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Running [Badwater Ultramarathon]
Multisport [XTERRA]
Series [Four Winds] [Sport Trac Challenge] [Hi-Tec]
Series [Balance Bar] [Raid the North] [TRIOBA]
Expedition Races [Elf] [Raid] [Eco-Challenge] [X-Adventure]
Expedition Races [Southern Traverse] [Beast of the East]
Expedition Races [Discovery Channel] [Ukatak]
Stage Races [La Ruta] [Iditasport] [Alaska Ultra Sport]
Kayaking [Nepal] [Zambia] [Vietnam]
Interviews [Ned Overend]
[Special Features]


  RUNNING
  Badwater

  • Record-Breaking Pace
    Despite battling against forest fires and crews laying asphalt, runners in the men's and women's divisions shatter the course records.

  • Breast Cancer Survivor Takes Second
    After enduring a four-hour postponement due to flash floods, over 43 runners from around the world began the relentless, unforgiving trek across the desert floor.

  • Ulrich does Death Valley to Whitney Trek on Own
    Running 146 miles from the depths of Death Valley to the top of Mount Whitney wasn't enough for Marshall Ulrich.

  • 1999 Marathon des Sables
    The Marathon des Sables or "Marathon of the Sands" is a 140 mile footrace run in six stages over the course of seven days.

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  MULTISPORT
  XTERRA

  • 1999 Xterra World Championships
    Mountain bikers aren't supposed to be able to run, swim and bike. That theory lost some of its air last year when mountain biking legend Ned Overend shocked some of the world's best triathletes.

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  SERIES
  Four Winds

  • 2000
    Becoming lost made no difference in our team's standing, there was such a backup on the ropes section that only one team made it down to officially finish the race.

  Sport Trac Challenge
  • 2000
    Three months, four competitions, thirteen teams, and dozens of outstanding individual performances marked the first Ford Explorer Sport Trac Challenge.

  Hi-Tec
  • 2000
    Five months and seven races later the Hi-Tec Final give teams one last chance to prove themselves.

  • 1999
    The National Championships of the Hi-Tec Adventure Racing Series brought nearly 1,000 athletes to the shores of Castaic Lake.

  Balance Bar
  • 2001
    Leo Carrillo State Beach, a sub-unit of California State Parks, was the location for the Balance® Bar 24-Hour Adventure, a competition packed with world-renowned adventure racers vying for the National Championship Title.

  Canadian Raid the North
  • 2003
    • KIMBERLEY: Calgary's Wild Rose wins the Raid the North 36-hour race in Kimberley, BC during record high temperatures and smoldering forest fires.

    • STONEHAM: At the second Raid the North race at Quebec's Stoneham Resort, competitors faced stifling heat and tough competition. Team Simon River Sports emerged victorious after more than 30 hours of racing.

    • PARRY SOUND: The Canadian Raid the North series opened in Parry Sound and competitors found themselves battling severe weather at the start of paddling segment. Undeterred, Team Taiga led the race from the start and won the 36-hour event in 33 hours and 17 minutes.

  TRIOBA
  • 2003
    A new gruelling series of 24-hour adventure races played out this spring in Washington's Cascade mountain range, where competitors found themeselves battling inclement elements and rugged terrain.

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  EXPEDITION RACES
  Raid Gauloises

  • 2003
    Team Montrail becomes the only second US team to win the Raid Gauloises.

  • 2000
    The 10th annual Raid took its toll on many teams.

  • 1998
    From the Pacific Ocean to the Andes, the ninth Raid Gauloises in Ecuador took competitors on a physical and mental journey .

  Elf
  Eco-Challenge
  • 2002
    By slashing his 36 checkpoints (CPs) down to 18 this year, Burnett hopes to take his race back to its roots...

  • 1999
    Teams finished the famed race in record times and left behind heartbreaking stories.

  • 1998
    Teams from all over the world will ocean kayak, trek, mountain bike, climb, ride horses and camels nonstop for 300 miles.

  • 1997
    Watch as athletes from 16 countries will go full-tilt through the backcountry of Australia in this nonstop, non-motorized, unassisted test of sheer grit and brawn.

  • 1996
    In a frantic start, 74 teams took off with 140 competitors on horseback and the rest running on foot. Some were clearly there to win...

  X-Adventure
  • 2003
    • ITALY: Situated in the mountains between the French and Italian borders, the second X-Adventure series was so brutal, only three teams completed all 14 disciplines.

    • SCOTLAND: The XAdventure race series kicked off in Scotland last month, with French team Les Arcs-Quenchua beating Britain's Saab Salomon at the wire.

  • 2002
    A grueling 245.5 kilometers of mountain biking, hiking/running/mountaineering, canoeing, abseiling, canyoneering and inline skating over 7,642 meters of elevation gain.

  Southern Traverse
  • 2001
    Near exhaustion, racers have been stricken by hallucinations, including a 4th-place team member's visions of pink pigs on the mountainside.

  • 1999
    For a maximum five days, racers will be forced to navigate icy waters, muddy trails, and rugged hills over a course kept shrouded in mystery until the eve of the event.

  Beast of the East
  • 1999
    During the six-day Beast of the East adventure race, competitors will test their strength and endurance in the rugged wilderness of the Allegheny Mountains and New River Valley in southwest Virginia.

  Discovery Channel World Championship Adventure Race
  Ukatak Raid International
  • 2001
    Will this be the world's toughest adventure race? Certainly it will be the coldest.

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  STAGE RACES
  Iditasport

  La Ruta
  Alaska Ultra Sport
  • 2003
    Freezing rain, mushy snow, and a new course pushed Alaska Ultra Sport racers to the limits of their endurance. Author and veteran competitor John Stamstad barely made it home to his 9-month pregnant wife...

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  KAYAKING
  Nepal

  • A self-sufficient team treks into Nepal to descend the Langu Khola in whitewater kayaks.

  Zambia
  • 2000 Zambezi Big Water Invitational- Zambia, Africa. Winner takes all as the top 15 paddlers in the world battle rapids like "oblivion"...

  Vietnam
  • Jon Bowermaster's 2001 National Geographic Sea Kayaking Expedition along the Coast of North Vietnam.

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  INTERVIEWS
  Ned Overend

  • Ned Overend '99 XTERRA win proved his athleticism is not limited to one sport. In a candid interview, Overend discusses mountain biking and multi-sport racing.

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  SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Adventure Racing Camp
    An action-packed weekend at Big Blue Adventure Racing Camp in Lake Tahoe gives beginner and advanced adventure racers valuable lessons from an all-star crew.

  • Brief History of Adventure Racing
    "In the beginning, Gerard Fusil created the Raid Gauloises, and it was good. It took Fusil more than seven days to give birth to a brave new sport..."

  • Olympic A Racing?
    How can a sport whose very essence is adventure that defies standardization become a part of the corporate conglomerate?

  • The A-Files
    Check out adventure racing veteran writer Buddy Levy's columns and learn multi-sport racing.