MATT ALLYN: Writer, Editor, Researcher
Check out my Portfolio page. I just added a clip from July’s Runner’s World. I’ve had a few projects with Runner’s World lately, but this was by far the most exciting. It was one of those articles where there were enough great side-stories that I could have gone on interviewing racers for months.
Every year about a thousand runner’s run, walk, and stumble 150 miles across Morocco’s Sahara Dessert. Amazingly, more than 90% of racers finish. They deal with everything from near-debilitating blisters to scorpion bites, but can’t seem to get enough of the race. Take a read for yourself.