Adventure Junkie

The exciting first race of the Adventure Cup Series Upper Murray Challenge was greeted by a beautiful Spring day as participants set off in Khancoban last weekend. The sun was shining, the breeze was cool and the beautiful blue sky and surrounding mountains made for an ideal background for the event. Much like the weather, the Upper Murray Challenge was challenging, brutal and spectacular in all of its glory.

Racers lined up for their race at the main plaza of Khancoban and soon took off for a 28-kilometre cycle. This track consisted of 4WD trails, three sections of single tracks filled with steep hills and descents, and some spectacular paddock sections along the river. This course was a great opportunity for the racers to check out the nearby rapids before paddling back through them afterwards. The ride was slightly modified this year and has since received a lot of positive feedback.

Gather the following ingredients for a successful finish at your first expedition race

1. 200mL of navigation experience
2. 3 teaspoons of the right gear
3. A pinch of equipment maintenance
4. 200g of sleep strategy
5. 300g of race strategy
6. 400g of nutrition
7. 1/2 cup of map preparation
8. 3 cups of teamwork
9. 30g of offroad skills
10. 5 cups of mental fortitude

Check out latest recipe from Alpine Quest brewery:

It has been discussed for a while and now Adventure Cup is finally official - three of Australia’s best Multisport races have been united into one ranking system to inspire and motivate participants to put their kayak, mountain bike and running skills to the test.

If that isn’t enough there is a $4000 cash prize pool for individual winners of the Adventure Cup series! What is somewhat unique is that all categories (not just solo competitors) can compete for the title and the series points are given according to race overall ranking positions. 

Sprint Series Adventure Race in Anglesea is fast approaching, and we welcome onboard a new partner Brubeck Australia/New Zealand with high quality thermoactive wear. 

Which means more quality prizes for you! 

Brubeck is a company located in Poland that positions itself to be a leader in the thermoactive clothing market. It prides itself on the fact that the company is located in a town in Poland that has long been known for its wool weaving tradition thus giving full control of the quality of production from creating the yarn to packaging finished products.

Spring has finally sprung and we are thrilled to announce that registrations are now open for the 2018 (the second edition) East Gippsland Adventure Challenge. The first Summer race will be held within the stunningly scenic East Gippsland Lake Entrance. 

This exciting event will take place over the weekend of 1-2 December and we encourage you to use this event as an excuse to have a fun weekend away prior the start of the Christmas chaos! Three separate races will take place over the two days, including the Multisport race, O-Duathlon and Kids Challenge. 

This European summer I took an opportunity to visit parents and to do few races, including three rogaines. One of them - 10 hour “Dusk till dawn” – as the same suggests- was overnight race we finished 1st, then 6 hour Solo –in pretty tough conditions- 30+ degrees, with detailed map- I came second. Finale was 18 hour Russian Championships on mountain bike we made couple of serious mistakes and came 4th.

I had a bit of re-thinking afterwards how it could be done better and here is a collection of thoughts which can be helpful for beginner-intermediate rogainers/adventure racers.