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For many people, the thought of running 250km through the Sahara Desert in temperatures peaking 50 degrees Celsius, whilst carrying all food and equipment for six days and sleeping in communal Berber tents at night, is not their idea of a fun week off...

[Editor’s Note: Liza Howard, Meghan Arbogast, and Jason Schlarb recently finished the Marathon des Sables (MdS) in the Moroccan Sahara Desert. Here is their humorous report.] Runners’ tents at the Marathon des Sables bivouac. Photo: Ridouane Amallah...

Four deserts. Four races. A thousand kilometers.  On foot.  Can you even imagine? I could not. At least, not until last week, when I had the opportunity to watch the documentary “Desert Runners.”  The documentary follows four...

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, and Lynn Rapoport. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock. OPENING The Awakening In 1921 England Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall) is a best-selling author...

Believe it or not, there are people in the world who actually want to run 135 miles in 120 °F heat. There are also people who willingly choose to take on “electroshock therapy” obstacle races, where they must traverse through a field hung with live wires...