Well, Jay and the rest of the Dreamchasers contingent have all arrived at the first bivouac by now. They should be settling in for the night (Friday) before going through the final administrative and medical checks on Saturday afternoon. Then one more night there before they’ll be off and running Sunday at 9:00 AM (local time).

Competing this year along with 60+ others in the Dreamchaser group will be Anthony Rodale, publisher of Runner’s World. He will be posting accounts of his MDS experiences on the Runner’s World site. Here’s the link to his first one, “Rolling the Dice in the Desert”. Check it out:

http://othervoices.runnersworld.com/2011/03/marathon-des-sables-rolling-the-dice-in-the-desert/