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mikemoreton · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

What is the GB record?

Lee O · #3 Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 385 Location: Canvey Island

38, brilliant.

Think about time he had his pic on that site..
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runningman · #2 Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 152 Location: my office

Mike , its very difficult to give a record for a time in this race as every year the course is different, in length as well as terain, plus the weather can be so extreme in different ways, the year i run /walked/ crawled there was little wind the previous year they had 60 mph sandstorms for a whole week .
You hardly ever ever see BRITS IN THE TOP 50.. so what G is achieving is AWSOME !

mikemoreton · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

Over to you then Kirste. How does your mate hold the record?

Runningman, you are quite right. Graham has done great so far. I trust he will finish and we can all have a jolly up with him. Not only has he done Benfleet Running Club proud, he has put GB on the map in more ways than one

(GB= Great Britain/Graham Booty)

C'mon Graham!!! go go go

runningman · #2 Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 152 Location: my office

A couple of other things for all you peoples watching G to take into consideration is the deifferance in TEMP ! it was a chilly 6 degrees at 5 am and a rather warm 40 deg at 2 pm ( THATS bloody hot ) therefore some of the backmarkers and mid packers will have been running in both extremes ( try dressing for that )
Dont stress if you dont see anymore results for a while because the only people runnig today will be the ones still running stage 4 from yesterday some will be out there for 30 hrs plus !!!
G will have a nice day in his tent reading your messages and sleeping !
Gaza
Just a marathon and a 15 miler to go

Steffan · #4 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 588 Location: Basildon

That really is something else.
Just finishing the thing is mindblowing but what G is doing moving up the field like that is something I can't put into words...........

Relentless.

Karl C · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:28 pm Post subject:

STAGE N°5 : OUED AHSSIA / ISK N’BRAHIM– 42,2 Km

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

I don't know if many of you have looked closely at the video clips on the MdS website. But one thing struck me as I was scanning the terrain this morning.........................it looks like a bloody desert out there! Amazing...may be a trick of the light.....
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Kirstefitbird · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 19

As the course changes each year they have a course record but he did it in 21 hours (or was it 22!) He is a guide for a blind runner in the olympics as well, and won gold in the Australian Olympics - top bloke. I made the mistake of saying 'we must do a run' when I first met him and it was then he told me he had a PB of 2.19 for the marathon.......I turned back.

I think anyone who even contemplates this event is a soooooo brave.

JBD · #3 Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 317

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

I have also tried to cheer Graham up by telling him that Ernie and Steve will be running the Bungay Marathon in the snow...........well it cheered me up

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runningman · #2 Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 152 Location: my office

42ND PLACE OVERALL 36TH IN THE STAGE TOTAL 27 HOURS and i reckon prob 3 hrs tomorrow TOPTASTIC !

Karl C · STAGE N°5 3/4/08 - 26.1 miles- 04H14'30

STAGE N°5 3/4/08 - 26.1 miles- 04H14'30

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

Runningman I have got him as 39th overall...Olmo the Mont Blanc man and a previous MdS winner 10th.......
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runningman · #2 Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 152 Location: my office

WRONG DEAR BOY, if you click on his name it will give u his overall position ! 39 was his position in that stage !
Cant believe theyve changed the goalposts again ! and made it harder ! traditionally the last day is a swift 15 miler now its bloody 26 miles !
so i dont think G will get inside 30 hrs as i predicted !

runningman · #2 Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 152 Location: my office

IGNORE THE LAST POST ITS NOT 26 MILES AS USUAL IAM TALKING CRAP ( BEFORE SOME SMART ARSE AGREES WITH ME )KARK/MIKE

Ian J · #2 Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 267 Location: Rayleigh

17.5 KM today, he is probably in the pub with a cold beer already
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Ian J · #2 Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 267 Location: Rayleigh

He is home and dry, Posn 44 overall, what a performance

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JBD · #3 Joined: 15 Sep 2007 Posts: 317

Truly inspirational.....well done Graham !

