The Gobi March is a 250 km running race which takes place in the Gobi desert, around Kashgar. There are 6 stages in 7 days: almost 4 Marathons in 4 days, then 75 km, a rest day and a final stage of 16 km. Philippe ranked 3rd in this edition.
The scenery on this section was very nice, wide open view over the mountain range and high peaks (over 7000 m I guess).
This stage was supposed to be long and difficult… and it was. And it was also very scenic, technical and fun.
This third stage started off in a village, we ran for a while in the village with a forest and fields around.
The race went very fast, I finished 7th in 3h20 but really struggled at the end.