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We are happy to announce that we will have 2 Fou Raid™ and 2 raids EnduranceAventure.com™ this year. THe raids will be held on June 5th and on October 2nd. Iron Man Australia
Our friend Yves Simard from Asics Canada is currently in Australia where he will take part in the IronMan tommorow April 5th. Good luck Yves!
Canada's Kinetic Team has taken the lead after one day of racing in the Tierra Viva Expedition Race in Argentina. Francis Lambert and Pascal Laroche. have to cover a total distance 500 km To complete the race and we have no doubt they will give everything they have!
Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race on wheels!
The arduous route to and from the Pole included extremely hostile terrain, travelling through crevasse fields and mountains, and an unusually high amount of snowfall where temperatures plummeted below -40C still air, and -60C with wind chill. Arctic Truck's Driver-mechanics Gísli Jónsson and Hjalti Vigfús Hjaltason were on hand to provide constant modifications during the trip. The team were greeted at Novo station with cheers, flares and champagne to celebrate the success of the expedition. Tony Martin commented "It is an incredible achievement, we are breaking boundaries here, no one has ever completed a trip like this before, we are making history". They hope this trip will open a brand new method of travel in Antarctica, encouraging people to use 4x4s as an alternative to current methods of transport as they are cleaner, and 5 times more fuel efficient than other vehicles presently used.
The MVP Health Care Frigid Infliction is a ten hour adventure race for teams of two or three on Saturday, March 7th, 2009. The race will feature several winter disciplines as well as requiring you to continually navigate. The organization use an accelerated cutoff system which allows them to really challenge experienced teams while providing a great race for the first timers. If you have never done an adventure race before, this is the perfect one to start with. This was the first adventure race for about a third of the participants the past three years, so don't be intimidated! Teams do not need support crews for this event. Outside of what is provided by the race organizers, teams must be self-sufficient. This is an adventure, after all! For more info, click here . 2009 Calendar A great adventure season awaits the racers this year. Our team is working hard to create new courses really wild! Here's the date for our 2009 series. The Spring Raids will be on May 9 and the Fall Raids will be on October 3. Raid international
We are presently working on wonderful International Adventure Projects that include for sure, Adventure Races. These great projects takes more time to plan, design and test. The only advice we can give you, keep in shape, check our website often and get ready for adventures really wilder than average!
January 26th 2009
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The winners, Rune Malterud and Stian Aker from team Missing Link
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Team Missing Link (Rune Malterud and Stian Aker) have won the
Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race
. The Norwegian pair crossed the line and arrived at the Geographic South Pole at 7pm on Jan 21st, completing the race 770km in 17 days and 11 hours.
Watching the team cross was a historic and momentous occasion, they linked arms held high in the air as they walked to the Pole and planted a Norwegian flag. They stopped at the Pole and talked about their tremendous journey, the difficulties they have faced and their joy and pride at arriving at the Pole.
The Norwegians have once again won the race to the South Pole, the first since Scott and Amundsen. Missing Link wanted to commend QinetiQ for making it a fantastic race. After all their hard work Missing Link will now ge5t to spend some time at the Pole, resting, relaxing, eating and enjoying being at the Top of the Bottom of the World!
Team QinetiQ of the UK (TV presenter Ben Fogle, Olympic Gold Medallist James Cracknell and 24 year old Ed. Coats) finished the next day in second position. The team were delighted to be at the Geographic South Pole. After a 70km push into the Pole the team were exhausted and suffering with blisters and little bits of frost nip, but all in good spirits and looking forward to some R and R. Missing Link were at the Pole to shake their hand for completing such a fantastic journey.
Team Danske Bank reached the pole on the 24th to finished 3rd, arriving at 17:00, 20 days and 9 hours after departing from the Start Line. QinetiQ and Missing Link were all standing at the pole cheering them on over the finish line. They helped them take their pulks back, gave them hot drinks and sweet treats, and put up their tents for them for a good night's rest. All are well, enjoying finally resting and not having to ski tomorrow.
Due South have had a difficult couple of days on the run in to the Pole with two members suffering from flu, but they stayed on their skis covering the distance and are now on their final leg, hoping to finish today.
Race Positions
1st Team Missing Link
2nd Team Qinetiq
3rd Team Danske Bank
4th 696km Team Due South (they have not travelled as far as south pole flag but they are closer to the pole than south pole flag)
5th 705km Team South Pole Flag
6th South Pole Team Southern Lights
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Falco polaco route on the Aconcagua © fieldtouring.com |
Congratulations to the Canadian Expedition for Vitae Foundation that succeed in climbing the highest peak in South America, the Aconcagua at 6962 meters!
Four members of the expedition team made it successfully to the summit. Patrick Bertrand, Mario Soulard, Xavier Breton and Daniel Klink were very happy and proud to see the summit but had to come down after only a few minutes because of bad weather. Talking of bad weather, 4 climbers paid with their life the ascension of the Aconcagua in the last weeks.
