the beginning

It's been a rather long road to get to the Sahara 2012.

Hours and hours of training. Weekends were no longer for socialising, but for running.
But I don't regret a single minute of it. There is nothing like spending hours on the trails, running, walking, crawling and climbing.
And now it's showtime!

I see the Sahara Race as the beginning. The beginning of fantastic things to come.
Everyone says that the race will be life changing.....maybe that's why I'm doing these kind of races.
Constantly looking for something, and deep down hoping I will never find it.

Everything is set for the Sahara. My bags are pack and ready to go.

my pack weighs 8kg......so much for 7kg.
the only way I can get to 7kg, is if I get rid of some food.
I'm sure I'll do some repacking in Egypt with the help of my fellow runners.

I'm so SO looking forward to this adventure and seeing my two friends Warren and Timo again.

Ok, one or 2 loose ends to tie up......chat soon via the 4 Deserts website.

I'll be back. With my medal.

Kriss West, Queen of the desert

11384 KJ's

or +/-2600 Cal...........

and this my dear friends, is what I will be consuming per day....give or take a few Cal's.

It is so difficult to pack food for a day, when I have NO idea how much time I will spend running.
When I look at last years times, day 1 is the fastest, day 2 longer, and then day 3 and 4 sort of the same. And then the infamous LONG day.

My packing list for the long day will be a bit different for the other days.
I will have to eat some proper food somewhere during the day, because only living on energy gels for 15hours will not do the trick.

the whole eating and carry on running bit I don't really like. Its going to be HOT and I will have to do my best of best to keep the food down. So, smash and biltong it will be. And its been tried and tested by myself - Delicious!
Not sure how delicious its going to be in 50C......I will let you know afterwards.

I've got this mental block against packing my bag for the race, but this weekend is D-day.
If I can check in under 8kgs it will be FANTASTIC!

In the not to distant future.......this will replace

this in my pack!

Today are one of those days, where I am SO SUPER EXCITED about the race.

only 18 days to go till showtime!!!!!