ELISABET BARNES

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It’s done folks! Double gold for Amdahl Barnes in @transatlasmarathon 😀🥇🥇. A beautiful but brutal race in wild and rugged terrain and a really tough week. We were superbly looked after in camp by a great team but the race presented one of the most challenging courses I have run, so I am quite relieved we’re done 😂🙌. More to follow. @sondreamdahl @gorewear @sziolssportsglasses @myracekit @lyofood . . . . . #trailrunners #runner #runnerslife #runnersofinstagram #win #stagerace #morocco #atlasmountains #gorewear #alwaysevolve #sziols #sziolssportsglasses #focusyourvision #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure #lyofood #lyoathlete #weallruntam

First stage of @transatlasmarathon is in the bag. I had a great day and won my race but we have five very hard stages to go so nothing can be taken for granted. One day at the time! It was beautiful but very tough. I have only run in more technical terrain than this in Oman before and I was challenged to the max. I was worried before start because yesterday I felt really tired but I had a good night’s sleep and luckily I felt ok this morning. The obligatory knee scrape is there of course, have to start in style! 😂 The race is superbly organised and the course was well marked. I’m so happy to be back in Morocco, and to have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful Atlas Mountains with the Transatlas family. Now to recover for an even longer and maybe harder stage tomorrow...😳 @gorewear @sziolssportsglasses @myracekit @lyofood . . . . . #runnerslife #ultrarunner #stagerace #runnersofinstagram #adventure #morocco #maroc #runner #trailrunning #sziolssportsglasses #focusyourvision #gorewear #alwaysevolve #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure #lyofood #lyoathlete #weallruntam

Good night from bivouac. Tomorrow we rise early to be on the trail by 7am for the first stage! @transatlasmarathon . . . . . #goodnight #camplife #bivouac #morocco #maroc #atlasmountains #mountains #outdoors #runnerslife

And so the adventure begins as we leave Marrakech for the Atlas Mountains!! 236km, 12560m ascent and 13218m descent. 😱🙈😅 Race starts on Monday. @transatlasmarathon @sondreamdahl @aliceoutthere1 @rochelle.bell.12 . . . . . #morocco #travel #adventure #ultrarunning #ultrarunners #runnersofinstagram #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure #trailrunning #mountains #gorewear #alwaysevolve #sziols #focusyourvision #lyofood #lyoathlete

Monday morning again! Wow, that came around really quickly 😳😂⚡️. What are your goals for this week? Mine is to sleep plenty despite a lot of travel since last week was not so good in that regard and I feel it. It’s exactly one week to the first stage of @transatlasmarathon and we’re heading to Morocco this week. I’ve learnt that before any race you need to arrive few days before in order to give yourself the best chance. The body basically needs to be tuned in to the new environment. Have a great week wherever you are! 😘 📸 -> @sondreamdahl . . . . . #goodmorning #monday #mondaymotivation #running #trailrunning #runners #runnersofinstagram #gorewear #alwaysevolve #sziolssportsglasses #focusyourvision #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure #lyoathlete

When all you see is a 360 degree view of the sea 3700m below you, life seems so simple. It gives you remarkable clarity and perspective. Am thinking about this today as I am contemplating a very unexpected and crappy curveball that life has thrown at someone I deeply care about. Finding positives is frankly very difficult, as is trying to understand other people’s reasons for their actions. What the real truth is (if there is one) I may never know but I try to still believe that being kind, caring, respectful and honest is the right way to go about life in the long run. . . . . . #contemplation #randomlifeshit #curveball #clarity #notfair #believeingood #views #teide #teidepeak #picodeteide

🌟Competition time! 🌟WIN a pair of @mountain_king_trailblaze poles and maybe you’ll have a chance to beat @sondreamdahl up the mountain 😉. Head over to @myracekit to enter. . . . . . #enjoyyouradventure #myracekit #mountainking #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #trailrunning #runningequipment #runninggear #hiking #trekkingpoles #packlight

Thanks Katie for including me in your impressive list of badass women! 😀 Head over to @lessonsinbadassery for link to the interview! 📸-> @iancorlessphotography • #Repost @lessonsinbadassery with @get_repost ・・・ Desert running royalty, @elisabetbarnes fields my questions over on Lessons in Badassery today! Ultrarunner Elisabet is a two-time Marathon Des Sables winner and coach with a myriad of multi-stage race wins to her name. Elisabet shares her training, 2019 plans and the most common mistakes she finds people make training for a desert ultra. . . Link in my bio or visit Lessonsinbadassery.com to read. . 📸 Ian Corless —————————————————————— #ultramarathon #desertultra #desertrunning #desertultratraining #desertultratips #mds #marathondessables #heattraining #ultrarun #ultrarunning #ultratraining #endurancetraining #running #trailrunning #runchat #ukrunchat #ultrawomen #lessonsinbadassery #mds19 #ultrawomen #desertrun #trailrun #trailrunning #marathontraining #ultrarunner #trailrunner

How is your Monday going? I looked at this video from a couple of weeks ago from Teide peak at 3718m to motivate myself after my reality check: the rain has been pouring down all day in Trysil; jet lag after 12 hours of travel and 5 hours’ sleep; laundry sorted into 7 piles on the bathroom floor (how did it even fit into the bags in the first place?? & thank god for tumble dryer!); emptied the fridge of rotten food I forgot to bin before we left 3 weeks ago (ok Sondre actually did that 🤣); did grocery shopping. On the plus side the doctor signed off my medical certificate for the next race and despite the lack of sleep and a severe caffeine overdose to even be able crawl out of bed in time for my appointment, my ECG and HR were exemplary so maybe all that altitude training will pay off. More mountains on the horizon soon in Morocco and the @transatlasmarathon 📸 -> @sondreamdahl @gorewear @sziolssportsglasses @myracekit @lyofood . . . . . #tenerife #teide #mondaymotivation #monday #mondaymood #realitycheck #jetlag #trailrunning #mountains #volcano #djiosmopocket #runner #runnerslife #newweek #gorewear #sziols #alwaysevolve #focusyourvision #myracekit #enjoyyouradventure #lyoathlete #lyofood

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