Desert Pains

The Gobi Challenge is a small, expedition-style stage race that winds its way through 225 kilometres of Mongolia's ruthless south Gobi desert. The race is organised by two brutish Scottish blokes, both former police men, one of whom served in the Special Forces. They know how to run a well-organised, efficient event, but suffice it to say you don't want to get on their bad side...just ask the two token Mongolian runners who brought along a masseuse,or the photographer who showed up in a dress....
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More reasons to avoid stress

It can thin your hair, wrinkle and pimple your skin—and now stress has found another way to sabotage your looks and health. It can make you fat. It doesn’t just affect women who are inactive and don’t watch what they eat, either. If you’re a thin woman with a thick waist, stress may be the culprit...Research into the stress-fat connection is piling up, and it seems this villain has a few tactics up its sleeve.
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