   November 29, 2009 Christian, Johnson and Mika Kume join 250km journey in Sahara Desert for 6 days and experience Schiester Targets Aussie Glory (Red Bull.com)   November 28, 2009 After finishing second in the Sahara Race, extreme runner Christian Schiester is already back in training for the third leg of the Four Deserts Cup, T... He's an adventurous spirit (The Daily Gleaner)   November 28, 2009 Article about Brian Jones attempted to run across the Sahara Desert. Les is ready to run 'race for lunatics' (Swindon Advertiser)   November 23, 2009 Articles about Les join the competition in Sahara Race 2009 and fundraising Christian Schiester finishes second in 2009 Sahara Race (PRLog (Press Release)   November 23, 2009 Austrian ultrarunner Christian Schiester raced through six days of searing heat in Egypt's desert to finish second in Racing the Planet's Sahara race.... The Warmup (The Gazette)   November 20, 2009 Articles about fundraising in Sahara Race Running to the max in Egypt, New York (SFU.CA)   November 19, 2009 Jay Solman and his teammates Mark Bremner and Lara Rantoul survived a grueling 250-k race across the Sahara. A new 100km self-support extreme marathon on the horizon (xtremesport4u.com)   November 19, 2009 New Event 100km self-support extreme marathon in Taklamakan Desert Christian Schiester Talks About Sahara Race 2009    Germany's Trail magazine follow Christian Schiester at the Sahara Race 2009. Document 1 Around South County: Galesville runner trains here, competes in the Sahara Desert (Hometownannapolis.com The Capital)   November 19, 2009 Ken Shuart during his recent 250-kilometer (154-mile) Sahara Desert marathon. ESPN Feature Sahara Race   November 18, 2009 ESPN talks to Sahara Race competitor George Chmiel about his experience and his fundraising. The man who saved Accrington Stanley (Telegraph)   November 14, 2009 Ilyas Khan travelled 250km through difficult terrain in the Racing the Planet event in Namibia in May to raise money for the Hong Kong Juvenile Diabe... GRUELLING SAHARA RUN RAISES £3,000 FOR KIDS (Southwark News)   November 13, 2009 Blood, sweat and tears were shed in a six-day run across the Sahara Desert that raised well over £3,000 for a children's hospital. 6A Desert racing (Cengage book English Explorer Student Book 2. Well)   November 10, 2009 Information about 4Deserts. Document 1 4 Deserts and Some Badwater (Marathon & Beyond)   November 10, 2009 Articeles about Dean Karnazes take part in 4Deserts Race and his experience Document 1 Mike Stemple’s post-Sahara race thoughts (INDT InDenverTimes)   November 8, 2009 Mike Stemple's though before Sahara Race Champion of Sahara Race 2009 Crowned (Sportzhub)   November 7, 2009 Articles about champion of Sahara Race 2009 Crowned Taming the Sandes (Sport iAfraica.com)   November 5, 2009 Speak exclusively to Sandes on how he went from the Knysna Marathon to winning a 250km stage race in the Gobi desert. Eric Lahaie Clipping; Omni Shield Columiba (Metro Pop)   November 4, 2009 Eric Lahaie'S comment about Omni Shield Document 1 150 miles of running with your heart conclude at Pyramids (IN Denver Times)   October 31, 2009 Mike Stemple's experience in the 4 Deserts Sahara Race 2009. Charlestown man places fifth in Sahara Desert race (Boston.com)   October 30, 2009 George Chmiel took up jogging only two years ago has completed a week-long, 150-mile race in the Sahara Desert, finishing in fifth place. Document 1 Document 2 Racing on foot through the Sahara (Gadling.com)   October 29, 2009 Articles about Sahara Race 2009 Document 1 Racer deserts New York for gruelling desert event (Whig Standard)   October 28, 2009 Why Hackett change his mind and decided to join competition in Sahara Race. Luke's desert run for CHASE (Somerset Country)   October 27, 2009 Luke Carmichael is running 150 miles in desert temperatures of 37C to raise money for a children’s hospice. Sahara Race 2009 (Sportzhub)   October 26, 2009 The 4 Deserts is located in the largest desert of each category which also represents the driest, hottest, coldest and windiest places on Earth. Tyler Man Begins Run In Sahara Desert Marathon Today (Tyler Paper.com)   October 25, 2009 Jason Traff decided running 155 miles in Sahara Race and to raise money for the East Texas Crisis Center. Racing the Planet (Ming Pao News)   October 24, 2009 Articles about 4Deserts. A nice little jog Boston in the sahara desert(Boston.com)   October 22, 2009 George Chmiel in Sahara Desert run will raise funds for research on Luci's medical condition. Fast Lane International’s Global Strategy Manager Completes the Gobi March (PRLog (Press Release))   October 22, 2009 Mark Carmichael, Global Strategy Manager for leading international courier company Fast Lane, has completed the epic 250km Gobi March footrace. He com... The Sahara Race – one of the toughest endurance races in the world – starts soon (xtreme4sports)   October 20, 2009 Averaging 35 to 45 km a day with the longest day stretching to 84 km, the competitors will endure “one of the most extreme environments on earth,”. Connecticut entrepreneur Tom Gallagher set for 150-mile Sahara Desert run to benefit Malta House (NY Daily News)   October 19, 2009 Tom Gallagher, a veteran endurance runner, sets off Sunday on a 150-mile trek in the Sahara, both for the thrill of it and to raise money for charity.... Singaporean Media (Sunday's paper.)   