How Spencer Matthews overcame grim goat’s head dinner, fly swarms and unbearable heat to complete record-breaking desert challenge
It saw him break the world record for "most consecutive marathons run on sand", in which he ran 30 marathons in 30 days, covering a total distance of 1,273km.
"Huge thanks to my incredible support team without whom this would have been impossible. Your professionalism and constant prevention of issues before they became serious allowed me to achieve this goal.legend looked ecstatic as he held up a blue banner with wrote: "World Record Holder" with the beautiful Jordan desert in the background.
The love birds stood for another photo in the desert and grinned from ear-to-ear while vogue put her hands on Spencer's shoulders. However, Spencer’s smile was unwavering as he recalled eating flesh from a boiled goat's head, battling swarms of flies and sleeping on sweat-soaked mats. He continued: “By camp, I mean a covering like a tent, no air conditioning, no toilets, no running water, rough grounds.“You lie on them with as few clothes on as possible because it's very, very hot. You sweat profusely into your mats on a daily basis.”
“It's not like there is nothing in these towns,” he said. “We've come across the odd chicken shop that's all right, but there's nothing. There's no supermarkets. The camp conditions were so bad that Spencer banned Vogue and their kids from joining him days ahead of the finish.“Vogue would last less than five minutes in one of these camps. That's no poor reflection on her. It's deeply unpleasant.
“I mean you're racing around outside, eating your food. If you sat still, there'd be all of your food all over you. He was also joined by a stellar team without which the challenge would not have come to fruition. Those men are running coach Chris Taylor, physio Jonny Heath, Dr. Joshua Alisson, and videographer Matt Stone.
"It's a surreal experience, you know, it's like me sleeping out in the desert. Good headspace, no phone signal, perfect. Looking back on it, that experience was so, so amazing. As well as the running was great"Sometimes it felt like you're treading water. I'd only been doing 5Ks in London, like I was just chilling, you know. I've been just like not overly stretching myself.
"I've always thought about doing something cool or different. It's not cheap to do it, firstly. It takes time. “If you're well prepared for something, in an ideal world, there won't be any jeopardy. I'm getting a few messages saying, you're making this look really easy. It's good. It meant a lot as Spencer had followed Russ’s Africa run with interest and was impressed by his mental fortitude.
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