Pilot: 100km Run In Egypt

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06/27/19 • 50 min

Everyone has a story. And it's never perfect.
Claire gets more than what she signed up for while attempting to run a 100km race in the Sahara desert. What was meant to be a scenic, historical race, turned out to be a very tense and misleading experience. Nonetheless, the stressful race made Claire reflect on privilege, climate change and the journey that brought her here. Her trip to Egypt was a life-changing event that shifted her perspective of the world and the choices we make.
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