Mission to Morocco - MDS 2011 by Birdypie

And so this is it! After two years of training its finally time to head to Morocco. I'm off work today at home packing...and unpacking and repacking! Food is all sorted out now and it all just about fits in my poor creaking rucksack! Its up to 10kg which is heavier than I wanted but too late to worry about it now.

The flight heads out in the morning and then we have a night at the hotel before heading off to our desert bivouac. We will be there til early on Sunday morning when the race finally starts. I'm incredibly nervous but also really excited to finally get out there and get going. I've hardly done any running for the past couple of weeks to rest up a couple of niggles I have so I'm feeling a bit lethargic and lumpy but i'm sure that will quickly wear off come Sunday morning!

Thanks to all on here for your support and interest over the last couple of weeks. Once I'm back I'll try and get on here and tell you all how it went. If you are interested you can follow the race on the official website at

http://www.darbaroud.com/index_uk.php

I'm number 767 - Jill Holliday. Good luck to us all and lets hope everyone gets over the finish line in one piece this year...