News straight from the Trailblazers MTBO website:
Summer is nearly over and the new season of Mountainbike navigation events are coming around again.
The ever popular Dromara CC trailquests are taking place in the build-up to the new year, with events spread around County Down.
Our very own Trailblazers events will be taking place soon with the promise [read more...]
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...]
It’s amazing how quickly a race gets bantered about as a classic, even though it has only been staged for a couple of years….but the Da Cooley Thriller is definantly one of those races on the MTB XC scene that deserves the title and attracts its fair share of elite, weekend warriors, adventure racers and [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...]
Currently the World MTBO Championships are taking place over in Montalegre, Portugal. Bobby Smyth is representing Ireland at the event and is being supported and cheered on by his wife and young family.
MTBO championships follow the same format as the foot orienteering – sprint, middle, long & relay. The Sprint event took place on [read more...]
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Random – Race Reports
- Open5 – South Lakes – Jonny’s Report
The Mountain Hardwear Open5 09/10 series kicked off last weekend with the first event held in the Lake District. I was hoping to compete in the mixed pair’s category with Rachel, however she has a couple of injuries at the moment and so I was left to go it solo. Camping near the event centre [read more...]
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