Kevin Lin
knows a thing or two about running. He is Taiwan's first ultramarathon1 runner and has faced some of the world's most
intense courses ever. In 2006, Lin won Racing the Planet's 4 Deserts championship2. Having bragging3 rights after this race is definitely
impressive. Racing the Planet started in Hong Kong in 2002. The idea was to
blend a challenging footrace4 with an unforgettable international experience. The first race was the Gobi March in China with 43 runners
competing. Since then, all the runs have been based on that first event.
A Racing the Planet race takes seven days and is 250 kilometers long. In addition, runners must carry their own supplies as they compete. What they gain is a cultural experience like no other. The 4 Deserts championship is a series of races across the world's four largest deserts—the Atacama, Gobi, Sahara, and Antarctica. The series
in progress now started in March 2011 and will end in November 2012.
The Atacama Desert is in Chile. It is a 1,000-kilometer strip5 of land that gets absolutely no rain and is
regarded as the driest place on Earth. Its high elevation6 and average daytime temperature of 40 degrees Celsius7 make it one of the most difficult races in the series. The fastest anyone has completed the Atacama Crossing was just
slightly less than 24 hours.
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