44th out of some 800 - 2nd Brit home ?

Form an orderly queue to sign up for this Ultra....

mikemoreton · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject:

Graham

Fantastic!!!

Coming for a run on Tuesday? You might like my pace now?

Truly Well Done

Steffan · #4 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 588 Location: Basildon

I think there will be one hell of a celebration drink coming up on his return!

Fantastic performance G. You still doing London?!!! Haha!

debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Graham that is truly magnificent. Never doubted your guts and determination but to finish inside the top 50 is awesome. Be proud and hope you raise loads for your charity

Pammie · #3 Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 385

Brilliant Graham, that was truly awesome

Well done
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Jez · #2 Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 291 Location: Eastwood

Bonjour,

from a cold Parisien morning, just before I go off to do my marathon;Fantastic effort Graham well done from the Mancers!

Enjoy your week of rest:See you next week:

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

Nice one Graham the 'caring club' salutes you. Good luck to the Mancers..is Paddy wearing a beret?
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pete the young one · #1 Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Posts: 56 Location: Benfleet

after stage 6 Graham is lying in 44th position overall and is 2nd GB runner! well done mate!

Stu · #1 Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 40

Dear Graham

Daisy says "oooooooooh"....... which we take to mean well done!

Top class.

Congrats
Jac, Stu & Daisy

debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Done a piece for the Echo on Graham even before he's back! Anyone know if there are any pics at all of our GB that the Echo could use? I have one Steff took but last time I sent it to the Echo they didn't use it and I thought it was pretty good too! Anyone got any they could send to me please? Thanks.

Debbie

Stevie · #3 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 452 Location: Benfleet

Unbelievable mate, very well done.
Look forward to hearing all about it down the Hoy soon i hope

mArKw · #2 Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 291 Location: Benfleet

Fantastic effort, mate. Never doubted you would finish, but what a way to finish!!! Brilliant.

:thumbup:

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

Debbie, what about the chin dribble one?
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'sometimes I am running so fast it appears that rocks and trees are standing still......' 'I may be slow, but you are ugly and I can train harder.' '90% is mental, the other half is physical'it's going to get a lot worse, before it gets worse'.

debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Ah Mike I noticed Graham had put it on his website - yes I did think it looked lovely but might also have an adverse effect on the younger readers....

Graham · #3 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 395

thanks to all for the encouragement, kind words, mails (hugely appreciated) and sponsorship. I'll do a race report over the next couple of days. See you all Sun!

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

Welcome back Graham you did the 'caring Club' proud. Have you noticed a bit of a chill in the air?

ps how are your feet?
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'sometimes I am running so fast it appears that rocks and trees are standing still......' 'I may be slow, but you are ugly and I can train harder.' '90% is mental, the other half is physical'it's going to get a lot worse, before it gets worse'.

Graham · #3 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 395

Hey Mike. Feet held out really well. Self treated them, never had to go the medical tent and only suffered a few blisters and a couple of nails hanging off, nothing compared to the rest of the tent. Daily foot bath and fresh socks really helped. Certainly there is an element of luck involved in this race. If your feet go bad early, or you suffer from the bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea that plagued the bivouac then your perfomance is massively affected now matter how well conditioned and determined you are. I was lucky! I also carried a lot more food than most which I'm sure really helped keep my strength up and allowed my body to recover. I only got the trots on the final night.......loo roll was a precious commodity by then so I was very glad you guys had sent me a lot of messages.......

debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Hey everyone go out and buy the Echo today lovely piece about our hero with one of the pics Graham sent to me in it.

Too late unfortunately to include your loo roll quote Graham !!

Lee O · #3 Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 385 Location: Canvey Island

Debbie you sure that is Graham, I dont see NO Fag or Beer!!
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debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Just needed to pan out a bit there is a whole crate of beer and stacks of duty free ciggys nestling in that sand!

