Race Calendar 2013 June Update

Sprint Series Adventure

Race 3

30th of June

Bendigo

Next: Bendigo

30 June

30 June/ 29 September/ 24 November

Melbourne Sprint Series is a set of 5 fast adventure races incorporating off-road running, kayaking, mountain biking and navigation. More

18 August 2013

Winter Challenge

Classic 8 hour adventure race. Two courses: Lite and Pro. Trekking/Running, kayaking, MTB, navigation. Location is Central Goldfields. More>>

Sprint Series 2013 was launched 10th of February at Lilydale.

Great beginning of a big racing year!

More details about event is here>>

Results>> Splits>> Photos >>>

14 April 2013

Melbourne Sprint Series, Lysterfield Race

The winner is team Bicycle Superstore Gary Freudigmann and Simon Hawkes. Great job, lads!

Results here>>

Photos and videos on our FB page>>

16th of June 2013

Navigation training

Designed for novice and intermediate navigators. More

14/15 December 2013

X-Marathon

The toughest Adventure Junkie event. 24 hour/12 hour/4 hour event hold in Victorian High country.

Baise Leye Outdoor Quest

26-28 April 2013

Team Peak Adventure Junkie is racing in China

MSS Lilydale'13 Final instructions and team list

Hope everyone is as excited as Adventure Junkie team about first MSS race in the season at Lilydale coming this Sunday! Heaps of fun, light and fast course is waiting for you out there. A few fresh ideas AJ put together for you - something that never been out is gonna hit the Lilydale tracks this Sunday!

Final event instructions could be downloaded from here >>>

Team list looks quite impressive and could be found here >>>

Also check out Lilydale race scheme and 'timing' here >>>

Equipment and everything else is pretty standard, though specifically for Lilydale race it is very important to have pe or pencil as apart of your equipment; as well mountain biking course is not technical and could be ridden on commuter bike. Road bikes are not recommended.

There is still a chance to register >>> up until Friday night, do not hesitate - see you out there!!!

Upper Murray Challenge

Well, we’ve just gotten back from UMC – the Upper Murray Challenge. Have you ever done it? It is multisport event with marked course, 38km MTB, 25 km downriver kayaking and 25 km run over the top of mount Elisa.

On Friday at 15:50, we jumped on the bike, rode from the office to the carpark, packed the bike in car with Maria already ready to drive. Going as fast as we could, by 4:05 we were driving out of the city. Every minute counts , so if you are stuck for 5 minutes or more in the city ,the drive afterwardswill take 20 minutes longer as the traffic gets worse and worse!

Ordos Race Report

Ordos Outdoor Challenge began (for me at least) rushing frantically to the airport on a cold Tasmanian afternoon while remembering all the things I had forgotten on the way (a sleeping bag being the number one concern).From here I flew to Melbourne meeting up with Serge and Maria, and after briefly being held up by security for each having far too much hand luggage we began our convoluted journey to Ordos. We took a stop at Guangzhou, a night in Shanghai, where we had a little poke around this extraordinary city and another stop in Zengzhou before finally arriving.

Wild Traverse distance testing report

I’ve been out testing the intended Wild Traverse course last weekend, which resulted in me cutting the distance for the first day and simplification of the course for the second day.

As first day was too much bush-bashing, we will add some roads in the middle to split the course into two parts and make it more enjoyable. Although the original idea is to push people into the wild bush and let them sort out how to get out, it was simply too much. We want you to enjoy it!!

A first issue for me was a heavy backpack. This was partially because I had lots of water and food, unlike you guys who will benefit from water points during the course and BBQ dinner at the Midcamp. We do however recommend that you carry as much water as you can bear and have at least 3 liter blabber, especially if it’s hot. There are creeks later in the course but purification is recommended. Now, the important thing I do need to highlight – it is highly recommended for the event is to have fly repellent!

So, to the distances! Bearing in mind I walked all the way, carried excessive water, what was my average speed, how much elevation, what was the overall time?

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