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The “Druid Challenge”
Ridgeway
Multistage Ultra
November 2010
Would you or could you run 82 miles in 3 days, in
muddy terrain, big hills and against the wind all the way?!
Well that is exactly what 150 odd runners and
walkers attempted to do over the weekend of the 12 - 14 November.
The event was the second
year running of the Druid Challenge by the Extreme Energy.
The events runs along the Ridgeway the oldest road
way in the UK which has been used for over 5000 years. The
competitors started at Ivinghoe Beacon on Friday morning and ran /
walked / hobbled / shuffled and crawled towards Swindon – Barbury
Castle on Sunday afternoon.
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The Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc 2010
Event Report
The Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc has
only been in existence for seven or so years, but is already established
as the pre-eminent European mountain ultra. The 2010 edition had been on
my radar for a while and having achieved the relevant qualifying points
in races through 2009, 6.30 on a temporarily clear Friday evening in
August, saw me standing amongst 2,300 other runners in the centre of
Chamonix. The typically emotional music was blaring out of the
loudspeakers as the mayor set us off on what would was to be a race of
166km (103 miles) around the Mont Blanc massif including 9,500m of both
ascent and descent over a variety of high passes and along alpine ridge
lines.
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Round The Island Isle of Wight Multistage Ultra
June 19th to 20th 2010
69 miles 2 days
Read of event reports for the
Extreme Energy Round The Island multistage
ultra that followed the Isle of Wight Coastal Path.
The Round The
Island sailing race is an annual, famous event which up to 2000
boats take part in every year, from professional races on huge
yachts to amateurs and families on their smaller boats. So we thought
wouldn’t it be fun to run a Round The Island Race on the same
weekend. The event meant running clockwise round the island which
meant that amongst the stunning
views of the main land and the English Channel competitors would be able to
see all the boats come around the Island as the afternoon went on.
Competitor Report XNRG Report
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The Fan Dance -
Pen-y-fan
Ultimate Test of Mental and Physical Endurance
May 22nd– 23rd 2010
Read our event
report for the Extreme Energy "Fan Dance" Challenge, the
ultimate test of mental and physical endurance running / walking or
crawling up the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons. The Brecon
Beacon National Park hosted the event and is one of the most
beautiful areas in the country with stunning views from every angle.
Competitors climbed to the top of Pen-y-fan and then down
to 3 different checkpoints, as many times as they could and be back to
the start within 5 hours. This route and the peak of Pen-y-fan are very
familiar to the British Army as this event is very similar to one of
the main tests that our special forces have to pass.
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The Pilgrim
Challenge North Downs Way Multistage Ultra
February 6th
& 7th 2010
Read the event report for the
Extreme Energy “Pilgrim Challenge” a
multistage race along the North Downs track way, the oldest trade
route in England and route used by Pilgrims for Winchester,
Canterbury, Dover & the Continent. The route followed the North Downs
Way from Farnham in Surrey through to Merstham in
Surrey.
The
event suited those who wanted a new challenge, people looking for
an alternative to running marathons, those training for event
Marathon Des Sables or anyone who loves seeing the beautiful English
countryside.
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Read up on the Extreme Energy “Druid
Challenge” multistage race staged along the oldest roadway in the UK,
dating back to 3000BC.
The route followed the Ridgeway path from Ivinghoe
Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Avebury in Wiltshire.
The event was open to runners and walkers and covered
82
miles in 3 days
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Wendover Woods Family Adventure Challenge
October 3rd 2009
The weather was very kind to us for this event. The
weather was looking a little suspect
to start with, but then it started to improve and finished as a
fabulous day.
All teams competed at the level they wanted to, some teams
competing really hard for top honours whilst some just enjoyed the
day out.
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Last weekend saw the New Forest
Family Adventure Challenge take place on a beautiful sunny day. The
location was perfect for the event and everyone who came said how
much they enjoyed themselves, young and older alike.
Bolderwood
was the perfect location for this Challenge. This was a brand new
location for our Family Adventure Challenges and it proved to be a
great success with this event. Bolderwood is a well known location
because of the numerous tracks / paths and the deer sanctuary.
Bolderwood has something different to give to every competitor and
all this is set in the beautiful surroundings of The New Forest.
Photo gallery
coming soon...
Click the read more logo to read
a full event report.
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Wendover Woods Family Adventure Race 2008
18th October 2008
It was a
beautiful Autumn day when the first ever UK Family Adventure Race
got underway.
The location
was Wendover Woods. An enclosed Forestry Commission area with great
tracks and paths, although rather undulating!
Click read more to find out more about the 2008 Event....
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Running 240kms
across the Sahara Desert in 40 – 50 degrees of heat carrying all you
need to survive on for 7 days is an awesome challenge, but one I
fancied taking on. In March 2007 I entered the “allegedly” toughest
foot race on earth, the Marathon Des Sables...
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