Conquering the Atacama Crossing (Chile)

Stéphane has completed Stage 5 in 14:00:09 for an overall time of 41:24:36 putting him in 18th place out of the 63 left in the race…!

Jocelyn got through Stage five in 17:50:05 for an overall time of 56:55:29 moving her up into 44th place!!

Rob James has come in as second place holder behind Dean Karnazes of the US with […]

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Race results have not been posted yet - but a summary has:
From RacingThePlanet
Daily Update: Stage Five
 
It’s an infamous slog through the night for all but the fastest competitors in Stage Five, otherwise known as The Long Day, a double-length stage that stretches 73 kilometers through the Atacama and many different parts of its varied terrain. […]

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Stage 4 Part 1 video has been posted: Jocelyn is at the very end of it.
Main Video page link click here
For the Official Atacama Crossing Photo Gallery which is constantly being updated: click here
For Sunbeam Photo Gallery click here. 
 

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Breaking news on Stage 5 - below the pictures…..
  Stéphane on the salt flats….. 

Jocelyn in the base camp 

Jocelyn: Yesterday from Stage 4:

Stage 5 : Breaking News 

Breaking News Archive: Time:  April 4th 2008 03:36:00 AM9:35 pm, 3 April, Stage Five Finish Line: Twelve hours after the start, twelve runners have crossed the finish line for Stage Five. 

Time:  April […]

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Stéphane (bib#43) came in 07:33:02 with an overall 4 Stage time of 27:24:27 moving up to 11th place!!!!

Jocelyn (bib# 17) came through Stage 4 in 11:09:39 with an overall time of 39:05:24 as #55  (5 1/2 hours ahead of # 64)…. amazing!!!

Leader Rob James (bib# 35) flew through Stage 4 with 05:46:18

Today’s latest news is: 

11:10 […]

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Stage 4 time and place results are not in due to a bad storm that knocked out communications: 

Time:  April 3rd 2008 02:42:22 AM

8:38 am, 3 April, Startline, Stage 5: A violent storm struck the campsite last evening also knocking out satellite communications delaying results. Results will be posted shortly. Rob James and Mimi Anderson are now […]

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The children are continuing at an amazing pace!

Below  is their scoring board (line 1) on 30 March | 67 Children | read 212 books!You can work out the rest!

Many of the children have to go home or to family to worship tomorrow 4 April as it is the QingMing Festival.Some are taking  books with them […]

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Please scroll down for updates on yesterday’s Sunbeam Children’s Village Read-athon!

All 65 remaining competitors have crossed the finish line. No times posted yet on Jocelyn or Stéphane - but here are some race updates from the 4Deserts website - sign up for breaking news  to really keep in touch. 

All times listed below are posted from the […]

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10:33 am, 2 April, Checkpoint One: Competitors in the middle of the field ran into a traffic jam of sorts when a local shepherd drove her flock of sheep into the narrow trail that the runners are following. So far all sheep and all competitors are still accounted for.
Looking forward to those pictures!

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The report out of the Sunbeam Children’s Village is that the contestants are all doing well!
The children are still going strong! 

  Check out our Photo Gallery for more images from todays Stage 3 of the Read-athon!  

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