Dmitri Voloshin - Run and remember

Pashka’s happy voice announced that his luggage (his backpack with all the stuff) never reached Marrakech and got lost somewhere in the Mediterranean region. He seemed quite positive about it but actually there’s nothing funny.

More experienced friends warned him: keep all the important stuff with you. Shame. At least Pafnutiy has good friends, so he immediately reached out to them and they sent him all new things from Moscow. While waiting for them to arrive he borrowed something from me or from the hotel (like slippers).

Marrakech is a big and vivid part of the Arabic world so we decided to start with a walk around the city.

The city is all minarets, markets, crowds, hustle, dirt, women covered in black and men in white… Altogether it feels quite oriental and ancient.

Over the day we managed to tick off the whole list of mandatory attractions: dined on delicious lamb at the market, taught the Berbers to dress meat correctly, hugged a couple of snakes, hypnotized a fakir, rode around in a donkey carriage, wandered through solitary streets. Having completed the list we returned to the hotel.

It could have gone quite well if I hadn’t forgotten my iPhone under the Morocco sun – it clearly wasn’t its best day ever.

The next day we went for a run to check out our equipment for the MDS and our abilities to sustain the heat. The main objective was to get an idea of how fast we could run under such conditions.

Our run took us to the airport where we met two more martyrs – I mean runners. They were Iya from Russia and Vlad from Ukraine. Also Pashka had finally gotten his luggage. Based on its looks I can suggest it visited at least Chile and Sydney.

To celebrate happy morning events (and to show affection to our feet) we went for a pedicure. If only those feet knew what they were about to sustain…

The following day I inspected my backpack and carefully repacked all my food checking every calorie out of those prepared for seven days. Again I came to the conclusion that I’d go with two meals a day, one bite of nuts, and two glasses of tea (from one teabag). Eventually it turned out I was right.

Left to right: carb shake 19 19 useful supplement for quick recovery after intense physical exertion. for quick recovery after running, breakfast-lunch, lunch-dinner, a bite (nuts and dried fruit), energy gels 20 20 a synthetic derivative of glucose, created from chemical reagents for maintaining energy in super long-distance races. for power charge during the run, teabags and sugar. X-day is some spare food for emergencies.

Then I packed together food for the first two days and stuffed my backpack. The digits on the scales were quite a nice surprise: 6.35 kg. Just the necessary minimum, within the range of sanity. Great!

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one of a series of long-distance triathlon races consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.20 km) run. It is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world.

to participate in a multi-stage competition, where you need to swim and run. Unlike triathlon, swimrun involves multiple legs of running and swimming, which alternate with each other

a distance of 21.0975 km

a distance of 42.195 km

one of a series of short-distance triathlon races consisting of a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim, 56-mile (90 km) bike ride, and 13.1-mile (21.1 km) run.

the oldest and most popular track and field race in the world for super-marathon distance. The 90 km long distance courses through the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa

one of the most famous swimruns

the unique ultramarathon relay taking place in Moldova and crossing the whole country

same as ultramarathon runners. Those brave guys who run more than 42 km and 195 meters

a device that you can take with you on a trip, to a marathon or to other places where there is no mobile connection, and from which you can signal “OK” and “SOS”

part of the timekeeping system attached to your BIB number, which allows you to record your time

personal race number, which is issued to a runner.

fingersocks or 5-toe socks. It’s about socks, right!

the best plasters in the world for treating blisters and corns.

same as a satellite tracker, only with an additional texting feature.

an ethnic group living in North Africa, in Central and Western Sudan.

food subjected to vacuum drying. Takes up little space, great for a hike, sometimes even tasty.

liquid prepared by squeezing fruit or vegetable flesh.

useful supplement for quick recovery after intense physical exertion.

a synthetic derivative of glucose, created from chemical reagents for maintaining energy in super long-distance races.