MediTourDirect sponsors “The Toughest Footrace on Earth”

April 2014

MediTourDirect are delighted to announce their sponsorship of Simon Dimmer, who will participate in the Marathon De Sables in April. The 250km race takes place in the Moroccan Sahara Desert. It is the equivalent of running 6 back-to-back marathons in one of the hottest places on earth, with temperatures up to 52 degrees Celsius and a tough sandy/hilly terrain. One day/night is 80kms non-stop, so competitors will be running through the desert at night.

In the history of the race there have been two deaths and one missing in action. Some don’t finish, a few collapse dehydration and some just give up with large blisters.

MediTourDirect sponsors “The Toughest Footrace on Earth”

Personal Training – Simon has been using Rory Coleman, MDS veteran who has done the race more times than any other Britain. He has seen many first timers fail. His main advice is travel light. Simon has lost 9lbs in weight and is limiting his rucksack to 7,5kgs. His training schedule includes power running, time in the gym and tough endurance races.  As he will  be dehydrated, and calorie deficient at times, he needs to be mentally tough to get out of them. Its as much a mind game as a physical one.

Finally Simon will have Heat Chamber training for one week before leaving the United Kingdom where he will train in temperatures of 40degrees, fully clothed. Under these conditions he is likely to lose 3,5 litres of water per hour.

Simon is motivated by 2 factors. One, to complete a race that is described as the Toughest Footrace on Earth and the other to raise funds for St David’s Hospice, “where people face a much tougher battle than mine across the desert”.

Simon is running in support of St David’s Hospice, Wales, United Kingdom. If you would like to join MediTourDirect in sponsoring Simon in this event, please use this link

http://www.justgiving.com/Simon-Dimmer

For more information on Marathon De Sables

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0Qak8e4vYA

In his early days, Simon ran Marathons with David Charnock, co-founder of MediTourDirect. At this stage, David prefers us to sponsor Simon, rather than participate himself!

The event will be televised by Discovery Channel – a great opportunity to promote MediTourDirect – Medical Tourism Directory Costa Rica to a worldwide audience.

Update

Today, 6 April 2014, Simon Dimmer starts the Marathon des Sables. Follow the race on

http://www.marathondessables.com/en/