Straits Times
A competitor crosses Ras Khemmouna Jebel during the third stage of the 28th edition of the Marathon des Sables, some 300km south of Ouarzazate in Morocco on April 9, 2013. — PHOTO: AFP
(AFP) – More than a thousand participants are braving the Moroccan Sahara in the Marathon des Sables, or desert marathon.
Considered the hardest marathon in the world, competitors have to cross 223km of desert terrain in seven days.
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