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Next edition
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EMAIL-Tel-Fax
COnce again this year, AOI offers you the chance to send emails free
of charge to a correspondent of your choice. Around 10 computers
will be made available at the “email concurrents/competitors’ email” area.
Please be patient when waiting for your turn. You can send a second
email for free, but will have to begin the queue again.
Due to increasingly
draconian anti spam procedures, you can send your message to only
ONE address. You should therefore determine
with your correspondent the group of people you wish to forward your
message to, before leaving for Morocco.
Note : messages are sent via
satellite so computers are not on line. Emails are sent at the end
of the day. You cannot send attachments.
Other
services on the bivouac: telephone and fax : 4 euros per minute.
Communication (email, fax, telephone) is made by satellite only.
Remember
to tell your family, friends and sponsors that they can leave you
messages during the MARATHON DES SABLES, but only from
24 to 30 March 2007. Go to the website and follow the instructions.
http://www.darbaroud.com
section "écrire
aux concurrents/write to competitors"
After
30 MARCH, this email service will no longer be
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Only messages with surname, first name and
race ID number will be transferred.
Do not send attachments (e.g. photos). This will cancel the message. Messages
will be given to competitors on the bivouac every day.
Note: AOI cannot transfer messages posted on the FORUM. |
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MEDICAL
CERTIFICATE
AND ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
Some competitors have already sent AOI one or both of
these documents. The organisation cannot register them.
You will therefore have to undergo another medical visit
and ECG if you have made this mistake. The documents
MUST be dated between 22 February and 23 March 2007.
Each competitor must present the documents on 08 April
in Morocco, failing which you may be refused entry to
the race. The ECG is also compulsory.
N.B.: the medical certificate to be validated by a doctor
(signature and stamp) is the one in the registration
file sent by AOI. |
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MEDICAL
DOCTROTTER are specialists in providing medical aid
in extreme conditions. This year’s team of
40 doctors and nurses will monitor competitors’ state
of health.
They’re accustomed to blisters and the rest
so don’t hesitate to consult them to stop an
irritation becoming a serious problem.
REGULAR TREATMENT
Every competitor must possess the treatment he/she needs
to ensure daily wellbeing. Aspirin, anti-sickness tablets,
adhesive tape, plasters for blisters and medicine (such
as Imodium) are the strict minimum. No vitamin supplements
will be given without a penalty. |
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COMPASSES
Even if MDS is not an orientation course as
the route is marked out virtually all the
way, your compass must be sufficiently precise
to allow you to take your bearings. When
crossing the ergs (dune zones) where it is
very difficult to mark out straight lines,
you’ll find it easier to take your
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SLEEPING
BAG
Sleeping bags must be good enough to protect
from the cold (temperatures can be low in March,
low calorie intake, fatigue). Simple sheets
and oversheets are not considered sufficient
and are not accepted by the organisation. |
THE KNIFE
To save weight, some competitors try and find the smallest
knife possible.
We’ve seen a few cases of disposable plastic knives
with shortened handles …
That’s just not on! The knife is part of the survival
equipment and must be
capable of serving its purpose. It must therefore have
a metal blade, if not
penalties will apply (Art. 24 and 28)..
IDENTIFICATION
MARKS & RACE NUMBERS
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Race stewards will be strict concerning the position
and visibility of your race numbers. The breast-plate
(20 x 24cm) is worn on the chest not nder the
stomach (art. 8 and 9). Your number plate must
not be folded, or covered by straps (they must
go underneath).
Be careful ! failing to respect the positioning
of race numbers can lead to disqualification
from the race. (Art. 27 and 28).
Start thinking about where you should put your
sponsorship logos on your t-shirt and back-pack.
You have the collar, the stomach, sleeves, cap,
shorts, back-pack etc. |
FOOD
Competitors must be able to show 2,000 calories per remaining
day of the course in order to satisfy their calorie needs.
This means having 14,000 K/cal on the technical checks
day of 24 march (see ART 24, 27 and 28 plus the table
on page 7 and 16 of the race regulations).
PREPARE
YOUR FEET WELL
Besides training and
tanning your feet a month
before the start of the
race
(henna, lemon, “Tannopat” cream
for dogs) here are a
few words of advice
you’d do well to
follow
1. Never wear new socks
and above all never brand-new
shoes.