The team is now coming back to Mendosa to rest before they return to Canada next week.
Here's some news about athletes wilder than average!
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Pascal Laroche, Francis Lambert, Jocelyn Corbeil et Jonathan Forcier training at -30°C!
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Wednesday night at -30°C, Francis Lambert, Pascal Laroche, Jocelyn Corbeil and Jonathan Forcier were training on their mountain bikes! They are getting ready for the expedition race Tierra Viva that will take place in Argentina next march. They will have to cross Argentina on a 500 km non stop course racing as pairs. Pascal Laroche and Francis Lambert will form a team as well as Jocelyn Corbeil and Jonathan Forcier. The guys take advantage of our winter to make sure they are ready and we have no doubt that they will be! Good luck guys!
Races to the South Pole
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For those who like the cold, there is now 2 races to choose from in Antarctica. For those who think that the Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k is not enough, there's the Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race . The Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race, to the far end of the earth, will be the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen’s historic race nearly 100 years ago. Roald Amundsen arrived on Dec. 1911, Robert Scott on Jan. 17 1912. Affter almost two weeks of intensive Polar Training in Antarctica coving approximately 100 nautical miles, teams of 3 will set off across the Antarctic Plateau to race 430 nautical miles across the largest ice cap in the world to the Geographic South Pole.
The racers will face constant challenges throughout their journey: surving in temperatures as low as -50C, navigating and skiing while pulling a 70Kg. pulk (sled), climbing up to 9300 ft. to the South Pole and through everything working together as a team.
The South Pole Race, to the far end of the earth, will be the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen’s historic race nearly 100 years ago. Roald Amundsen arrived on Dec. 1911, Robert Scott on Jan. 17 1912.
The Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race promises to be an awe-inspiring event. All competitors will receive extensive and first rate logistical, safety, media and administrational support provided by South Pole Race.
Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race is more than just a race. It is the journey of a lifetime. This is an opportunity to live your dreams and push beyond the limits of your imagination
(Source www.ao3spr.com)
Vendée Globe
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Samantha Davies sur Roxy © www.samdavies.com |
While crazy event are taking place on the ground, the best skippers on the planet are racing in the ultimate regata, the Vendée Globe. This is a sailing race around the world, for singlehanders, without any stopover.
At this time, almost half of the fleet sailed around the mythic Cape Horn. The French Michel Desjoyaux is leading this spectacular race with a mere 4386 nautical miles to go! He is currently 246 miles ahead of Roland Jourdain, also from France. Note the excellent perfomance of Samantha Davies on Roxy that is currently 4th after 67 days of intense sailing.
August 2008
All the news about the Coast Raid are on www.coastraid.com
July 9th 2008
We are happy to announce that we will have a very strong field of athletes for this 2008 edition of the Coast Raid. Some of the fastest teams in the adventure racing world are registered to start next August like the Team Quechua-Compagnie des alpes and Team Averne Outdoor from France, the american Team Yogaslackers. the canadian Team Suunto-Salomon, the south african Team Xtreme South Africa and the strong Québec team Asics.
To see the list of the registered teams, click here.
The complete team description will be on line very soon.
14 juin 2008
News for October's raids
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Canot Légaré - Brynd Smoked Meat in action © Endurance Aventure |
The EnduranceAventure.com Raid Series Final will be held on october 4th 2008. As usual in our series, the exact location will be known only 1 month before the event. We can tell you it will be within 1H15 drive from Montreal. We can garanty a amazing course with wild surprises and nice surprises!
June 9 2008
Here are a few pictures taken by our team during our last visit on the race course.
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An iceberg welcomes our team in Blanc-Sablon © Endurance Aventure |
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Amazing course landscape © Endurance Aventure |
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Amazing course landscape © Endurance Aventure |
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Amazing course landscape © Endurance Aventure |
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Find Jean-Philippe, the Inukshuk! © Endurance Aventure |
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Organizers are happy with what they saw today © Endurance Aventure |
Advices on how to get to Blanc-Sablon
There are many ways to get to Blanc-Sablon. The easy way is to get here by plane. However, there is a second way to get here via Deer Lake (Newfoundland). Many airlines go to Deer Lake Airport (YDF). From there, you can either connect with a local airline to Blanc-Sablon or drive to the St-Barbe-Blanc-Sablon Ferry (3H30 drive). If you choose that option, you should reserve your place on the Ferry at this adress: www.marine-atlantic.ca. For Ferry schedule click here.
The Raid international Éco EnduranceAventure becomes the Coast Raid
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Lower
North Shore is the home of the Coast Raid © Marie Malherbe |
The name
is changing but the race stays the same. Same course, same organisation,
just a new name that fits better the region that hold the raid,
the Lower North Shore. We will have a new web site in a few days
at www.coastraid.com. You will find all the information you need
to know about this amazing event: Region profile, Teams profiles,
pictures, race details etc.
