Running since 2014. Marathons since 2016. Ultras since 2024. Chasing consistency, year over year, decade over decade. This site is a record of that practice.
"I'm not an exceptionally fast runner. I'm a patient one. Running rewards decades, not seasons — and I'm here for the long compound."
Running has been my practice for over a decade. The work isn't glamorous — most weeks are quiet base miles, occasional intervals, and the small daily discipline of going out the door whether I feel like it or not. Over time, that compounds into something visible: a 3:10 first marathon becomes a 2:55 PR. Six city marathons become a Six Star medal. A first 82 km ultra becomes Marathon des Sables.
The real race is against the previous version of yourself. Times and rankings matter — I still chase my own best numbers, and I show up to races to compete — but the underlying motivation is different. You're not trying to beat the field. You're trying to find out what you're capable of, this year, with the work you've put in. Every race below is a checkpoint in that ongoing conversation.
2018–2024 · 6 MAJORS Six years from Chicago 2018 to London 2024 — the slow accumulation of one Major at a time. The lesson wasn't speed; it was patience. Completing this opened the door to what came next: the World Marathon Challenge, then Marathon des Sables. Six Star wasn't the goal — it was the engine.
2025 · 7×7×7 Antarctica to Miami in 168 hours. Seven marathons, seven continents, no rest days. Finished 3rd in the men's field with a 3:42:40 average — the kind of result that only works if the training, the nutrition, and the sleep math all line up.
2026 · 40TH Six stages, semi self-supported, pack at 8.3 kg. Stage 4 was a 100 km night run — also a first 100k. Final result: 32:31:27 overall, 6th of 127 in M0 category, top 5% scratch of 1,350 finishers. The benchmark race so far.
Ultras so far: SaintéLyon 2024 → WMC 2025 → MDS 2026 (including a first 100k on Stage 4). Now: chasing faster, not just longer. The 2026–28 calendar is built around two anchors — a marathon PR window in December, then Comrades 2027 leading into MDS 2028.
The marathon PR window of the cycle. Flat course, sea level, December weather. Designed for one number to drop.
Backup PR window if Valencia doesn't deliver. Same goal, three months later — and the start of the ultra build.
Second backup PR. Last chance for the marathon number before focus shifts entirely to ultra distance.
The Down Run, on the 100th edition. 89 km of South African road. The first ultra raced for time — and the start of the MDS 2028 engine build.
France's classic ultra — flat, fast, road. After Stage 4 at MDS, the official 100k PR attempt. Also part of the MDS 2028 build.
Back to the Sahara with the lessons of the 40th. Same race, sharper plan — and a year of dedicated build behind it.
Marathon and ultra runner, based in Cannes. Started running in 2014 — the first marathon in Paris, 2016, in 3:10:28. The 2:55:04 PR came in 2020 and hasn't been beaten since (though one race in November 2025 came within a second). Six Star Finisher in 2024. First ultra — SaintéLyon, 82 km — also in 2024. Third in the men's field at the World Marathon Challenge in 2025. Marathon des Sables 40th Legendary Edition in 2026, including a first 100k on Stage 4 (32:31:27 overall, top 5% scratch).
Off the trails, Sardar is the founder of Skief Labs — a B2B outbound and custom data delivery consultancy serving clients across North America and EMEA since 2018.
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