2. Shoes should be 1.5
to 2 sizes bigger than
normal shoe-size.
3. Cut nails 8 days before,
if possible by a chiropodist.
4. Protect friction areas.
5. Remove sand regularly
from shoes and socks
and take time to dry
your feet
6. Don’t hesitate
to stop and treat a blister.
SALT
Vital for fighting dehydration, the quantity of salt
necessary for each
individual varies according to length of effort, food
intake,
acclimatisation faculties and quantity of urine.
AOI provides 4g of salt per day (8 x 0.5 g) to allow
you to satisfy daily
needs in normal conditions. In the event of exceptional
weather conditions,
the doctors will adapt and personalise an extra dose.
WATER MANAGEMENT
Water rations are limited on MDS. It’s therefore
crucial to manage your
water intake well. It begins on the eve of the race because
you should start
thinking of hydrating yourself fully before the course.
Afterwards you must
read the road book carefully and calculate your needs
in relation to the
variable quantities distributed at check-points.
Above all it’s better to carry a bit of extra water
than to run out:
precious advice that’s too often ignored.
IDENTITY
DOCUMENTS
To get race number during the technical checks on 24
March in Morocco,
competitors must show an identity document. This document
must be easily
accessible so as not to block the queue.
WEIGHT OF BAG
AND SURVIVAL KIT
Compulsory equipment must weigh overall 6.5kg minimum
and 15kg maximum,
survival kit included. Competitors are provided with
distress flares
weighing 360g. Add to that 14g of salt. The flare must
remain accessible at
all times (not at the bottom of your bag). As for salt,
4g per day including
2g taken in the evening will help you keep your hydric
mass.
BEWARE OF PENALTIES !
You must read the race regulations carefully. Too many
competitors skip through them or think they already
know them. Every year, penalties are regularly handed
out for badly-positioned race numbers and delays
in reaching the start in the morning. (ART. 8, 9,
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MARATHON
DES SABLES PROGRAM
“ special competitor” 3
charter flights have been reserved from Paris |
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MARCH 2007 |
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The time at which you must be at ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE
airport will be communicated to you by post.
You will then be told which desk to go to for your flight.
In case of a possible change of terminal by ROYAL AIR MAROC,
please be on time to ensure this change can be accommodated
at the last minute.
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You must have a valid passport and your luggage with you
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Handing out of tickets at the appropriate desk
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Weighing of luggage: 20 Kgs maximum per person
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Handing-out of road-book. Arrival at OUARZAZATE
Those not taking the plane with AOI must be at Ouarzazate
airport at 10h00 (10.00 am).
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Immediate transfer from Ouarzazate to bivouac (330 km - 5
hours),
lunch-packe ; Arrival at 1st bivouac, dinner and night at
bivouac |
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MARCH 2007 |
• Breakfast at bivouac; administrative, technical and medical checks.
• Following checks: free day, lunch and dinner at bivouac.
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to 31 MARCH 2007 |
THE RACE
• Beginning of self sufficiency in food: from breakfast 25 March breakfast
to breakfast 31 March .
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MARCH 2007 |
END OF THE RACE
• Bus transfer to hotel in Ouarzazate , lunch paquet; collecting of personal
affaires, dinner and night at hotel (1/2 pension)
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APRIL 2007 |
• Breakfast at hotel.
• 10H00 to 17H00 - distribution of Tee-shirt MDS - MARATHON DES SABLES
shop to Hotel Azghor
• Free time, lunch not provided;
• 14H prize giving ceremony - coktail Hotel Azghor
• Dinner and night at hotel (1/2 pension)
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APRIL 2007 |
• Breakfast at hotel. Free time the morning, lunch not provided
• Transfer in from hotel to Ouarzazate airport. Departure flight
• Arrival Paris (see your flight ticket). |
The 22nd MARATHON DES SABLES will take place under the
High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI |
PC
COURSE IN PARIS
The Moroccan National Tourism Office will be welcoming the
PC Press for the
22nd MARATHON DES SABLES. Images will be broadcast daily on
a huge plasma
screen. Families, friends and sponsors will be able to access
this
information on the darbaroud.com site on internet terminals.
