Half Marathon des Sables Nutrition - what to pack and eat for the Marathon des Sables

Whether you're running the full Marathon des Sables or the new Half Marathon des Sables, the emphasis is on getting as much good endurance fuel in as you can without adding too much weight. Here's what I've used both times I've taken on the self sufficiency endurance ultra.

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Great advice, this is gold. One question though, i read that "Any food outside its original packaging must clearly feature the nutrition label relating to the product concerned". I noticed a lot of your food was not in its original packaging so did you get any penalty?