Running against the wind in Bahrain!
We ran against a strong desert wind in our 15k run around Manama, Bahrain’s capital, while we traversed highways and bridges with F1 ads everywhere, to finally reach the World Trade Center’s famous skyscraper.
Running in Mauritania’s highest dunes, villages and with the iron train!
Our adventure in Mauritania included running on its highest dunes in Azouega and through the narrow streets of Chinguetti. Plus alongside the iron ore train!
Around the walls of the ancient city of Khiva, in Uzbekistan
We ran around the walls of the old Khiva city, a stunning construction of adobe and mud that protects the Itchan Kala, a UNESCO world heritage site with marvels like the Kalta Minor Minaret.
Running in the kingdom of sand and oil: the first Riyadh marathon
We ran the first edition of the Riyadh marathon, the capital of a country that lives between the most closed tradition and the desire for modernity. Between poverty and the most extravagant of riches. We ran past Saudi women in black niqabs and sneakers, the air cloudy after a sandstorm, and we came home with more questions than certainties.
In the desert of the Nabateans: the Petra Marathon
Starting in Petra's Treasury , our footsteps echoed in gorges that hide lost civilizations. We heard the “piercing crunch of the sand” that fascinated Lawrence of Arabia, and we put ourselves to the test climbing dizzying slopes under a blazing sun.