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September 16, 2022

Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips, Uncategorized

The Marathon des Sables Checklist

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September 15, 2022

Marathon Des Sables, Races, Training Tips

10 TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL MDS

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March 10, 2022

Food, Heat Acclimation, Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips, Ultra Running, Uncategorized

Heat Stress & Gut Function: Nutritional Considerations for Running in the Heat

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February 23, 2022

Heat Acclimation, Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips, Ultra Running, Uncategorized

Heat Acclimation for Women

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February 16, 2022

Heat Acclimation, Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips, Ultra Running, Uncategorized

Running in the Heat – Thermoregulation, Heat Stress & Heat Acclimation

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December 9, 2021

Kit Lists, Marathon Des Sables, Races, Ultra Running, Uncategorized

Choosing a Sleeping Bag for the MDS

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October 12, 2021

Marathon Des Sables, Races, Training Tips, Ultra Running, Uncategorized

Marathon des Sables 2021 – the toughest year?

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January 25, 2021

Uncategorized

How to stay motivated in uncertain times

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January 19, 2021

Marathon Des Sables, Races

Marathon des Sables Foot Preparation & Shoe Choice

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January 13, 2021

Marathon Des Sables, Races, Ultra Running

Marathon Des Sables Camp Life – My 7 Top Tips

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January 13, 2021

Kit Lists, Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips

Packing light for Marathon des Sables

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January 13, 2021

Marathon Des Sables, Races, Training Tips, Ultra Running

Marathon Des Sables Training – 7 secrets you must know!

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October 16, 2019

Adventures, Kit Lists

Kit List for Trekking Fast & Light in Nepal

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October 15, 2019

Adventures

Fast Hiking the Three Passes Trek in Nepal – Everything You Need to Know!

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March 16, 2018

Heat Acclimation, Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips

How Runners can Acclimate to Heat

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February 21, 2018

Life

Recover & Rebuild

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January 10, 2018

Adventures

Everest Base Camp – There and Back in 7 Days

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January 10, 2018

Kit Lists

Kit List for Everest Base Camp Trek / Run

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November 23, 2017

Races

Everest Trail Race

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September 30, 2017

Adventures, Kit Lists

Kit List – Fast packing on Kungsleden

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September 30, 2017

Adventures

Kungsleden – the "king of trails"

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August 11, 2017

Kit Lists, Races

The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica – Kit List

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November 22, 2016

Training Tips

Ever thought about how you run?

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July 24, 2016

Big Red Run, Races

The Big Red (green!) Run 2016

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June 20, 2016

Races, Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun® 2016

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June 20, 2016

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

RTW Day 1: A battle on Mars

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June 20, 2016

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

RTW Day 2: If you can't race, enjoy!

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June 20, 2016

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

RTW Day 3: Run like the wind

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June 20, 2016

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

RTW Day 4: Know your strengths

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June 20, 2016

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

RTW Day 5: Touching the sky

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June 20, 2016

Kit Lists, Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun – Kit List

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May 15, 2016

Marathon Des Sables, Races

Marathon des Sables 2016

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February 27, 2016

Races

The Coastal Challenge: Pura Vida

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December 19, 2015

Training Tips

5 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

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December 2, 2015

Races

Oman Desert Marathon

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July 19, 2015

Races

Sunset Relay – Racing the Midnight Sun

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May 21, 2015

Races

Compressport Trail Menorca Cami de Cavalls

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May 1, 2015

Races

Reflections on London Marathon & What's Next

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April 19, 2015

Marathon Des Sables, Races

MDS 2015 – RESULTS & INTERVIEWS

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April 18, 2015

Marathon Des Sables, Races

MDS 2015 AT A GLANCE (OR "EXPECT MIRACLES")

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About The Author.

Elisabet Barnes is the author of the ultra running blog. She is perhaps the world's best female desert runner. Elisabet has won the gruelling 250km Marathon des Sables twice, and won or been on the podium in other similar extreme races in deserts all over the world. She has also succeeded in races in other challenging environments such as the Coastal Challenge in the rain forests of Costa Rica, and the 6-day Everest Trail Race in the high mountains of the Himalayas. 


Elisabet is Swedish and resides in Norway with her husband Sondre Amdahl, a Norwegian ultra runner. Together they have taken on their own extremes adventures such as fast-hiking to Everest Base Camp in a fraction of the time it normally takes; fast-hiking the Three Passes Trek in Nepal crossing three passes above 5000m altitude; and running the 440km "Kungsleden" in Swedish Lapland in six days.


Elisabet and Sondre organises Trail running camps on Gran Canaria and are both ultra running coaches. Elisabet is also a sexologist and couples therapist. Read more about that on her other website.

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