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We follow four friends as they attempt to complete what some describe as 'the toughest footrace on earth' - the Marathon des Sables, a six-day, 250km race across the Sahara Desert.

The Marathon des Sables is a six-day, 250km race across the Sahara Desert: six marathons in six days in temperatures of fifty degrees through some of nature's most stunning landscapes. Why would anyone put themselves through such a physically and mentally destructive challenge? Thousands start the race, hundreds don't finish. We follow four friends who now live across the globe but have come together to do what some describe as 'the toughest footrace on earth'.

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Thu 25 Sep 2014 23:30GMT

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