October 18, 2009 Articles about Leow Kah Shin's experience and training. Document 1 The Great Races (Men's Journal)   October 11, 2009 Articles about Sahara Race Giant spiders share Sahara Desert runners' route (The Tri City News)   October 1, 2009 Coquitlam's Marc Bremner, left, along with Team Trailwinders mates Jay Solman and Lara Rintoul, are set to compete in The Sahara Race, a 254 km endura... Magic Foundation (THE SAHARA RACE- GEORGE'S QUEST FOR LUCI)   September 29, 2009 George is racing for the life of Luci and MAGIC children! Document 1 An Egyptian Team Joins In Racing The 4 Deserts (Marketravelfair)   September 9, 2009 Hala Youssef and her team are the first locals from Egypt ever to take part in the Sahara Race. They are raising money for two Bedouin communities. Running The Sahara For The Life of Luci (Reuters)   September 3, 2009 George Chmiel, Vice President in Bank of America Merrill Lynch`s Structured Investments division. He is running 155 miles in the Sahara Desert Race,... Racers set for Kimberley (Kimberley Echo)   August 27, 2009 Articles about RacingThePlanet: Namibia Document 1 Arnold native to run across Sahara Desert (The Capital)   August 18, 2009 George Chmiel Jr., a competitor in the Sahara Race 2009, writes about raising money for a great cause Document 1 Boulder man runs 195 miles for school in Kenya (9news.com)   August 13, 2009 Will Laughlin is quite the experienced runner, included 250k Gobi March (1st to reach top of 13,000 foot peak in Mongolia, a 25 mile climb, won multip... Laughlin to run 200-mile Wild West Relay alone (Steamboat Today)   August 6, 2009 Article about Will Laughlin and his experience Victory In The Gobi For Diana (Athenry Athletic Club)   August 6, 2009 Article aboout Diana in Gobi March 2009 Atacama Crossing 2009 (Hong Kong Legal Community)   August 5, 2009 Lovells Beijing partner Fred Chang recently completed the 6-day 250km Atacama Crossing, part of RacingThePlanet's 4 Deserts series and named by TIME m... Crossing the Desert (Running Fitness, UK)   August 3, 2009 Dave Flanagan reports from the Atacama Crossing 2009. Document 1 Victory for Galway desert runners (Galway Advertiser)   July 30, 2009 Articles about Gobi March 2009 Life (Strait Times)   July 28, 2009 Articles about Leow Kah Shin Document 1 SA Glamour girls up to Four Deserts race challenge (SA Media)   July 28, 2009 Articles about Kimbely Dods and Simone Bishop Document 1 Have shoes, will travel (Straits Times)   July 27, 2009 Article about Leow Kah Shin. Liquidnet Employees to Run NYC Triathlon for “Race4Rwanda” (Eastern Daylight Time)   July 24, 2009 Rowley Aird ran a 250K ultra-marathon across the scorching-hot deserts of Gobi, Sahara and Namibia to support charitable causes and have raised more t... Jacksonville runner with a cause just keeps on going (Jacksonville)   July 24, 2009 To raise funds for addiction treatment center, Linda Quirk runs a marathon on every continent Fear changed his life (Mind your Body)   July 23, 2009 Articles about Leow Kah Shin signed up and finished 4 Desert in RacingThePlanet Document 1 Lucky-to-be-alive runner in Towers race for Heroes (The Bolton News)   July 21, 2009 Articles about fundraising for Help For Heroes Document 1 Il maratoneta delle gare estreme (IL Giugno)   July 21, 2009 Arcticles about Raffaele Brattoli Document 1 Local man races Gobi desert (LeducRep)   July 18, 2009 LeducRep talks to Gobi March competitor Carson Lueck about his experience and his fundraising. Chunk Wilson's Namibia Race Experience (racingtheplanet)   July 9, 2009 Article about Chunk Wilson experience in Namibia. Document 1 Going the distance (knoxnews.com)   July 7, 2009 Danny Smith completes 155-mile trek across China's Gobi desert Runner turns hobby into charitable effort (China Daily)   July 1, 2009 Articles about Bonatic Choi's experience during Namibia Danis conquers 'torture course' to win Atacama Crossing (Canadian Running Magazine)   July 1, 2009 Article on Atacama Crossing 2009 champion. Document 1 Striving to cross the finish line (Swiss Magazine)   June 26, 2009 Article about brothers Philipp and Mark Mosimann. Document 1 El desafio de running mas extremo del mundo (Puro Fondo Magazine)   June 22, 2009 Read about Atacama Crossing in Puro Fondo Magazine Document 1 My Week: Tahir Khan of Perpetual Care (managamenttoday.com)   June 18, 2009 Articles about Tahir Khan's experience in Namibia 2009 Sahara Race Egypt 2009 Fundraiser (firstgiving)   June 17, 2009 Articles about Brian Vogel and Stephen Minar for Sahara Race 2009 Fundraiser Local duo trekking Gobi Desert   June 17, 2009 Bez Hines and Sharon Richens are off to China to walk 250km through the Gobi Desert Competitor in RacingThePlanet's recent Atacama Crossing in Chile (Outer Edge)   June 8, 2009 Read about the winner woman Fleur Grose in Atacama Crossing 2009 Document 1 Document 2 BEYOND FATIGUE, PAIN AND ACTN3 (Blogshot)   June 8, 2009 Articles about Atamaca Crossing This doctor running to extremes (timesunion.com)   June 2, 2009 Articles on Dr. Douglas Girling Ata girl (Outer