Finally heard from the girl herself!

message sent by Rebecca after Stage 2 and received this morning ..

"Have limited time on email so will be quick! Was too exhausted yesterday (Monday Stage 1) to queue for email tent and was tucked up in bed v early. After the days of waiting around and not knowing the route it was great to start the race. A countdown from 10 with music blaring and the helicopter filming overhead and we were off, big adrenaline rush. A tough day - apparently as we are only doing 210k instead of 240k they are making it harder which means more dunes! Have had stomach bug which has been a pain and slowed me down a bit but better now at last. Our tent all did well, great tent buddies! Stars are amazing but v cold at night (v hot in the day now too).. Today (Tuesday Stage 2) started slow due to stomach but then ended up running most of the day with RAF girl called Karen, good pace together. More dunes and spectacular scenery. Have black toe nail but had it pierced by Doc this eve. Ouch! But all good. 80k day tomorrow on April Fools..funny... Organisation here v impressive tho. Thanks for your messages. x"..