On the rugged terrain of the Western Sahara desert, this woman from Gurgaon ran the race of her life...🏃♀️
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00:00Generally, the temperature is around in the 30s, this time it went up to 40s, we even
00:17saw 48.
00:21I do it not because only of what it gives me physically, but also about what it gives
00:28me psychologically or mentally.
00:47It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
00:58It's hard to believe for people, but in early 2000, I was 78 kgs, pretty obese, very, very
01:14unhealthy and very, very fat.
01:28And that is me, walking, day 3.
01:41It is not just very high sand dunes, it is also very rocky and very dry and there is
01:51no habitation, so to say, there is no shade anywhere.
01:59If you do not finish within the given time, you are disqualified.
02:06The mountains are rocky, but sand at the base, so it's not easy.
02:10It's not like you can climb as easily as you would typically climb a mountain here.
02:13There were even up to like 1000m climbs that we had to climb and then come down as well.
02:18Your bag that you carry, carries your 50% of the weight is probably food and the remaining
02:2350% is everything else, which is your sleeping gear, your walking stick.
02:29What really helped me was that doing these crazy, insane mileages, back to back running
02:366 days a week like I was running, 120-130 km a week I was running.
02:49Honestly, I did not struggle.
02:52There is a certain physical exertion, there is blister pain, but it's not like I struggle
02:58saying, Oh my God, I'm going to die and I cannot do this and why am I doing this?
03:02I just signed up for MDS because I just, I just were wowed because my heart set into
03:22it.
03:23This is what I want to do.
03:24I hope that through this story, we'll be able to inspire many other Indians in this
03:30to do this.