Edge, Australia)   June 1, 2009 Article on Fleur Grose of Australia and her win in the Atacama Crossing. Document 1 Document 2 Liquidnet’s Rowley Aird Completes Ultra Marathon Through Namibian Desert, Raising Funds for Rwandan Village (Business Wire)   June 1, 2009 Articles about Fundraising for Rwandan Village in Namibian Adventurers flush with pride (South China Morning Post)   May 31, 2009 Article on RacingThePlanet: Namibia and Hong Kong competitors. Document 1 Runner beats the odds to race the planet (JoongAng Daily)   May 30, 2009 Articles about Song Kyung-tae's experience Road Warrior (Fortune)   May 29, 2009 Articles about John Hardy and his fundraising. Document 1 Adventure Racing (Trail Runner)   May 29, 2009 Articles about Danis Wins experience in 4 Desert Event. Bond's hardest mission yet (Mail Online)   May 29, 2009 Article about Gwyneth Paltrow The Atacama Crossing is part of the 4 Deserts, named by TIME magazine as #2 on its list of the Top 10 Endurance Competitions in the world.   May 22, 2009 Articles about Atacama Crossing 2009 Jacksonville Beach runner's latest challenge: the Sahara Desert (News jacksonville.com)   May 22, 2009 Kerri Elfvin plans to run a 150-mile, seven-day race across the Sahara Desert in Morocco to raise money for the Jacksonville Humane Society Fashionista to trek the Gobi desert in aid of heavy horses (horse and hound)   May 19, 2009 Fashion stylist and TV presenter Hannah Sandling is taking part in a 250km walk across the Gobi Desert in aid of the Shire Horse Society. Ringwood woman begins gruelling desert race (Salisbury Journal)   May 17, 2009 Belinda Holdsworth, 33, began the six-stage Four Deserts Racing the Planet Race fundraising for Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre Lucy Rivers Bulkeley vows to continue fundraising trek for Macmillan Cancer Care (Telegraph)   May 17, 2009 Article about Lucy Rivers Bulkeley Gobi March in aid of Shire Horses (horsemark.co.uk)   May 16, 2009 Hannah Sandling is taking part in the GreGobi March 2009 fundraising Ultra marathon: 150 mile race across Namibia (Examiner)   May 16, 2009 Articles about Namibia 120 degrees + 150 miles - toilet = fun (CNN International)   May 14, 2009 CNN feature on RacingThePlanet in Namibia. The desert of hope (iafrica.com)   May 12, 2009 Articles about Simone Bishop and Kimberly Dods in Gobi March and fundraising for helpless abandoned babies. Etihad Airways sponsors global charity fundraiser Gobi March China 2009 (ameinfo.com)   May 10, 2009 Etihad Airways announced today its sponsorship of Kuwait-based British soldiers who are participating in 'Racing the Planets series' global charity ev... Running with the Belles (South China Morning Post)   May 10, 2009 Article on Team Good Sport in RacingThePlanet: Namibia. Document 1 Putney lawyer plans Help for Heroes desert challenge for wounded servicemen (This is local London)   May 2, 2009 Article about Alex Howarth fundraising for Help for heroes in Namibia 2009 Road Warrior (Fortune Magazine)   May 1, 2009 Article on John Hardy CEO Damien Dernoncourt. Document 1 Document 2 Atacama Crossion 2009 - Fred Chang   April 30, 2009 Article about Fred Chang experience in Atacama Crossing Document 1 Surgical Hoses and a Mouthful of Socks   April 24, 2009 Extreme Running for Christian Schiester in Atacama Crossing Document 1 Pencoed grandad’s desert challenge (Wales News)   April 18, 2009 Articles about 77-year-old Laurence Brophy taking part in Atacama Crossing and fundraising. Document 1 Hannah Sandling's endurance to go with style (Telegraph.com)   April 12, 2009 Hannah Sandling preparing to take on a 155-mile endurance race in Gobi March in June. What it takes to win the world's most gruelling race (Globe and Mail)   April 10, 2009 Articles about Mehmet Danis winning Chile's Atacama Crossing and his experience. Taking a run at Chilean desert (thestar.com)   April 2, 2009 The 34-year-old Canadian Forces dentist is running the 2009 Atacama Crossing, a week-long, 250-kilometre footrace with 77 runners from 25 countries. Cdn soldier wins "the toughest footrace in the world" (iNew880AM)   April 2, 2009 Articles about Captain Mehmet Danis in Atacama Crossing 2009 Medical Care for Ultra-Endurance Desert Racing 3 (Healthline)   March 27, 2009 Article about Paul Auerbach, M.D. experience in Atacama Crossing in Medical Team Bosherston's Lucy Bulkeley to cross Chile's Atacama desert alone (Western Telegraph)   March 24, 2009 Lucy Bulkeley will decided to go it alone for the Atacama crossing for for Macmillan Cancer Support Sand Storm: 'Running the Sahara Desert' (expressnightout)   March 24, 2009 Interview to Charlie Engle about his training and experience in Sahara Race with Ray Zahab and Kevin Lin RacingThePlanet 2009 (Kiwi Collection)   March 24, 2009 Article about Philipp and Mark Mosimann fundraising for Operationa Smile in RacingThePlanet RacingThePlanet: Namibia   March 18, 2009 Adventurer Annabelle Bond is preparing to run "Racing The Planet: Namibia". Bolton businessman 'Racing The Planet’ for charity (Asian News)   March 13, 2009 Tahir Khan and his staff have declared 2009 their year of charity and are planning to join The Racing The Planet: Namibia 2009 event. Blog: The Sahara Race 