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Nearly Half the Expedition Field Drops to the Adventure Category After Monday’s 60-k Course

The second day of The 2008 Coastal Challenge sent runners plunging into waist-deep river crossings and across feet-tangling grasslands before ascending into the hills amidst fierce winds. Nearly half the Expedition field dropped to the Adventure category after reaching the race’s first cutoff point – set at the 31-k mark located atop a ridgeline with sweeping views of Arenal Volcano and Lake Arenal. While the Adventure category racers and those in the Expedition group who chose to stop at the cutoff point (or failed to reach it in seven hours) received a ride to the finish line in Tierras Morenas, the 20 remaining Expedition racers rambled into town filled with dust and exhaustion.

Read the full days report at: www.thecoastalchallenge.com

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The Coastal Challenge, Expedition Run

PRESS RELEASE
January 24, 2008

THE COASTAL CHALLENGE, EXPEDITION RUN 2008 STARTS NEXT WEEK (more…)

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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:20:31 -0500
From: Reid Delman
Subject: Mt RATS stage race

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Registration for the Mountain R.A.T.S. (Race Across The Summits) is now open! (more…)

Patagonia is a vast land of spectacular beauty. Southern Chile and Argentina share endless pampas, dense evergreen southern beech forests, turquoise lakes, abundant wildlife, immense glaciers and dramatic landscape with impressive pink, white and red granite towers.

The event includes running of the entire circuit of Torres del Paine plus the famous “W” route. (more…)

The Coastal Challenge, Expedition Run

PRESS RELEASE
October 2nd, 2007

THE COASTAL CHALLENGE WILL AWARD ENTRY SLOT TO PRIMAL QUEST EXPEDITION ADVENTURE RACE (more…)

Posted on Fortwayne.com
Adventure racing gets a second wind as grass-roots sport

By Dave Philipps

The Gazette

(MCT)

If you judge a sport by TV coverage and advertising, adventure racing seems to be breathing its last breath. The unofficial World Series of the sport, the multi-day Eco-Challenge, died in 2002. It’s predecessor, Primal Quest, sputtered out this year. “The pro scene is getting quieter and quieter. Big races just can’t get the advertising they once did. The shock value is gone,” said Jeremy Rodgers, a sponsored adventure racer from Boulder, Colo.

“But the grass roots of the sport keeps getting bigger all the time. It’s huge. “When I started racing in 1998 there were probably 10 adventure races in the whole country. Now there’s probably that many just in Colorado.” (more…)

This years Adventure Racing World Championships are taking place in Scotland right now from May 24-June 2.

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THE COASTAL CHALLENGE OPENS REGISTRATION FOR JAN. 27 - FEB. 2, 2008,
4th EXPEDITION RUN IN COSTA RICA (more…)

Scot Dunlap has a great write up from Beverly Anderson Abbs about her recent race at The Coastal Challenge in Costa Rica on his blog,  one of the most informative sites about US ultrarunning on the web.
Read about Bev’s epic adventure on A Trail Runner’s Blog