There’ll be a
daily feed at around 19H3O (local time) to resume the day’s
stage. |
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TV
- PRESS
CIMBALY International will be providing the world’s
television channels with 20 minutes of daily video footage.
Pictures will be transmitted by satellite from 24 to 31
march and give an overview of each day’s stage allowing
viewers to follow the evolution of the race.
A few figures : the team : 12 people, 1 coach equipped with 3 editing
suites - 1 satellite dish - 1 helicopter
- 5 vehicles
The technical means available and the level
of autonomy mean that images can be sent at any time
and links ensured
with the newsrooms.
Various TV crews will be present this
year :
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• RTM
(Morocco) – broadcasting 2 subjects
per day for the 20h30 news programme
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2 M (Morocco) – daily 7-minute report broadcast at
20H35
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TV5 (Monde) – live 2-way in TV5 Afrique 21h news bulletin
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TV5 (Monde) – report for news bulletin on 31 March
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TV5 (Monde) – report for “terre de Sport” programme
- broadcast May 2007
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I télé (France) – broadcast of news item on 31 March
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SBS (Korea) – broadcast of 52 minute programme, scheduled April or May
2007
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EUROSPORT 2 – daily reports in news bulletins (multi-broadcast)
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Reports will be sent daily to Reuters Sport, SNTV and EVS |
Awaiting confirmation :
Euronews, Infosport, Direct 8, LCI, TF1, France 2 and
3 channels,
Raï (Italy) CNN, BBC world, Al Jazeera and so
on.....
Programming to follow on www.darbaroud.com
JOGGING
Internationale : reportage 22nd MDS in May or June
edition
2007
AFP and MAP : press communiqués sent daily from
bivouac.
Les Echos, Le Figaro, La Voix du Nord, Sport, FemmeActuelle,
Le Journal
Hebdomadaire, Sonovision, Europe 1 and many others will
be reporting on MDS
2007
Foreign press : Le Matin (Morocco) (to be confirmed)
From now on surfers can consult the list
of competitors. From 24 to 31 march inclusive: route
map, press communiqués
and photos of the race, rankings, weather and other
info all on line...
(N.B. for on-line info remember the time zone: Morocco
= GMT + 1)
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ATLANTIDE ORGANISATION Internationale
BP 98 - 10003 TROYES Cedex - FRANCE
Tél. : (33) 03 25 76 57 77 / Fax : (33) 03 25 76 87
75
E-Mail : aoi@darbaroud.com -
WEB : http://www.darbaroud.com
Sahara News n° 83 réalisé par CIMBALY International
Pépé et Marie - Webmaster : Cimbaly
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NATIONALITIES
Germany, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda,
Canada, China, Korea, Denmark, Spain, France, The United Kingdom,
Italy, Ireland, Israel,
Japan, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Morocco, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Norway, New
Zelande, Portugal, Tcheque Republic, Romania
DATES OF 22nd MDS
Throughout its history, the MDS has already been run in mid-March
and a few times
late March. This year it’ll be the last week in March in order to avoid
the main Easter holiday tourist period. This will also make flight and hotel
reservations, saturated at this time, a little easier.
50 TEAMS
50/75 COURENT
AFAT VOYAGES
COCA COLA
D.I.A.D.I.E.T.
DROIT AU COEUR
EQUIPE OUTAOUAIS
EVEREST EN SABLE
G.S.K.
TGUSTO TEAM TREM TEAM
HAFEET
KIA
KIA MOTORS
MENCAP
NOVO
QUICKSAND
SAHARA 2007
SAHARA SEVEN
SWIFT
TEAM BERMUDA
TEAM HELMUT
TEAM LINK
THE OPEN EXPERIENCE
THEOLIA
TRONIC DUNE RAIDERS
VENETO SPORT AVVENTURA
SOLDAT DE FRANCE |
A.M.H.
BUENA BLISTER SOCIAL CLUB
COMANAV
DEFI DESERT 84
DUTCH DES SABLES 2007
EUROSPORT
FONA
GLOBULES/JOGGING INTERN.
