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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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April 26, 2016

Marathon Des Sables, Training Tips

Lanzarote Training Camp 2016

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February 27, 2016

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The Coastal Challenge: Pura Vida

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December 19, 2015

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5 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

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December 2, 2015

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Oman Desert Marathon

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July 19, 2015

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Sunset Relay – Racing the Midnight Sun

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May 21, 2015

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Compressport Trail Menorca Cami de Cavalls

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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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