21 March 2005
Urban Adventure Racing
Posted by Mick under: Adventure Racing .
NOTE: this post is from the ExpeditionOz v2 site and was originally posted on March the 21st 2005
Adventure racing has been one of the most popular outdoor sports of the past few years, but its quickly being infiltrated by the new kid on the block, Urban Aventure Racing.
Urban Adventure Racing follows the same idea as traditional adventure racing but is based in the inner city and a great example of one of these races is the Wild Onion.
What is the Wild Onion Adventure Race?
The race is 24 hours long, covers approximately 100 - 125 miles of air, land and water terrain within a city and includes 200 - 300 athletes organized into co-ed teams. Each leg of the race focuses on a different athletic discipline such as canoeing, kayaking, in-line skating, cycling, running, scootering, stair climbing, rappelling and city navigation to name a few. Each leg also integrates a certain unique aspect of the city such as a specific attraction, urban resource or historic landmark.
Check out this good article at Adventure Sports magazine.
Some of the other races (and series) include:
- Australia - Urban Polaris (bike orientated)
- USA - Subaru Urban Assault (bike orientated)
- USA - Urban Challenge (more challenge than adventure)
- UK - Rat Race
If you know of any other urban adventure races around the world leave a comment here or if you have been in an urban adventure race leave us some info on what its like to participate in.
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