2009 (Blog)   March 12, 2009 Thaddeus Lawrence joined the Sahara Race commencing on 25th October 2009 Endurance Running (La Segunda : blog deportes)   March 10, 2009 Articles about RacingThePlanet Have You Ever Seen a Lion Stretch?': An Interview With Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes (The Sporting Blog)   March 9, 2009 Interview about Dean Karnazes's experience. Carlos 'Ultrarun' Garcia Prieto finishes fourth in Last Desert Race (Suunto)   February 24, 2009 Spanish ultrarunner Carlos Garcia Prieto ran to an impressive fourth place at the 'Last Desert' race in Antarctica in December 2008. Beacon Bash 2009 (Blog)   February 22, 2009 Blog about training before the race. Deportistas se preparan para carrera en Desierto de Atacama   February 21, 2009 Article in one of Chile's top newspapers about the Atacama Crossing 2009. Document 1 "Newsletter Crocs Fev 09 (Crocs)   February 1, 2009 Articles about 4Desert Document 1 To the Ends of the Earth (Hilton Magazine)   January 27, 2009 An article on the 4 Deserts. Document 1 Karnazes has the run of the desert (Sun Post News)   December 30, 2008 Karnazes, 46, found the 4 Deserts series more demanding than he had expected. Document 1 Paul Low’s Antarctic Challenge: The Last Desert Race (semb corp Insight)   January 1, 2009 Paul Low participated The Last Desert race which is by invitation only. Document 1 Ultramarathoner: Former O.C. man wins 1,000K, 4-desert race (ocregister.com)   December 23, 2008 Karnazes, a 1981 graduate of San Clemente High now living in San Francisco, set out this year to run 1,000 kilometers across some of the hottest, cold... Overcoming fire and ice the ultimate test of character (Weekend Post)   December 20, 2008 Paul Liebenberg, 34, trekked to victory in the final stage of the 4Deserts race – the icy Antarctic. Shake Off Your Hangover With an Ultramarathon (The Pop Cultural Travel)   December 20, 2008 Articles about 4 Deserts. Document 1 A Sahara marathon (Health 24)   December 8, 2008 Scorching, relentless heat and nothing but sand dunes for miles, the Sahara Desert is as unforgiving a place as they come. It's also the setting for o... Dean Karnazes, desert terminator: I'll be back (Sunday Times/UK)   December 7, 2008 Dean Karnazes has just won the world’s toughest endurance event: four desert runs totalling 1,000km. Mad Dogs and Americans (The Wall Street Journal Magazine)   December 6, 2008 Who runs 155 miles across the Sahara? Operation Smile Egypt hosts Racing the Planet Competitors (Happy News)   December 2, 2008 RacingthePlanet sponsored this mission (Operation Smile Egypt) in conjunction with their Sahara Race 2008, which drew a record field of competitors fr... The Last Desert race (xtremesport4u.com)   December 1, 2008 The final leg of these desert ultramarathons – cumulatively know as the 4 Deserts – is the Last Desert and is run in Antarctica. SAHARA RACE MARATHON IN EGYPT (Minstry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark)   November 25, 2008 Congratulation to the Danish team SIPA/teko Socks for winning Sahara Race! Dash through the desert (Canada.com)   November 24, 2008 No wonder Jon Miller found running the Sahara to be a "surreal" experience. Camilla pulls out of Sahara Desert Race (Western Telegraph)   November 22, 2008 With just 35 miles to go in the 160-mile Sahara Desert Race, Camilla Howard was forced to throw in the towel Local runners treated to ultra inspiring story (Lodinew)   November 20, 2008 Dean Karnazes, the ultra marathon man stopped at the REI in Stockton to talk about his adventures with a crowd of about 60 fellow runners and people ... The agony was OK, but the snakes…(the Sunday times)   November 16, 2008 It’s the ultimate ultramarathon, a 125-mile race through the Amazon jungle. Sophie Collett tells of her gruelling challenge. Soldier ‘chuffed’ after completing desert race (Worcester News)   November 13, 2008 Mark Lindsay, of Lower Wick, Worcester, has only just recovered from the sheer physical exertion of finishing the 155-mile Racing The Planet Four Dese... The Great Races (Men's Journal)   November 1, 2008 Three big races starting this month may be ridiculously difficult, but they’re also thoroughly compelling. Sahara Race update 2 (Blog)   October 27, 2008 Articles about Norma Bastidas's experience in Sahara Race 2008 My story (JustGiving)   October 26, 2008 Fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support in RacintThePlanet. Team Dean (Trail Magazine)   October 14, 2008 Article about Team Dean in Atacama Racing. Adventure Racing: "Race of No Return" Set for October 26 (Runner's Web)   October 12, 2008 The Sahara Race is the hottest in the 4 Deserts series with temperatures frequently reaching more than 45 degrees Celsius or 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Seven Days in the Desert (Outside.online)   October 1, 2008 Dean Karnazes talks about racing in the most extreme conditions on earth. Amazing Races of 2008 (ABC News)   October 1, 2008 ABC News, one of America's leading news channels names the Sahara Race one of the "Amazing Races of 2008." Desert Sandes has time on his side (The Times, South Africa)   September 28, 2008 The times of Sandes have taken the ultra-marathon