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The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2025 – Stage 5
The penultimate stage of the 2025 The Coastal Challenge followed the drama of stage 4, with a wild night, the withdrawal of a ...
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The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2025 – Stage 6
A good nights sleep, no rain, and stage 6 was underway at 0540. Today, 35.9km’s for all racers. Photo by Ian Corless Stage 6 is arguably the Queen stage of the race, it manages to contain every aspect ...
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The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2025 – Stage 3
What a day! Stage 3 of the 2025 The Coastal Challenge will go down in history… Local legend, Erick Aguero pulled back a 16-minute deficit after stages 1 and 2 and now leads the race after an epic ...
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The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2025 – Stage 4
Stage 3 of the 2025, The Coastal Challenge was epic. The strength and commitment from Erick to attack and push paid off, he not only caught back his 16-minute deficit but now leads by 9-minutes. Photo ...
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The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2025 – Stage 2
It’s a rainforest, and last night the rain came. As per usual, it was short lived, but it was a torrential downpour that had an impact on those who had not been careful with admin in camp. If careless ...
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The Coastal Challenge Costa Rica 2025 – Stage 1
It was an 0330 departure from San Jose to arrive at Quepos at the start of stage 1 at 0800. The heat and humidity was already high and a tough day, as always was expected. The iconic Del Rey beach a ...
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MDS Morocco Atlantic Coast 2025 – Race Summary
There is always something special about a first edition race. Despite all the planning, despite tight schedules, despite ticking all the boxes, there is always an element of the unknown, a curve ball ...
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MDS Morocco Atlantic Coast 2025 – Stage 2
One of the appealing factors of the MDS format is the stage 2 distance option, with stage 1 and 3 the same for all, the stage 2 option allows for an overall distance of 70km, 100km or 120km. Photo by ...
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MDS Morocco Atlantic Coast 2025 – Stage 3
The wind blew strong during the night causing a restless night for many. To add to the fatigue, rain arrived as the runner’s started to pack and get ready for the third and final stage. It was an ...
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WHAT DOES IT COST TO RUN AN MDS EVENT?
Of course, there is no one definitive answer, however, i’s easy to provide a breakdown of costs and then make adjustments from there, so here is a summary. Legendary or MDS events do not include ...
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MDS Morocco Atlantic Coast 2025 – Stage 1
The 2025 Marathon des Sables calendar kicks-off the a new event, MDS Morocco Atlantic Coast, a great addition to the MDS line-up and now the fourth event in the country, the others, Legendary, MDS ...