this AR the Adventure Racing thread

[Shebeen]

Haglofs Silva, Avaya, Naturex all nearing T1. You think they will risk going out, and possibly have to sleep where it can't be counted?

they have to try. if they don't go then they've burnt a lot of matches for nothing.

the only reason to stay is to bank sleep. which they could do later.

[Chris_]

Even I'm recognizing some of these names. I don't know why I didn't put 2 and 2 together but there are some power athletes out there. Robin Owen - shame, Ryno(!) lance kime, nicky booysens, tracy campbell, misty

 

This is awesome

[dave303e]

There is a ****ton of awesomeness in the SA contingent when you start digging a bit further into it...

 

Each and every athlete there is a machine

[Shebeen]

Even I'm recognizing some of these names. I don't know why I didn't put 2 and 2 together but there are some power athletes out there. Robin Owen - shame, Ryno(!) lance kime, nicky booysens, tracy campbell, misty

 

This is awesome

 

 

PaintedWolf

collins brothers - won camel trophy way back in the day. did ecochallenge in the early 2000s and came 4th i think as team mazda with michelle lombardi

Andre Gie - dr dre, has been  fast for a long time, but is super all round talented on foot,bikes or padlding. is a doc too.

Robyn Owen (kime). wen tfulltime AR/multisport about 3/4 years ago from paddling background. won Coast2Coast earlier this year in NZ, biggest multisport race in the world.

 

Cyanosis

Nic Mulder - been AR for years, comes from orienteering background so is brilliant navigator. done well at roagining over the years too.

Clint Mac, with nic for years too. rode epic with carlos spencer this year

Lance Kime - paddling guru

 

Merrel

Graham bird. paddler who started Ar about 15 years back, never left. has done lots, even won the freedom challenge

Hanno Smit - been racing with tweet for yonks too. claim to fame is the only guy to do the dusi with martin dreyer and not win.

Grant ross - super solid oke, never gets tired and the jokes are always good

tracey campbell - races with team castle lite, first huge event but she's damn strong

 

Jabberwock

Cobus v Wyk - also been around the block lots. used to race with merrell, is a rooivalk engineer

Craig metherell, i actually don't know his background

ryno griesel - no stranger to going quick on foot. used to race with cyanosis years back before taking trail running seriously

janneke leask - not sure where she came from, and she doesn't look like your typical athlete but can go for days. has raced with the team for 3/4 years now

 

olympus red ants

nicky booyens - dynamite comes in small packages. won the ladies section of munga trail. done munga mtb 2/3 times too. 

alex wagner/tim deane - been racing together for a long time. tim is the best guy i know at avoiding a job. so is well trained. hasn't bought a new pair of shorts for about 5 years

leo sorenson - super strong guy, first big race for him

 

Badly Drawn Hyena

jokers, all of them. they will come back with some naughty french words. would be super stoked to see them get to the finish line

Edited November 9, 2018 by Evans_Cuddles

[Chris_]

I see how this works now. If you cane it along the run, you get to get some kip in this 'dark zone'.

 

I was just thinking it would be near impossible to navigate rapids and whatnot in the rafting section, at night - but I now read that they pull you off at night.

[Shebeen]

http://www.coasttocoast.co.nz/assets/Uploads/5D1-4483.JPG

 

http://www.coasttocoast.co.nz/news/three-peat-for-clark-while-owen-claims-her-first-kathmandu-coast-to-coast/

 

 

[cat-i]

Edits: 

 

Jabberwock

Cobus v Zyl - not sure he raced for Merrel? Since I knew about him about 15 years ago he's always raced for Jabberwock. Great navigator. 

Janneke Laesk - she used to race for various teams before Jabberwock. Exceptionaly strong runner and  mountain biker (like all the other women in this race).  She won the cape pioneer a few years ago. Cannot sit still. Famous for her selfies during adventure races from her bike with the team mates lagging somewhere behind

 

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by cat-i

[Shebeen]

https://www.facebook.com/raidinfranceofficial/videos/282258375738005/?t=0

 

do this for 5/7 days!

 

merrell on the clip at about 1:40

[Chris_]

'Won Camel trophy...'

 

Thats all the CV you ever need. Google would hire you on that

[dave303e]

PaintedWolf

collins brothers - won camel trophy way back in the day. did ecochallenge in the early 2000s and came 4th i think as team mazda with michelle lombardi

Andre Gie - dr dre, has been  fast for a long time, but is super all round talented on foot,bikes or padlding. is a doc too.

Robyn Owen (kime). wen tfulltime AR/multisport about 3/4 years ago from paddling background. won Coast2Coast earlier this year in NZ, biggest multisport race in the world.

 

Cyanosis

Nic Mulder - been AR for years, comes from orienteering background so is brilliant navigator. done well at roagining over the years too.

Clint Mac, with nic for years too. rode epic with carlos spencer this year

Lance Kime - paddling guru

 

Merrel

Graham bird. paddler who started Ar about 15 years back, never left. has done lots, even won the freedom challenge

Hanno Smit - been racing with tweet for yonks too. claim to fame is the only guy to do the dusi with martin dreyer and not win.