world by storm. Doctor challenges great deserts   September 20, 2008 Paul Liebenberg will be running to make history in the final two legs of the Four Deserts Challenge. Cancer Survivor Talks About Drug From UCLA   September 3, 2008 One of the first patients, Louise Cooper (a competitor in The Last Desert 2008), to use Herceptin, part of a cancer treatment, spoke to KNBC about the... Desert High by Lauren Keane (Washington Post)   August 31, 2008 For ultra-athlete Frank Fumich, running a marathon is routine. That's why he set out to finish six of them -- in five days -- across the driest landsc... Forged in the flames (Sydney Morning Herald)   August 16, 2008 Erik de Haart (4 Deserts volunteer) survived the Bali outrage with an urge to make a difference. Kelsey Munro reports. The Long March (Time Magazine)   August 11, 2008 Read about the 4 Deserts in Time Magazine. National Geographic Radio    Listen to Boyd Matson and Frank Fumich, both veterans of the Atacama Crossing, discuss what it's like to compete in one of the world's most difficult ... Outside Magazine (Brazil)   July 25, 2008 Read a seven-page article about the Gobi March in Brazil's leading outdoor magazine, Outside. Gobi March teaches Microsoft team about potential   July 21, 2008 Three Microsoft employees tossed out the corporate hierarchy and pulled together to complete the ultimate team-building exercises: a seven-day... Run for your life   July 21, 2008 Michael Hull, a competitor in the Atacama Crossing 2008, writes about raising money for a great cause Document 1 Pushing the limits of endurance   July 20, 2008 Two Tulsans participate in 150-mile Gobi March footrace Canmore's Harrison in for an adventure filled year (Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canada)   July 11, 2008 Harrison, 48, a mother of two, is in the midst of preparing for the 4 Deserts, an endurance series of four, seven-day, 250-kilometre self-supported fo... Dentist conquers China’s Gobi Desert (Kingston This Week)   July 9, 2008 Danis is currently taking a break to regain lost muscle mass and plans to start training soon for the Atacama Crossing in Chile next March Runner pushes limits of endurance in desert race (The Argus Lite)   July 4, 2008 The fact it was a drunken bet that forced him into it makes Rob Styles' success in the Gobi March challenge all the more impressive... World's Most Extreme Endurance Races (Forbes)   December 11, 2007 Jerry Armstrong's trainng and experience Surviving the Gobi March   July 4, 2008 Recently the experienced adventure racer and girlfriend Wakana Konno raced across a desert by foot as they finished the grueling Gobi March RacingThePlanet: Vietnam (Ultrarunning Magazine)   July 1, 2008 Read American Rob Byrne's account of RacingThePlanet: Vietnam. Silk Road race tests the limits   June 24, 2008 See a feature about the Gobi March including a video and photos. 4 Deserts -- La carrera mas extrema del mundo (X Deporte, Chile)   June 20, 2008 Article in Spanish about the 4 Deserts. Document 1 HK's Tsang second in Gobi March (South China Morning Post)   June 15, 2008 Read about Hong Kong's Tsang Sui Keung in the Gobi March Document 1 RacingThePlanet: Vietnam on NBC Sports (NBC Sports)   June 14, 2008 View the television show featuring RacingThePlanet: Vietnam on NBC Sports Gobi March: The pain and pleasure of Stage 5 (The New Straits Times)   June 14, 2008 EXCRUCIATING pain but intense pleasure! Gobi March: Going to extremes for charity (The New Straits Times)   June 11, 2008 THE killer extremes of the Gobi Desert may take out some of the 162 competitors of Gobi March 2008. Leow to run third 250km desert race   June 8, 2008 Kah Shin Leow to run Gobi March 2008. Document 1 Gobi March: Not your normal vacation   June 7, 2008 HE works 100 hours a week, sometimes three or four days in a row. So you would think that when he plans a vacation, he would want to go to a beach or ... RAAM and Gobi March Set for Weekend Starts (Outside Magazine)   June 6, 2008 In the "because it's there" category of sport: A couple of ridiculously wonderful races hit their starting lines this weekend. Gobi March: Racing along the Silk Road (The New Straits Times)   June 6, 2008 IN the far-flung corner of northwest China, 180 endurance athletes from 29 countries have gathered to compete in the Gobi March, an endurance event th... Adventurous dentist takes on China’s Gobi Desert (Kingston This Week - Ontario)   June 5, 2008 By his own admission, when Capt. Mehmet Danis started training for long-distance running last October, he didn’t even know what shoes to get. RacingThePlanet tests the Intel Classmate PC   June 4, 2008 Facing the world’s toughest deserts, ultra-marathon runners with RacingThePlanet* couldn’t find a laptop that could keep up – until they found an In... Document 1 Ultramarathon Man (South China Morning Post)   June 1, 2008 Dean Karnazes has been called the ‘fittest man alive’ and he is spreading the gospel of running to his followers. Melanie Ho reports Document 1 Team Unlimited Potential on the Run (Webwire)   May 31, 2008 Members of the Microsoft Unlimited Potential group are traveling to a remote area of China to participate in an endurance race and help in relief