Adventure Race for the Heart
If you fancy a real adventure, why not consider one of the following races:
Rat Race Urban Adventure 2010
What is it?
Taking adventure sports right into the streets, waterways and urban jungle of the world’s coolest cities, the Rat Race is an adventure event in which teams of three or pairs, race in a multi disciplined challenge of navigation, endurance, skills and guts. You will run, climb, mountain bike, kayak, abseil, and navigate your way around a course that’s only revealed hours before you begin.
What will it involve?
This is a weekend event, made up of the ‘Mean Streets’ challenge on the Saturday, and the ‘Nine 2 Five’ challenge on Sunday. You can expect three hours of mad –cap checkpoint hunting around the city centre on Saturday evening. The Sunday is predominantly bike based and involves up to 8 hours of city discovery on various ‘adventure loops’, which link up fabulous venues, activities and adventures.
When is it?
There are three dates across different cities, so all you have to do is choose which city you’d like to explore:
Bristol 5th & 6th June 2010
Edinburgh 17th & 18th July 2010
London 25th and 26th September 2010
How do I register?
Registration fee: £99 per person
Sponsorship Target: £1000 per team
To enter a team or for more information, contact Jackie on 020 7422 0630; jackies@chfed.org.uk.
For more information about the event visit www.ratraceadventure.com/page229.asp
Green Belter
From the guys behind the legendary Rat Race comes the Green Belter - an Adventure on your doorstep offering a multi-sport mix of biking, running, a wee splash in kayaks and a trademark mighty 'Green Machine' obstacle course thrown in for good measure.
All events last up to 4 hours (depending on your pace) on way marked courses. They all take place on Saturdays and are open to solos or pairs, and everyone who enters gets £50 worth of race gear and rewards within their entry.
Anyone can take part - no experience of adventure events is required.
When is it?
There are three races in the series to choose from, all within an hour and a bit from central London:
Sussex Challenge - 15th May 2010
M4 Challenge - 12th June 2010
Thames Challenge - 10th July 2010
Registration fee: £40 per person
Sponsorship target: £300 per team
If you would like more information on how to enter one of these races, please contact Jackie on 020 7422 0630 or jackies@chfed.org.uk. If you would like more information on the event itself, please take a look at the event website.
River Tees Rat Race
This is a 10+km walking or running journey along the banks of the Tees, interspersed with adventure activities based on, near (or in!) the Tees.
It takes place on Sunday 29th August, starting at 2pm. It's open to everyone, whether you want to take part as a solo, or in a group with your family or friends.
The activities range from walking the plank off Captain Cook’s replica ship; HM Bark Endeavour (and jumping off into the river!), short episodes of kayaking and wet dunkings, muddy scrambles, to scaling the mighty Newport Bridge via an exciting ladder climb. None of these activities require special skill, but all of them are pretty exciting!
Registration fee: £35 per person
Sponsorship target: Set your own goal
If you would like more information about how to enter this event, please contact Jackie on 020 7422 0630 or jackies@chfed.org.uk. If you want to learn a little more about the event itself, just take a look at the event website.
