Taking a rest day, YogaSlackers style - and getting ready for the storm

Chelsey and Jason of the YogaSlackers are back in Tucson for a few months of hot winter training before heading off for three expedition races in the span of three months. Most of their fellow adventure racers think the toll on the body will be too much, but people said that to Dean K when he said he was going to run a marathon every day...
They start on Nov 4-8 with the Gold Rush Motherlode race, then have three weeks to recover before heading to Abu Dhabi for the brutal Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge which includes an unsupported trek across the longest unbroken sand dune in the world - known as the "empty Quarter". (anyone have advice for serious desert running/trekking in Inov-8s?) Finally, they travel at the beginning of February to race against 14 other elite teams in the Patagonia Adventure Challenge - largely regarded as one of the few remaining true expedition races. Last year only two teams finished...