effo... Today (Singapore)   May 31, 2008 Read about the increasing interest from Singaporeans in tackling the major deserts of the world. Document 1 Kingfisher attorney Stake pursues extreme frontiers (The Oklahoman)   May 25, 2008 Stake, 52, has finished three of the 4 Desert endurance tests: the Atacama Crossing in 2004, the Sahara Race in 2005 and the Gobi March in 2007. ... Two Tulsa men want to test their mettle with Gobi Desert endurance challenge (The Oklahoman)   May 25, 2008 Running buddies since their fraternity days at Oklahoma State University, Trevor Hudgeons and Sean Jackson of Tulsa were looking for a new challenge. SBS (Korea), one of Korea's top television stations   May 10, 2008 SBS (Korea) recently aired an hour-long special filmed at the Atacama Crossing 2008 Racing across the Sahara (UWBADGERS.COM)   March 9, 2008 Susan Jones,who got special permission from Ross University, the veterinary school she is going to be attending the Sahara Race,will be racing as part... Document 1 "56 Year-Old Grandmother Announces Attempt to Become First Woman to Complete (Reuters)   March 2, 2008 Articles about Linda Quirk's incredible story and her fund raising. Antarktis   January 1, 2008 Czech Republic Newspaper Document 1 'Hardest thing I've ever done'   November 21, 2007 Burnaby firefighter completes 250 km race across Sahara 'Dr. Extreme studies athletes who push through pain'   November 12, 2007 Seattle Times (United States) 'Burning passion.'   November 1, 2007 Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida, United States) 'Soldier Chris off on desert race for Macmillan Cancer Support'   October 26, 2007 Halifax Today (United Kingdom) 'Runner takes on gruelling desert challenge.' A determined runner is set to take part in one of the world's toughest endurance races to raise cash ...   October 4, 2007 Kirkintilloch Herald (United States) 'Soldier's desert run in memory of mum' An Army officer with the Dukes is to run a 150-mile race across the Sahara desert in memory of his mother.   October 2, 2007 Evening Courier (UK) 'South Charleston native goes for a scramble in the Sahara' A profile of a South Charleston native participating in the Sahara Race for a cause.   October 2, 2007 Daily Mail (United States) 'Human Race.' A profile of the Gobi March (China) 2007 women's champion, Lucy Brooks.   October 1, 2007 Runner's World (UK edition) 'Durch die Wüste Gobi' A story about German competitor, Eberhard Frixe.   October 1, 2007 Best Life Magazine (Germany) 'Der Sieg über sich selbst' Article on musician Joey Kelly of Germany who completed the Gobi March (China) 2007.   October 1, 2007 Aktiv Laufer Magazine (Germany) Document 1 'Couple's desert honeymoon' A profile of a couple who competed in the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2007 for their honeymoon.   September 21, 2007 Manchester Evening News (UK) 'The Long March' An American discovers China in a 250-kilometer race across the Gobi Desert.   September 18, 2007 Beijing Review 'Life begins at 40 for adventure racing star' After conquering the Atacama Desert in Chile, endurance sportsman Robert Jarvis is a firm believer of ...   September 15, 2007 The Press (New Zealand) 'Desert runner returns home' Hermitage hero Neil Wilkie flies home after running 155 miles across the driest place on earth   September 10, 2007 Newbury Weekly News Group (UK) 'Forget milk, got grit?' UVic staff member runs across the Gobi for fun and fundraising.   September 1, 2007 The Ring, University of Victoria (Canada) 'Christchurch man wins race' Christchurch man Robert Jarvis is chilling out in South America after winning what he has described as the 'brutally toug...   September 1, 2007 The Press (New Zealand) 'Fortune Portfolio: Individuals of the 4 Deserts.' A profile of several individuals that have raised money for charity in the 4 Deserts in 2006.   January 22, 2007 Fortune Magazine (Asia & Europe) editions 'Extraordinary adventurers'. Hong Kongers, with their can-do attitude, are becoming world leaders when it comes to ultra marathons in the most unusua...   December 10, 2006 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) 'Sahara Race (Egypt) 2006'. NBC airs a 45 min special on the Sahara Race as part of their season finale.   December 9, 2006 NBC Jeep World of Adventure Sports (USA) 'A trek across the desert to earn a wealth of experience'   October 2, 2006 The Financial Times (Worldwide) 'Runner's World Online Editor Janie Smit went to Chile as an eyewitness to this remarkable test of human endurance.' Runner's World South Africa   October 1, 2006 Runner's World (South Africa) 'Year of Adventures: Guide to What, Where and When to Do It'   August 1, 2006 Lonely Planet 'Millonarios de todo elmundo compiten en maraton del desierto de Atacama'   July 30, 2006 Canal13 (Chile) 'Globetrotters: Meet the entrepreneurs who skip the weekend jog and instead compete in ultramarathons across deserts'   June 14, 2006 Fortune Small Business 'Run across desert leaves enduring feeling of self'    The Record (California, USA) 'Tag Team Travel: Best Race Trips'. Outside magazine lists the Sahara Race as one of its three best race trips for 2007.    