Just found Kobus on YouTube - gritting his teeth and plodding on determinedly through the sand. He looks dangerously close to a camel, hope he's not trailed too far behind... If the last pair of camels sweep you up, you're taking too long and your race is over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q34b_onAzSw
Results not in yet... well, only for the first 660 and he's not in that group, so we know his time is more than 7 hours. Day 2's race was 35km in a loop, returning to the same start point and thereby not having to move the tents. Good aerial view of the starting point and the camp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jp96xQwEWM
Conditions at 8.45am start: 15.8 degrees and 38% humidity
Conditions at 12.15pm : 24 degrees and 18% humidity
6 retirements at 12.15pm
First place: Aziz El Akad (No 3-Morocco) : 2h 41m 17s
Main features of the race today: cold and wind. Wednesday is set for the massive double-length race. The race book with maps hasn't been issued - the organisers are having to change the route according to weather forecasts, as the original route went through several wadis (dry river beds) which have turned into potentially dangerous quicksands, following the storms at the weekend.
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