The Marathon des Sables Recap
5/6/20261 hr 26 min
This is the episode you have been waiting for! Des gives us all of the incredible (and sometimes gory) details of her podium finish at the Marathon des Sables through the Sahara. From the hectic travel to exactly what self-supported means and all of the details of each stage, she holds nothing back (including the water to rehydrate her portable toilet paper). She carried all of her food and gear for each of the 6 stages, and still managed to crush it. The queen of Boston becomes the queen of the desert, and it's an amazing tale to tell.
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First 90 secondsDes Linden· Host0:00
[upbeat music] What's up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of Nobody Asked Us with Dez and Kara, presented by Brooks Running.
Kara Goucher· Host0:17
Woot woot.
Des Linden· Host0:19
What's up, Kara? [laughs] [laughs] Hey. We got jokes.
Kara Goucher· Host0:22
Good job.
Des Linden· Host0:23
Wait- That was, that was solid ... what is with this 1KG?
Kara Goucher· Host0:28
[laughs] I, I don't know.
Des Linden· Host0:29
It's your- [laughs] I, I don't know. It's your own- So, like- The platform ...
Kara Goucher· Host0:33
it just usually says KG, right? When I log in, it usually just says KG.
Des Linden· Host0:37
Yeah.
Kara Goucher· Host0:37
But I don't know what happened. I- maybe I hit the keyboard by accident, 'cause I logged in and Chris was like, "Why are you calling yourself 1KG?" And I'm like [laughs] "I didn't mean to."
Des Linden· Host0:44
She's into metrics these days.
Kara Goucher· Host0:46
[laughs] Just my name.
Des Linden· Host0:48
You know, doing period over here.
Kara Goucher· Host0:49
[laughs] I go home by 1KG now. [laughs] Everybody adjust- I like it ... accordingly.
Des Linden· Host0:54
I like it. Yeah. Um- So, yeah ... that's good to know.
Kara Goucher· Host0:57
[laughs] Yeah, it was a total mistake.
Des Linden· Host0:58
So what's up, 1KG? How we doing? What's new? Um, how was your weekend?
Kara Goucher· Host1:03
Um, I had a good weekend. I... Colt had a big track meet on Saturday, where he ran a 3200 and an 800. He was, he kinda has, like, an outside chance. It's not, like, a done deal or anything, but he does have kind of an outside chance to get into the state meet in the 3200. He wasn't even gonna run one all year, and then he ran one wh- while we were in London, and he ran, like, really well- Nice ... in really bad conditions. And then his coach was like,