Outside Traveler Magazine Inaugural Taklamakan Ultramarathon attracts top athletes   July 27, 2010 RacingThePlanet community mourn death of competitor Nicholas A. Kruse    Notice regarding Nicholas Kruse   July 4, 2010 Parr and Lo Win the Gobi March 2010   July 5, 2010 Temperatures to Rise as the 4 Deserts' Gobi March 2010 returns to China’s Oven   June 11, 2010 Salvador Calvo Redondo Conquers The Outback   May 3, 2010 Competitors of grueling endurance foot race face conditions unlike any they have encountered before when they travel to the Australian outback.   April 17, 2010 Competitors to run in memory of quake victims in Chile's Atacama Crossing 2010   March 7, 2010 Multiple Competitors to Attempt 4 Deserts Grand Slam in 2010   February 4, 2010 Paolo Barghini of Italy Crowned Champion of the Sahara Race 2009   November 3, 2009 This Year’s Sahara Race Brings Together Some Of The World’s Leading Endurance Athletes   October 5, 2009 Download Overwhelming Response to First RacingThePlanet Event in Australia   October 2, 2009 Download Salvador Calvo Redondo (Spain) and Lucy Hilton (United Kingdom) captured the overall and women’s titles in RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009. Team Swana ...   May 29, 2009 The Gobi March (China) 2009 begins in just a few days with roughly 130 competitors from 28 countries expected to participate including a record number...   June 9, 2009 RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 gets underway in just two weeks with two hundred and fourteen (214) competitors from 38 countries expected to participa...   May 7, 2009 Major international sporting event gets underway in southern Namibia on 17 May 2009 with 225 competitors from 35 countries   March 28, 2009 Seventy-seven year old Laurie Brophy from Wales to compete in Atacama Crossing 2009, a mile-high, 250 kilometer footrace across the Atacama Desert in...   March 24, 2009 TIME magazine today named the 4 Deserts #2 on its list of Top Ten Endurance Competitions in the world   January 7, 2009 Lim Duk Chan of Korea dies suddenly   December 28, 2008 South Africa’s Paul Liebenberg won The Last Desert 2008, with the USA’s Louise Cooper taking the women’s division title. Team Trifecta – consisting of...   December 3, 2008 Twenty six individuals from thirteen countries will compete in The Last Desert in Antarctica; Ultramarathon Man Dean Karnazes is battling to be the fi...   November 22, 2008 Ryan N. Sandes/of South Africa and Nina Breith of Germany captured the overall and women's titles in the Sahara Race 2008, and Team SIPA/Teko Socks of...   November 2, 2008 Competitors from thirty countries are expected for the Sahara Race (Egypt) 2008, the third leg of the 4 Deserts series; a record field from six contin...   October 9, 2008 RacingThePlanet partners with Operation Smile in Egypt   August 15, 2008 The fifth Gobi March concluded along the ancient Silk Road in northwest China with Ryan N. Sandes of South Africa and Lia A. Farley of the United Stat...   June 16, 2008 The Gobi March celebrates its fifth year with competitors from 29 countries expected for the second leg of the 4 Deserts which begins on 8 June in Ka...   May 21, 2008 Friends of the Gobi March to support earthquake victims in China through frisbees and auctions   May 20, 2008 Francesco Galanzino awarded 4 Deserts 2007 Overall Championship Award   May 3, 2008 Three individuals are vying to become the first in the world to complete the 4 Deserts in one calendar year beginning with the Atacama Crossing in Chi...   March 24, 2008 RacingThePlanet set to begin its inaugural roving event in Northwest Vietnam on Monday with competitors from 22 countries expected   February 13, 2008 Brunton and Gerber Sponsor World´s Harshest Race   December 5, 2006 Competitors overcome endless seas of sand, sandstorms and heat to complete 250-kilometer stage race across the mighty Sahara Desert of Egypt   November 15, 2006 The final 4 Deserts event of the year kicks off with the Sahara Race in Egypt, located in the hottest place on Earth across an ocean of sand and Antar...   October 27, 2006 Sahara Race 2005 competitors complete 250 kilometer footrace across the desert at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt   October 10, 2006 In the driest place on Earth, Canadian Mark D. Tamminga wins the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2006; Norwegian Sissel S. Smaller and Briton Lucy C. Marriot...   August 11, 2006 A record number of competitors is expected for the Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2006, a seven-day, 250-kilometer footrace across the driest place on Earth...   July 18, 2006 Hit by daily 60 mile per hour winds, Gobi March competitors complete 250 kilometer footrace across great Gobi Desert in northwest China; Asians take t...   June 12, 2006 Returning 4 Deserts Champions and the world’s first fully-recovered spinal cord injury quadriplegic to compete in the Gobi March 2006, in an area that...   