Grant ross - super solid oke, never gets tired and the jokes are always good

tracey campbell - races with team castle lite, first huge event but she's damn strong

 

Jabberwock

Cobus v Wyk - also been around the block lots. used to race with merrell, is a rooivalk engineer

Craig metherell, i actually don't know his background

ryno griesel - no stranger to going quick on foot. used to race with cyanosis years back before taking trail running seriously

janneke leask - not sure where she came from, and she doesn't look like your typical athlete but can go for days. has raced with the team for 3/4 years now

 

olympus red ants

nicky booyens - dynamite comes in small packages. won the ladies section of munga trail. done munga mtb 2/3 times too. 

alex wagner/tim deane - been racing together for a long time. tim is the best guy i know at avoiding a job. so is well trained. hasn't bought a new pair of shorts for about 5 years

leo sorenson - super strong guy, first big race for him

 

Badly Drawn Hyena

jokers, all of them. they will come back with some naughty french words. would be super stoked to see them get to the finish line

 

Sad to see Jabberwock out, Janneke with a broken arm, sadly this is racing.

 

Painted Wolf also out, John with ITB

 

Few other notes on racers...

 

Craig is a machine cyclist, 5mins looking at his 94,7 results will give you enough of an understanding there.

 

Also seem to remember Grant Ross cycled from Scotland to Cape town?

 

Nicky will again race Munga mtb this year so she will have a week or two rest to prepare for that.

 

Leo is a machine, he took the win at Wartrail this year. Also played cricket overseas for a few years.

 

Also notable is that Lance and Robyn are the only siblings to win the dusi the same year which is pretty epic IMO.

 

 

 

Back to the race, Cyanosis are looking good, they did some damage on the paddle legs and will probably do more on the kayak section. Nic keeping them on track as usual.

 

Merrel grinding away as they do best slowly moving up the rankings and getting stronger as the race goes.

 

Red Ants managed to miss the dark zone last night and made some good progress into the cycle this morning.

 

Badly drawn Hyena are on the 2nd paddle section for the packraft leg, they should be on the cycle mid afternoon.

 

Avaya who was Seagate and have won World champs 5 times in the last 6 years are looking strong. Naturex and Haglofs Silva will not let off in their chace so it will be a close finnish, all three shouldn't be affected by the kayak dark zone.

 

Now another note- Reunion Island has a massive shark problem, for I think 5 years now swimming in the ocean has been banned, so I am sure the teams will be very very careful on the ocean kayak leg and obey the dark zones properly there...

[Andrew Steer]

Shot for the insights guys, really adds to the interest 

[Chris_]

How much/what do you have to pack in your pack(...) for the trek sections? the bags look huge.

 

And how weighted are you for the mtb sections? these are surely actual trails? is it even possible to self nav offroad bike? I'm asking because (the obvious reasons aside) the suggested speeds are pretty slow.

[Shebeen]

'Won Camel trophy...'

 

Thats all the CV you ever need. Google would hire you on that

or this

 

https://youtu.be/-Va0Dhpyzu8?t=184

 

 

The Genesis of Adventure Racing

In 2002 Mark and John Collins, along with teammates Phillip Swanepoel and Michelle Lombardi travelled to Fiji to take part in Mark Burnett’s Eco Challenge: The Expedition Race.

Not only did the Eco Challenge put adventure racing, as we’ve come to know it today, on the map - it was also recognised as the birth of ‘reality’ television, airing on channels like MTV, VHS, ESPN and Discovery and in doing so, bringing it to the masses.

Mark Burnett, pictured below with the team who finished in 4th place, went on to conceptualise and produce reality shows like Survivor, the Contender and the Apprentice. Michelle Lombardi retired from the sport and remains close friends with the brothers while Phillip Swanepoel (far left) tragically passed away 2007 in a helicopter accident. He remains a big influence over the team's passion for racing and the adventure racing community at large. 

 

Edited November 12, 2018 by Evans_Cuddles

[Shebeen]

How much/what do you have to pack in your pack(...) for the trek sections? the bags look huge.

 

And how weighted are you for the mtb sections? these are surely actual trails? is it even possible to self nav offroad bike? I'm asking because (the obvious reasons aside) the suggested speeds are pretty slow.

normally 6-8kgs

but there's loads of gear in this race, so the packs are probably about 10kgs average it seems.

 

for the packraft section add

packraft (4-6kgs, 2 per team)

paddles

wetsuits

climbing harness

climbing gear

 

and not much space left for biltong

[dave303e]

The gear for this race has been ridiculous...

 

They also were advised to carry min of 5l of water for certain sections of the race and parts of that first trek.

 

The mtb has full on dedicated hike a bike sections as well usually it is trails, dirt roads, forestry and sugarcane roads but ya the cycle down to the coast has a section they have to hike a bike from what I have heard.

[dave303e]

to give you an idea of training, a guy I raced with few years back is now in NZ, a few weeks back he joined some guys for a 'training weekend.' They hiked 60km into the mountains carrying packrafts and climbing gear and camping gear, on the sat camped that night , paddled back down a river on the sunday with few abseils along the way casual weekend away for them...