BibbedTrail · Ouarzazate · MA · Sells out
Marathon des Sables (MDS Legendary)
Sat, 3 Apr 2027 · 23:00 WET
Photo · Farajiibrahim · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
159days
250km
—m gain
0 following · 2 of 2 dates verified
Heads up Sells out fast · Medical certificate required
Get in
Africa/CasablancaChecked 23 Sep 2026 against the organiser's page ↗
Last day to defer or refund
Race day
Bring
Official MDS Legendary medical certificate (available from March 2, 2027; PPS not accepted) and resting ECG with tracing done on or after March 2, 2027; originals on paper, signed, shown at the checks.
Must have reached the age of majority on the Event Start Date; minors are not permitted to start.
Valid passport expiring no earlier than one month after the event (Moroccan residents: identity card valid until the end of the stay), carried as mandatory kit.
Food self-sufficiency: carry all food (at least 12,000 kcal, about 2,000 kcal per race day) and the mandatory kit checked at the technical controls.
Typical race-week weather
5-year average · Open-Meteo25°high
10°low
3%rain days
31%humidity
What this week usually looks like, not a forecast.
Race weekend
Bib pickup
Technical, administrative and medical checks at the bivouac before stage 1; organised transfers from Marrakech on March 31 and April 1.
Start
Arrival day of the 11-day program is April 2, 2027; the first competitive stage is normally 2 days after arrival (not explicitly dated on the page).
First time?
Self-sufficiency: you carry all food and kit for the week; cutoffs are set at 3.5 km/h so walkers can finish.