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Photo: An oasis in Mauritania
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Photo: An oasis in Mauritania
Photo: A herd of livestock crosses the hazy Sahara in the shade of sunset
Local schoolchildren near Boutilimit, Mauritania are given instant photos of themselves by the expedition crew
St. Louis, Senegal, near the expedition's starting point
Photo: Mauritania
Schoolchildren cheer on the expedition team when they stop to visit their village
Mauritania
Mauritania
Carcasses litter the landscape of this near-barren Mauritanian field
Photo: A basic well used to draw drinking water for a village near Timbuktu, Mali
An oasis in Mauritania
Photograph by Don Holtz
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Photo: James Moll and Harris Done
Check out behind-the-scenes shots to see how the film crew endured alongside the runners.
Image: the three professional runners
Get to know Charlie Engle (USA), Ray Zahab (Canada), and Kevin Lin (Taiwan): Three professional runners facing their greatest challenge to date and determined to make a difference.
Photo: scientist and runner
Learn how they made it as the Gatorade Sports Science Institute lets you in on the tricks of the trade, and the runners give a firsthand account of the athleticism of the expedition.
H2O AFRICA
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The charitable component of Running the Sahara: a clean water initiative supporting the water crisis in Africa.
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