Mike Mason · #7 Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1055 Location: Hockley

Brilliant article Debbie.....lacking only a mention of me and my photo..but there you go....... well done again Graham......the thought of such a great 'Caring Club' and it's members has brought a tear to my eye...
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Graham · #3 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 395

Just got a cd from le Colonel, one my tent buddies. I was responsible for taping these beauts up every morning after he'd aired them overnight. The highlight of my day!

debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Oooo Graham that's put me off my breakfast !!

Lee O · #3 Joined: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 385 Location: Canvey Island

Thats it im not entering MDS 2010!!
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Graham · #3 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 395

Massive thanks to all that sponsored me. You know who you are. Just received the following mail from my charity. Alas he got my time wrong and I wasn't as close to Ian as the mail suggests, but still very happy with my 44th place finish and 2nd Brit from the 256 representing our great country!

Thanks again

From: chrislawrence3@mac.com
Subject: Congratulations and thank you for taking part in the MdS on behalf of Facing Africa
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:45:05 +0100

Dear MdS competitors and Facing Africa supporter,

Firstly, let me congratulate you on completing the MdS. I followed your progress throughout the event and think all the Facing Africa people did amazingly. Special congratulations to Ian Sharman who came 13th overall, which is the highest place anyone form the UK has ever achieved and Graham Booty in 44th place and only 46 minutes behind.

Secondly, I want to thank all of you for the fantastic amount of work all of you have put into the fundraising. As you can see from the www.saharamarathon.co.uk web site, the total to date has reached £116,719 and I gather that there is still more to follow from some that are still collecting from their sponsors. Absolutely fantastic ! Well done ! I hope that many of you will continue to support Facing Africa in other events or even if its only telling your friends about the work we do.

For those who are interested in how the money you have raised is being used, you can watch a short BBC documentary filmed in Ethiopia which is being shown tomorrow (Friday) 18th April:-

BBC West (available on SKY, channel 986)
Programme is called "Inside Out"
Friday 18th April
7.30 pm.

Filmed at an hospital in Ethiopia featuring the facial reconstruction
work carried out by our teams of volunteer surgeons

Please tell your friends to watch this programme as they too will be interested to see facing Africa and where their money is being put to very good use.

Once again, thank you all so much for the brilliant results. If any of you has digital pictures from Morocco, please can you send me a few for use on our web site (please caption them if possible).

Kind regards

Chris

Facing Africa - NOMA
Seend Park, Seend , Wiltshire SN12 6NZ
Tel: + (44) 1380-827038
Mobile: + (44) 7748 180 700

gmike · #2 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 259 Location: Benfleet

Just spotted this posted on Runners World Forum:

"A programme following the British runners in this years Marathon des Sables will be shown on ITV4 at 9 pm on 13 May."

debbie g · #6 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 707

Message from Bobby :-

Eurosport lo.30pm Wednesday. Get a taste of what Graham had to go through. We may even get a look at him.

That means tonight!!

mikemoreton · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject:

Yeah, got that recorded. Missed the one on ITV4 though

Anyone see/record it?

MM2

Ian J · #2 Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 267 Location: Rayleigh

I also missed ITV4 show, however I think it's on again next Tuesday poss 9pm, wrote the details down at work so will have to check if time/day is wrong?
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gmike · #2 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 259 Location: Benfleet

I couldn't find anything on at 9 on the 13th ... thought it might have been duff info.

bobby · #2 Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Posts: 257

Apparently this programme will now be shown at l2.30 tonight on Eurosport. The anticipation is mounting.

Graham · #3 Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 395

From the ITV journo.

The hour long ITV4 programme will be shown on Tuesday May 20th at 9pm. For anyone in the ITV Central region, there'll also be a half hour programme on the Bank Holiday, 26th May at 8pm. That's basically a shorter version, but focuses a little more on runners from that particular region. I've also made a 15 minute film about one of your number for ITV Yorkshire which will go out in August.

http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/...ty/MarathondesSables/default.html