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Keep an eye on the Adventure Racing World Championships
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Well, if like me, you're not quite focused/fit/driven/mad/masochistic enough to want to take part in adventure racing, it's great to know that you can still get involved (kind of) by tracking the teams in this year's Adventure Racing World Championships on the online interactive race tracker that's been specially set up for this year's event. Watch the little dots travel round the course, view the leader board, see photos of the teams, find out about landmark stages and generally feel part of the action from the comfort of your own home - all at www.sleepmonsters.co.uk
Teams from all around the world have come to compete in the Championships and it's a huge honour that Lochaber has been chosen as the dramatic setting for the event. The incredible landscape here will certainly have some tough challenges in store for the teams as they take on the week-long endurance race covering hundreds of miles of challenging terrain.
They set off on Saturday 26 May from the Isle of Rum and will cover a huge area of Lochaber as they kayak, climb, canyon, walk, bike, abseil, and run in their pursuit of endurance victory! The small isles, Knoydart, Loch Ness, Glencoe, Rannoch Moor, Ben Nevis - they'll tackle them all over the next few days.
To get an idea of the terrain the teams are pitting themselves against, have a look at the stunning video of last year's Wilderness Arc adventure race in Lochaber at http://www.arwc2007.com/videos/warc06.wmv
The first teams are provisionally expected back on Thursday 31 May.... best of luck to everyone taking part!
posted by Outdoor Capital of the UK @ 3:42 PM 
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