We’ve come to that time again when we preview the Rogue Raid – what to expect from the course and which teams to watch out for at the pointy end. The name Adventure Racing covers an eclectic version of events from 2 hour “sprint” races through to multiday stage and expedition races. The courses themselves […]
X-Marathon Preview
As part of the new Adventure1 series, I’ve been asked to come on board and take a look at the contenders for each of the races in the series – below is the transcript of my blog post for the first race in the series, X-Marathon. X-marathon makes a return in 2017 with an official expansion […]
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The Rogue Raid Has A Green Light
So with a set of very successful meetings with land owners over the weekend and provisional approval of the final public access permits, the 2017 Rogue Raid course is shaping up to be another varied and fantastic challenge. As always, strategy and precise navigation will always play a key role in a team’s success at […]
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A Social World Champs
In less than a week the biggest and arguably most competitive field to tow the start line of an adventure race will take on the 2016 AR World Champs. There will be a lot of media interest in the race with live tracking website, youtube Adventure Centre channel and other media outlets such as Sleep […]
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The Raid Series and More
So a couple of big announcements for those looking towards the 2017 Adventure Racing calendar. Rogue24 Location Announcement The Rogue24 is set to visit the Lake Wivenhoe region in 2017. Race HQ will be staged out of the Lumley Hill campground on the shores of Wivenhoe Dam on 22-23 April next year. There will be […]
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Urban Rogue 2016
The Urban Rogue is set to return: a 3 hour metrogaine in the heart of the Brisbane CBD! Come experience the city Friday night lights, where you and up to four other team mates will navigate to collect as many check points as possible in a 3 hour time limit. Set at a time to […]
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Packrafting in Racing
Packrafts. Spend any time in adventure sports and you are probably familiar with these back country toys. For those who are just having their eyes opened to the possibilities of packrafts, take a crash course in their history here. Geocentric Outdoors have put the cat among the pigeons with the announcement that a packrafting leg […]
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GeoQuest Report
Just a quick update back from GeoQuest. If there were any doubts that this race is the premier AR on the Australian calendar, they were resoundingly quashed with the 2016 event. Geocentric Outdoors have their event organisation dialed to a tee. Two sets of maps, new control flags that reflected in the dark, a genuine […]
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Dark(side) Rumminations
I sat on the fence for a little while about whether to pull a race report together for the Darkside 18hr race this year. The reality is it would be easy to churn out another standard report about what happened during the race. A stage by stage account of how Ray nearly slept through the […]
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Rogue24 Live Site – 2016
RESULTS A link to the 2016 Rogue 24 Results is here. A link to the 2016 Rogue 6 Results is here. RACE REPORTS A collection of reports from the race can be found here. Send your reports to rogueadventureracing@gmail.com and I’ll post them up. BMX Bandits Sunshine Unicycles Eye of the Tiger Adventure Tiger AaA Team Mountain Designs […]
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