At just 22 years old, Yokei decided to travel from Tokyo in order to take up the formidable sporting challenge presented by the Marathon des Sables. A few minutes after the much awaited start of this third stage, this young runner seemed a little overawed by the challenge awaiting him: “I’ve already tried running 70 km in training but never 90 km... I’m really only scared of one thing: getting lost in the desert at nightfall...”. Yokei can rest assured; all the monitoring teams and also a helicopter look out for runners’ safety throughout the night. Currently at the 30km stage, we wish him a good race and give him our wholehearted encouragement!