The adidas TERREX adventure race concluded on Monday afternoon when teams rushed into the heart of Keswick town for the 12:00 deadline. Team adidas TERREX had already confirmed their win when they crossed the finish line earlier in the day at 06:50am. Only the top three team visited all of the controls on the 400km [read more...]
The biggest adventure race to hit the UK since 2007 kicked off this morning in south Cumbria. Thirty seven teams started their 400km journey at 7am with a 24km run across Morecambe Bay. There will be a total of 12 stages that will see racers run, trek, orienteer, mtb, kayak, swimming, climb, abseil all their [read more...]
Causeway Coast Adventure Racing are now taking entries for the Cooley Raid adventure race. 2010 will be the second year of this exciting 36hr race, which guarantees to give competitors a ‘full-on’ adventure racing experience – navigation, kayaking, ropes, trekking, swimming and a few special activities thrown in for good measure. Being held over the [read more...]
In a little under two weeks the longest adventure race to take place in the UK since the World Championships up in Scotland in 2007 will be under way. The Adidas TERREX will be a non-stop 4 day expedition race across Cumbria and will make a spectacular 400km journey through the Lake District, taking in [read more...]
The Beast of Ballyhoura Adventure Race kicks of tonight and the lucky 12 teams that have entered the race are about to experience an uniquely Irish 36 hour non-stop race across the ancient & magical surroundings of counties Cork, Limerick & Tipperary.
Mixed teams of four will mountain run, bike, kayak, abseil, orienteer & shoot, navigating [read more...]
Congratulations to Silva Gerber Adventure – winners of this year’s edition of Explore Sweden Monster – Atlantic 2 Baltic. They go home with 50 000 swedish crowns and a free entry to the World Championships in Spain. Photos of all the winners can be viewed here….. and full results here.
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Rough Diamond – Adventure Racing with a Twist…..that is what a new event down in Connemara is billing itself.
A hybrid of Adventure Challenge and Fun – FUNVENTURE! The Connemara Rough Diamond ‘Funventure’ is a mix of biking, running, hiking with quirky obstacles thrown in for good measure and takes place on Saturday 28th [read more...]
Over the last few years the Explore Sweden Adventure Race has gained the reputation as being the best and longest multi-day adventure race you can do.
The 2010 edition, will take the racers from the tip of Lofoten on the Norwegian Atlantic coast over the high mountains, across the border, and down through the Swedish river [read more...]
One of the ‘favourite’ events on the Irish adventure racing calendar is the Carlingford Lough Endurance Challenge. Now in its tenth year, Saturday’s race is expecting to be the biggest and best so far. Ten years is a long time in the life span of this type of event, but the CLEC just keeps growing [read more...]
The 13th Setanta Rogaine took place last weekend in the Wicklow Mountains. Even though this was my 5th time doing to rogaine, it was a last minute decision to give it another go. I hadn’t been back to Wicklow for a couple of years, so it was a nice excuse to get down to see [read more...]
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Random – Race Reports
- The Commonwealth Mountain and Ultra Distance Championships
The Commonweatlh championships came to Keswick this year and I thought I’d make a weekend of it by watching some races and running in the Open race on Sunday. Arriving on Saturday I caught the end of the 100k road race…it was won in a time of around 7hrs, which to put in perspective, gives [read more...]
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