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SUNDAY 3RD JANUARY
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16:30
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17:05
Getting your equipment right
Getting your equipment right is one of the key factors for a successful MdS experience. Elisabet Barnes, 2 x MdS winner, multi-stage ultra running expert & coach, shares her inside knowledge about how to choose your kit, what you need, what you don’t need, and the secrets to packing light. This is for everyone, from racing snakes to walkers. www.ultra.coach
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17:35
Running technique for a better performance
Shane will be talking about the efficiency of movement in extreme environments. His work focuses on taking natural human movement and turning it into human performance. He is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the Author of The Lost Art Of Running.
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18:05
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18:30
MdS Exhibition
Visit our exhibitor booths for limited MdS offers and live expert advice. Exhibitors will be available to chat until 7.30pm GMT
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MONDAY 4TH JANUARY
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18:00
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18:10
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18:50
Mental preparation is key
David finished first Brit at the MdS in 2016 having only taken up ultra-running that year. He explains that his approach to training and preparation was as much about preparing for the race mentally as physically. Your food, music. emails and silly games all play a part in ensuring you win the mental battle so that during the race delivering on your goals is the easy part. As presenter of the Bad Boy Running Podcast, David's presentation is bound to be as entertaining as it is informative. One not to miss..
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19:20
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19:50
Hydration and acclimatisation
Jodie’s talk will primarily focus on how to prepare for the heat, with nutritional and hydration advice to help you through the MdS. Exercising in the heat applies a greater strain than when exercising in much cooler conditions, resulting earlier fatigue and leading to an impaired running performance. Jodie entered the MdS in 2019, coming 8th female overall. She has completed the Ironman World Championships twice.
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20:20
MdS Exhibition
Visit our exhibitor booths for limited MdS offers and live expert advice. Exhibitors will be available to chat until 9.20pm GMT
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Steve is the founder of RunUltra and has been looking after runners on the Marathon des Sables from the UK and Ireland for 13 years, he can also be found on the race for the past 10 years as a course marshal (Commisaire de Course). He patrols the course on foot and in air-conditioned luxury with a medical team ensuring everyone is safe and going the right way!
Elisabet Barnes started running ultras in 2011 and she has been on the podiums in many desert - and other multi-stage races all over the world. She has completed the MdS four times and won it twice. Elisabet has been a sought after coach for MdS since 2015 and loves to support runners of all abilities to reach their dreams and goals. Read more about Elisabet on her coaching website www.ultra.coach
Shane is a running coach, movement specialist, researcher and the Author of The Lost Art Of Running. His work has taken him to six continents where has coached and researched some of the best athletes on the planet including numerous world record holders. Shane’s work focuses on taking natural human movement and turning it into human performance.
Photographer, writer, reviewer, blogger, podcaster and runner. Ian has travelled the world capturing stories, images and interviews from some of the most iconic mountain, ultra, trail and skyrunning races. Ian’s ability to combine his own sporting ability, his knowledge of the sport and his natural photographic talent makes him unique.
Aged 49 Kevin was shocked to be told he had terminal prostate cancer and may be dead in two years. For some that would have signalled time to hit the bottle but not Kevin, he embarked on a running crusade to raise funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK including 2 marathons on weeks 13 and 15 of chemotherapy, 4 Marathon Des Sables (the only thing on his bucket list) plus many more ultra marathons in the Arctic, Spain, Cambodia, Jordan, Sao Tome and Albania to name a few. Now aged 55 despite still being terminal and on permanent treatment he has just completed 365 consecutive days of running every day despite Covid including a back garden MDS in his total of 4,150k for the year. Married with 3 kids and 2 cats Kevin can't wait to get back to the Sahara to hopefully complete his 5th MDS as whilst he is already the only person with any T4 cancer to have completed the race 4 times he wants to set an unbreakable record in that regard!
Nick entered the 2014 MdS for the challenge...and a mid-life crisis. Not being an ultra-athlete, his aims were twofold – to finish and not come last (completed both). He has loads of powerful, practical, pragmatic tips on making sure you get that medal!
David is one of the presenters of the Bad Boy Running Podcast, founder of Caffeine Bullet and also curates the Ultra Stage at the National Running Show. He is as known for his stupid running challenges, including leading the London Marathon for 400 meters and representing England in the Beer Mile as his more serious running feats. He loves racing marathons across the globe from winning in Somaliland to craping behind a rock while protected by gunmen in Afghanistan and began his ultra-journey by finishing first Brit in the Marathon des Sables in 2016.
Twenty-six years and over 1000 marathons on from a New Year’s Resolution in 1994, Rory had literally run all over the world, including the MdS no less than fifteen times. Having completed mega-day marathons with huge daily-distances his knowledge is first-hand and he works with groups every year to fast-track people to MdS success.
Jodie has completed a Ph.D. that focused on how to maximise endurance performance in the heat with one research study including 16 MdS athletes. Jodie entered the MdS in 2019, coming 8th female overall. She has completed the Ironman World Championships twice.