May 4, 2006 Scott P. Smith of the United States has won The Last Desert 2006 in Antarctica - the final event in the prestigious 4 Deserts series   February 2, 2006 Sahara Race 2005 (Egypt) is set to be broadcast on CNN International's   October 27, 2005 Invitations have been issued to eighteen qualifiers for The Last Desert in Antarctica, the final leg of the 4 Deserts journey   October 24, 2005 The 4 Deserts shifts to Egypt with a 250 kilometer race across the hottest place on Earth   August 25, 2005 RacingThePlanet Appoints Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts as Official Hotel for the Sahara Race 2005 (Egypt)   June 22, 2005 Gobi March 2005 competitors complete 250 kilometer race to finish line   May 9, 2005 Action Outreach partners with Operation Smile to help children in China   April 1, 2008 Download Competitors line up for start of the Gobi March 2005   April 21, 2005 Top 10 Endurance Competitions   June 14, 2010 This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans saw automaker Audi finish in first, second, and third place. TIME looks at other notable tests of human stamina. Re... Time Magazine: The Long March   July 31, 2008 Believing that the world was in danger of becoming "a homogenous mass," marathon runner Mary K. Gadams set up an adventure company in 1996. Nothing but heat and dust, pain and glory   March 21, 2010 A Dumfries doctor and novice athlete on how she overcame disaster to be first female across the line in gruelling race. Laurie Brophy - Age Is No Barrier   February 24, 2010 BBC News feature on Laurie Brophy, the oldest competitor at the Atacama Crossing 2010 ESPN Feature Sahara Race   November 18, 2009 ESPN talks to Sahara Race competitor George Chmiel about his experience and his fundraising. 120 degrees + 150 miles - toilet = fun (CNN International)   May 14, 2009 CNN feature on RacingThePlanet in Namibia. Amazing Races of 2008 (ABC News)   October 1, 2008 ABC News, one of America's leading news channels names the Sahara Race 2008 one of the "Amazing Races of 2008." Dean Karnazes, desert term   December 7, 2008 Dean Karnazes has just won the world’s toughest endurance event: four desert runs totalling 1,000km. Mad Dogs and Americans (The Wall Street Journal Magazine)   December 6, 2008 Who runs 155 miles across the Sahara? Desert High by Lauren Keane (Washington Post)   August 31, 2008 For ultra-athlete Frank Fumich, running a marathon is routine. That's why he set out to finish six of them -- in five days -- across the driest landsc... Marathon de Courage (Runner's World South Africa)   October 1, 2006 The Atacama Crossing is regarded as the toughest footrace in the world.. Document 1 Ultramarathon Man (South China Morning Post)   June 1, 2008 Dean Karnazes has been called the ‘fittest man alive’ and he is spreading the gospel of running to his followers. Melanie Ho reports Document 1 Globe trotters (CNN Money)   May 1, 2006 Meet a few entrepreneurs who skip the weekend jog and instead compete in ultramarathons across deserts in China, Egypt, Chile, and Antarctica. No Pain, No Gain (South China Morning Post)   April 2, 2008 RacingThePlanet: Vietnam and competitors that raise money for charities. Document 1 Document 2 Document 3 Surviving—Just Barely—the Gobi Ultramarathon (National Geographic Channel)   December 24, 2003 Boyd Matson of National Geographic, On Assignment For Ultraracers, It's 'No Pain, No Vacation' (The New York Times)   June 26, 2005 Article about competitors in the Gobi March (China) 2005, which took place in the Turpan basin, the second lowest place on Earth. Sahara Race 2010 (Singapore's MediaCorp Radio Station 938 Live)   May 24, 2010 Salva Calvo Redondo's win at RacingThePlanet: Australia covered by RTVE   May 5, 2010 RacingThePlanet: Australia Competitor George Chmiel talks to Boston's view.   April 13, 2010 Laurie Brophy - Age Is No Barrier   February 24, 2010 Running across Sahara for a cause (Fox 25 Morning News)   December 28, 2009 Local man finishes 5th in race across Sahara (My Fox Boston)   November 12, 2009 Wide World of Sports (Australia)   November 11, 2008 All systems Gobi for Silk Road race   June 25, 2008 RacingThePlanet: Vietnam on NBC Sports   June 15, 2008 The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2007 on NBC Sports   February 1, 2008 Millonarios de todo elmundo compiten en marathon del desierto de Atacama." Canal12 (Chile)   August 1, 2006 Sahara Race (Egypt) 2006, Jeep World of Adventure Sports, NBC Sports (USA)   December 1, 2006 "Sahara Race (Egypt): Victoria's Jeffrey Chand", A Channel (Canada)   November 1, 2006 Interview with competitor Jessica Johnson, Gobi March 2005 Competitor, GMTV (UK)   April 14, 2005 Entrepreneurs Only: RacingThePlanet Feature, CNN (International)   May 1, 2005 "The Gobi March 2005", MBC TV (Korea)   May 1, 2005 "The Gobi March 2005", Jeep World of Adventure Sports, NBC Sports (USA)   August 1, 2005 "250km Sahara Race", KBS Primetime Special (Korea)   November 1, 2005 Brutal race through the desert (Inside the Middle East, CNN International)   November 1, 2005 Interview with Francesco Galanzino, Canale 5 (Italy)   August 1, 2006 'The Challenge', BBC Two   October 6, 2004 "250km Sahara Race (Egypt) 2006", MBC Jeju Primetime Special (Korea)   November 1, 2006 "Challenge, Earth, Exploration", KBS (Korea)   November 1, 2003 "The Race of No Return", National Geographic Channel   December 24, 2003 "Race of No Return", RTE One (Ireland)   December 1, 2003

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