Richard Bray

Todays stats: Distance: 44km’s Time: approx 5:30hrs Calories burnt: 4100 Calories consumed: 2000 We are through the thick of it now. Day 4 is complete. After my feet time with the medics yesterday, I struggled to move for the rest of the day. The feet were so sore I could barely walk. Putting my shoes […]

Status update: Temp – 40 – 42 deg Km’s complete – approx. 120km in 3 days. Terrain – sand, rocks, dunes, mud flats, salt flats and everything else you can imagine if you were to picture a hot day on mars. Blisters – 13 including 2 blood blisters. Legs – quads are stuffed. Calves are […]

Day 2. After surviving day 1, we rested and recovered getting ready for the 2nd day of racing. After a good day, I started to ask questions.. why am I here, do I really enjoy this, can I really get through this let alone get a good place. More and more questions kept entering my […]

Saturday morning meant game time. We packed up our bags and headed to the other hotel for the race briefing and check in. It was the first chance we got to check out all the other competitors. The field was packed with experience and very fit people. My top 10 finish is going to be […]

Going to need bucket loads of both to get me through this week. Belief and Faith that my training has put my body and mind in the right place to tackle this challenge. Love my daily quotes care of my caring and supportive wife. The Boys Fellow Competitors The Sunset

So, after months of training and mental preparation, the time to head to the desert was finally here. I jumped onto my flight at Heathrow and got ready for the long haul to South America. I had to fly to Madrid then to Santiago then onto Calama and then get land transport to a small […]

Well it’s finally time to head off on another adventure. After wetting my desert appetite with the Sahara race in 2010, I’m now ready to take on the driest desert in the world in another 250km, self supported footrace. Event Details: 250km endurance footrace 6 stages held over 7 days Competitors are self-supporting, carrying all their own […]

South Devon, the further most point of the South Coast of the UK. A rugged landscape set next to one of the most beautiful stretches of water ever seen. Emma and I drove down on the friday night after work. 4.5hrs in the car was a tough trek and we got to bed late. Not […]