The Woman Who Was the Desert Dream

One man in a mid-life crisis, one beautiful woman half his age, and one tough mother of a race – the Marathon des Sables. This is the story of how a middle-aged man finds clarity and love, of a sort, on the world’s toughest footrace.

A middle-aged hack joins Kate in the Sahara for the world’s toughest foot-race, The Marathon des Sables. Pain, heat and the biggest blisters on the planet – it’s the perfect recipe for falling in love. 

Meet Kim – a middle-aged hack, ripe for a mid-life crisis.

Meet Kate – his feisty colleague, half his age.

And meet the Marathon des Sables – not just the world’s toughest footrace, but also the burning furnace where two journalists fall in love.

Kim is married and in a dead-end job on a Red Top newspaper. He’s always dreamed of running the Marathon des Sables.

Kate hurls down the gauntlet and Kim can’t help but pick it up.

Based on the events of the 2012 Marathon des Sables, this is a story about finding love in the searing crucible of the Sahara.