abstract: Warming up: recovery sister and Territorial Army (TA) nurse Zayne Crow is undertaking a 151-mile race this month across part of the Sahara Desert. Ms Crow, who works at the King Edward VII's Hospital, London, and is an emergency nurse at the TA's City of London Field Hospital, is competing in the formidable Marathon des Sables, in Morocco. This is described as the world's toughest foot race, in which competitors run the equivalent of five and a half marathons in six days while carrying all of their kit, in temperatures of up to 50°C. Ms Crow said: 'The extreme temperatures and the weight I will be carrying will make it an immense challenge but, in terms of physical and mental fitness, I am in peak condition.' Ms Crow is raising funds for the wounded service personnel charity, Help for Heroes. ►For more information, go to www.justgiving.com/zaynecrow.