mds the legendary | IAN CORLESS

Episode 247 of Talk Ultra and we catch up with competitors from the 2024 MDS The Legendary for thoughts and feedback with Cecilie Lehmann Gianneri, Natalya Platanova and Nicki Marsh.

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The 2024 MDS The legendary was highly anticipated, after 37-years, the race came under new ownership and while the core structure of the race remained the same or similar, many changes did take place. We catch up with Cecilie, Natalya and Nicki, all three first time competitors to get their thoughts and feedback.

If you’d like a re-cap of the 2024 edition, please see below:

Stage 1 HERE

Stage 2 HERE

Stage 3 HERE

Stage 4 HERE

Stage 5 HERE

Stage 6 HERE

Interested in joining the 2025 edition?

Entry opens June 19 at 12pm (UTC+2).

MDS Legendary 2025

11-day adventure

April 4 to 14, 2025

Sahara Desert, Morocco

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Episode 3 of the Marathon des Sables – The Legendary podcast is with Alexander Welch.

Alexander toed the line of the 2021 MDS but things did not go to plan… It was the year of excessive heat and Norovirus in bivouac. A year when 50% did not finish the race. However, the DNF for Alex raised some demons.

“I participated in the 2021 October edition of MDS and was medically removed at checkpoint 2 on day 3. Being only 25 years old at the time, and having never failed at anything prior, this was a massive mental blow for me.”

Falling into a downward spiral. Alexander’s life tumbled; as a coping mechanism, he turned to excessive drinking and substance abuse, this impacted on work, relationships and his own mental health.

“This went on until about November 2023 where I reached out for help of my former tent mates (4 of which are also returning in April 2024). I managed , with their support, to pull myself out of the degenerative cycle that had encapsulated my life for almost 12 months. This culminated in signing up for the MDS 2024.”

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