Welcome, London Adventure Racing Enthusiasts!

I couldn't help but notice that quite of few of us have listed Adventure Racing as an activity we either do today or would like to learn more about. For those that don't know, Adventure Racing it's one of the fastest growing team sports, with each race usually combining trail running, mountain biking and canoeing. Sprint events can last between 3-6 hours and the longer events at the extreme end of the scale can go on for up to 10 days!!! (not for me).

The goal is to get together with a mixed crowd of keen racers and novices, so that we can enter a few teams for this years events. Our last event was the Ace event at Ashdown forest and we managed to enter two teams - check out the photos link to see us in action and the big smiles. The whole point is to race, but to have some fun in the process.

No two races are the same and you have to be ready for all the mental and physical challenges the race director will throw at you. Here are some links to sprint races in the US just to give the newcomers an idea of what could be store:

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v10837354D5H8AfFw?jsonParams=%...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=as8Khh9kOnE&feature=rel...

I've listed just a few of the events that are coming up in the next few months. If you would like more details of the events, just google search the event name together with the words adventure racing and that should take you there.

Date Event Location Activities Time Cost pp
27-Jun open adventure 12 west? run/mtb/kayak 12hrs 80
25-Jul open adventures 24 north? run/mtb/kayak 24 150
13-Jun G66+Live Challenge Kirkintilloch run/mtb/kayak 8hr £25
21-Jun Sherbourne Survivor Dorset mud and fun 5 miles £10
2-4 Jul Wooden Spoon - 4 peaks scot/eng/wal/ire drive/run/hike 48hrs
10-Jul Adventure Quest hampshire run/mtb/kayak 8hr tba
11-Jul Ace Adventure Race Bracknell, Surrey run/mtb/run 6hrs £35
12-Jul Enduralife Coast RAID Hampshire run/mtb/kayak 8hrs
18-19 Jul Mountain Challenge Borders running 2 days
18-Jul Rat Race Edinburgh run/mtb/kayak 1-2 days £85
18-Jul Questars - race 3 Wiltshire downs run/mtb/kayak 8-10hrs £42
14-Aug Beacon Hill Trail Run Loughborough trail running 5 miles £10
29-Aug Cairngorm Challenge Glenmore run/mtb/run 1 day (80k) £100
05-Sep Questars - race 4 Cotswalds run/mtb/kayak 8-10hrs £42
12-Sep Adventure Quest Dorset run/mtb/kayak 8-10hrs
12-Sep New Forest Adventure New Forest run/mtb/run 2.5hrs £30
13-Sep Enduralife Coast RAID Dorset run/mtb/kayak 8hrs
19-Sep Wan Dae Challenge Midlothian run/mtb/kayak 8hrs
26-Sep Nine Edges Endurance Peak District run or mtb 20miles £20
10-11 Oct Enduralife Coast RAID 20 Devon run/mtb/kayak 20hrs
17-Oct DAR Endurance tba run/mtb/run 8hr
18-Oct box end duathlon bedford run/mtb/run 4hrs £15

Why not come along to one of our meetings and learn more about this tough and yet thoroughly enjoyable type of racing. Lets see if we can get some teams together for some of the events as we lead into the summe