GRAINDEFOLY-X
HIPPOMENE
IMPOSSEDABLES RUNNERS
LE CHEMIN DE FRED
N'FARKO
PAYS DE GATINE
RENAULT TRUCKS KERAX
RENAULT TRUCKS LANDER
RUNNING CONSEIL RENNES
SCOTTA ROATA CHIUSANI
TEAM AGADIR OCEAN
TEAM GFK -GOOD FOR KIDS
TEAM OLSWANG
TEAM PLANETE COURSE
TENERIFE CORAZON Y VIDA
UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO - EMMA LOPEZ |
CHOICE OF HOTELS
No hotel in Ouarzazate is big enough to accommodate all MDS competitors.
Groups are often organised by nationality for those enrolled
with AOI’s
representatives. This makes it easier to transfer competitors
by bus to the airport to get flights home. In fact some have
to get up at 4 a.m. for the transfer.
For the last few years our English representative The Best Of Morocco has decided
to take care of hotel accommodation after the race for its British competitors.
These people are no longer AOI’s responsibility once back in Ouarzazate.
BUS JOURNEY BACK TO OUARZAZATE
Every year a few runners are met by friends and family
at the final finish line and decide to return to Ouarzazate
using their own means of transport. In such
cases they are no longer covered by the organisation’s insurance and AOI
therefore accepts no responsibility in the event of an accident.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
On return to Ouarzazate all competitors are in double rooms. The
hotel forms, included in the road book, allow you to choose the person
with whom you will
share a room. For reservation and insurance reasons, only competitors can be
accommodated for these two nights. Competitors wishing to share rooms with their
families must make their own arrangements.
HUMANITARIAN AID
For the last 15 years, AOI along with many donors, has coordinated
the installation of around ten photovoltaic pumping stations for
isolated
villages or nomadic people, in addition to the construction and renovation of
school buildings with toilets and solar-powered showers.
For 2007, AOI is backing a new project : the creation of a cooperative in a small
village in southern Morocco, along with the charities EAUSOLEIL and DROIT AU
COEUR.
Aim : transmit elders’ knowledge of weaving, pottery and other techniques,
create a workshop for craftspeople, a creche, a shop.
ANTI-DOPING CONTROLS
Anti-doping controls will be carried out through the FFA according
to International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) norms. As a
result, competitors on medication
must be able to show their medical file relating to this treatment plus the prescription.
For competitors registered with a national federation, the results will be communicated
to national and international instances with possible sanctions if the results
prove positive.
The anti-doping commission on the MARATHON DES SABLES will take all decisions
in the event of a positive result ranging from warning to disqualification, according
to the seriousness of the “products” used.
OPERATION KEEP THE DESERT CLEAN
Through respect for the environment, all bottles will be numbered
and penalties handed out to runners whose bottles are found on the
race route, between the
start of each day’s stage, the check-points and the finish line (ART.27
et 28)
In addition, the MARATHON DES SABLES will once more be using an incinerator lorry.
The lorry is designed to destroy all the rubbish created by the marathon runners.
Its autocombustion oven is capable of burning organic matter but also plastic
and light metals.
MDS SPONSORS & PARTNERS
KIA Motors Maroc : official partner of MARATHON
DES SABLES for next 3 years. KIA Motors Maroc is committed, in the
context of extreme sports, to values such as pushing oneself to the
limit and having a dynamic approach...
New Balance : partnership is renewed
for 2007 and 2008. This famous sports equipment trademark,
with a world-wide reputation for quality, is presenting
its new line of NEW BALANCE / MARATHON DES SABLES equipment.
SIDI ALI : Official water provider
for MDS for this 22nd edition. SIDI ALI
will provide all the mineral content required by runners to complete
this
challenge.
THEOLIA : European producer of renewable energies
committed to sustainable development and the belief that humanity
is in an endurance course
for long-term survival. The official THEOLIA team will uphold this commitment
throughout the course.
TATOU : N° 1 in professional video equipment
rental in France. Official
technical provider for MDS. This year the company has joined with
PANASONIC France,
and the organisation’s production team to film using the latest generation
of professional digital cameras. Filming for 2008 is already scheduled to be
in high definition.
Aviaxess : the dynamic Paris-based helicopter company
is present throughout the race, and has ensured the event’s
flight needs since the 16th edition. |
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