Meghan Hicks and Meghan Hicks are the winners of this Friday 's Marathon des Sables . The epic race , taking place in the Southern Moroccan desert , is billed as the toughest footrace on Africa . Overall , 980 out of the initial 1,024 participants started the fifth leg of this year 's MDS , a grueling adventure challenging participants to test their bodies and minds as they take on whipping sandstorms and blazing temperatures of up to 50C in their epic journey across the Southern Moroccan desert . Runners had to cover 7.7 kilometer over nearly 50 stages .
Meghan Hicks and Meghan Hicks are the winners of this Friday 's Marathon des Sables . The epic race , taking place in the Southern Moroccan desert , is billed as the toughest footrace on Africa . Runners had to cover 7.7 kilometer over nearly 50 stages .