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Sunday April 3 STAGE 1: 33K/205 MILES No matter what I do--deep breathing quiet sitting several minutes of yoga poses for chris-sakes--I can't calm my anxiety down enough to continue Quite pathetically on day one in the middle of an endless dune field in the middle of the Sahara in the middle of today's 20-mile stage in 115-degree heat I'm having a full-on anxiety attack I don't want to start walking until I get my heart rate lower In this heat that could be dangerous I've had panic attacks two or three times before in my life during periods of stress but never in extreme weather conditions Plus the dunes up ahead are massive and have scary names like Erg Chebbi and Erg Znaigui Ten minutes go by Fifteen Twenty Racers keep passing me asking if I'm OK I check my pulse again Is it slightly lower I think it is I try walking After a few minutes I start to feel better and more in control mentally Soon the first flicker of confidence returns It occurs to me that I have just hit--and overcome--what will surely (hopefully) be the low point of the race At least I got it out of the way early I finish the rest of the stage without mishap That night and every night thereafter the race sets up an email tent with 15 laptops so competitors can send out their one allowed email to a single recipient (I send mine to my wife Diane who forwards it to friends and family) When I write my first email this night I'm feeling elated from getting through my "episode" in the dunes and finishing the stage I tell my wife I'm the last person in my tent to show up--and don't care one bit Later my freeze-dried lasagna tastes four-star After a quick shake-out for scorpions (a racer was sent home because of a bite last year) I crawl into my sleeping bag for the night One day down six to go Monday April 4 STAGE 2: 38K/236 MILES I can tell the weather is going to be bad even before daybreak as the wind howls through the tent most of the night Pulling my head turtle-like into m
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