26-28 of April Team Peak Adventure Junkie is racing in Chinese Baise Leye Outdoor Quest.
Team consists of Jarad Kohlar, Ian Franzke, Serge Kurov and Maria Plyashechko.
It's three days stage race through the mountainous and quite picturesque region of Guahgxi Province.
Course is divided into 3 stages, the total distance is 220 km.
Disciplines include running, mountain biking, kayaking, rope related activities (abseil or zip line), some puzzle solving and Chinese national games.
There is other very competitive Australian team Moxie Gear/ Nuun racing: Deanna Blegg, Darren Clarke, Tim Boote and Alex Hunt.
Besides, overall field looks good: Thule team (France, NZ, Sweden), FJS (competitive and very experienced Swedish team), Latvian team Ebike.lv, French team Merrell VP, traditionally strong Chinese teams.
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Before the race | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
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 here >>>
Team list looks quite impressive 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!!!