After a summer break, the new orienteering season kicked off with the LVO’s Autumn Trophy series. The first round took place on Saturday at Hillsborough Forest. It also coincided with the Hillsborough International Oyster Festival, which meant the town was very busy and parking spaces at the forest was in high demand from festival goers [read more...]
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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...] It’s amazing how time catches up with you. I had agreed to plan August’s first WEE back at the beginning of May; thinking I would have plenty of time. Suddenly last night at 9pm it was all over. WEE 9 was completed, competitors safety off home and all the kit signed-off back into the trailer. [read more...] Well…not exactly ‘Tango and Cash’, but Rick and Enda….. Following their first attempt on 5th June, ‘Tango and Cash’ were all lined up to give the Mourne 500 Challenge another crack with their bikes on 30th July. Unfortunately, Davy had to pull out at the last minute and Enda (fresh from completing the Transalp Challenge) [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. More Ultra news….. Rowan, with Barry Tinnelly, Ian Cumming and Willie Marks head off soon to compete at this weekend’s SwissAlpine Ultra. News just in from Rowan about the Causeway Coast Marathon being held on the 2nd October. An Ultra Distance event has just been added to the 2010 Causeway Coast schedule of events, which will run along side the marathon, 13.5 mile, 10km and the 26mile walk. |
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