2016 Marathon des Sables Stage 3 Abdelkader El Mouaziz and Aziz El Akad

Abdelkader El Mouaziz (right) and Aziz El Akad, both Moroccan teammates run together during Stage 3. Photo: Cimbaly/V. Campagnie MdS 2016

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2016 Marathon des Sables Stage 3 Abdelkader El Mouaziz and Aziz El Akad

Bryon Powell

Bryon Powell is the Founding Editor of iRunFar. He’s been writing about trail running, ultrarunning, and running gear for more than 15 years. Aside from iRunFar, he’s authored the books Relentless Forward Progress: A Guide to Running Ultramarathons and Where the Road Ends: A Guide to Trail Running, been a contributing editor at Trail Runner magazine, written for publications including Outside, Sierra, and Running Times, and coached ultrarunners of all abilities. Based in Silverton, Colorado, Bryon is an avid trail runner and ultrarunner who competes in events from the Hardrock 100 Mile just out his front door to races long and short around the world, that is, when he’s not fly fishing or tending to his garden.