We are very happy with the great response from teams around the
world. Also, we are very happy with the volunteers response. We
have expeditions specialists, doctors, photographers, cook or
just outdoor enthusiasts that simply want to join a great adventure.
Here are the teams registered on april 2 2008 :
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Les irrationnels
colorés |
Magog |
Canada |
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Location Sauvageau |
Baie Comeau |
Canada |
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Les frères
Dionne |
Canada |
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Les Dés-Orientées |
Lasalle |
Canada |
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Team Asics |
Orford |
Canada |
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Les Cocos |
Montréal |
Canada |
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Team Harington |
Harrington Harbour |
Canada |
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8. |
Cycle Solution
(4 coureurs) |
Terre Neuve |
Canada |
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SSI 1 |
France |
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SSI 2 |
France |
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Pedini Iret |
Parma |
Italie |
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Vert Le Raid |
Québec |
Canada |
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Salomao |
Sao Paolo |
Brésil |
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Raid Mercantour |
France |
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15. |
Fortuit-Méry |
France |
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Le Coureur |
Magog |
Canada |
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17. |
Sul Brasilis |
Brésil |
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March 5th, 2008
If you are looking for a raid partner or even a training partner, write to us and we will put you in contact.
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Martin
Ladouceur from EnduranceAventure.com © GMARA |
March 3rd, 2008
Yet again, Mother Nature
gave a perfect day for racing the Frigid
Infliction with temps getting into the upper 20s, fresh falling
snow. After getting maps and having some time for questions and
plotting, teams walked along a dark trail to starting line lit
by luminaries. At 5:18, the racers were off - three snowshoe points
in any order had the first teams back in just over an hour. From
there, 4 cross-country ski points brought them to a crackling
fire and smiling Jim who had them start candles for gear-check.
One more CP and TA 2 meant a new map and leaving skis behind for
an hour or so of post-holing toward the tyrollean traverse. With
four ropes (kept tightened :) there weren't many bottlenecks,
and most teams got past the challenge without needing assistance.
Last but not least, 7 snowshoe points in any order, including
a small cave (!) and a smiling family. Finally, the finishline!
With a time on course of 7:49, Team Eastern Mountain Sports and
EnduranceAventure.com crossed together in 1st place after trading
the lead all day. All teams were more than happy to shower, grab
some Madhouse Munchies, and wait for dinner and prizes.
Results
and photos
Media Coverage
Here's some Medias talking
about the Raid international Éco EnduranceAventure 2008:
Canadien
Cyclist
Exchange
Morning Post Business
Argent
Canoe
Le
Reflet du Lac
Bike
Night
Sherbrooke's Atmosphère invite you to come and
have a look to the new 2008 Argon 18 Bike next Wednesday at 18H30
at the boutique ATMOSPHÈRE - 2325, King Ouest - Sherbrooke. Gilles Cantin and Marc-André
Perron from ARGON 18 will be there to answer your questions.
You
can win a free entry for the
2008 Raid international Éco EnduranceAventure Lower North
Shore!
Here's how you can win a free entry for a duo at the Raid international Éco EnduranceAventure 2008:
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Location
of the Lower North Shore © Tourisme Basse-Côte-Nord |
We will draw a free entry from the first 12 registrations that we receive before march 15th 2008. To participate, a team must have paid the full registration fees. We will draw the winning team at the raid EnduranceAventure.com on May 10 2008. The winning team will have their registration fee reimburse.
Here
are a few pictures for who wants to know where will be held the
raid international Éco EnduranceAventure 2008. If you don't
know, write
to us and you we will tell you.
This year, the raid will be held over 4 days in team of 2 with
no assistance. The boats will be provided by the organisation.
More details here
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Jean-Thomas
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Photos
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January 1st 2008
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Endurance
Aventure wish all the racers a happy new year 2008. We hope
this year will bring you many wild adventures! |
Raid international
Éco EnduranceAventure
You have
until july 1st to get the discount rate for the Raid international
EnduranceAventure. To register, click here.
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Gilles
Bélanger coming out of the water in Roth © PhotoDir |
Good performance for our firends in IronMan Roth, Germany. Gilles Bélanger made is first IronMan in 10h34 and Wolfgang Nitsche made it also under 11H in 10H54. The two training partners from Georgesville in the Eastern Townships were very please with their performance yesterday. We have to mention the incredible performance of Martin Lamontagne from Sherbrooke who made it in 9H24 and ranking 72 over 4000 racers.
Congatulations to all !
International
Raid Éco EnduranceAventure
The course testers are working hard and are very happy with what
they tried so far. You will certainly have a wild and fun course
in August. We will have some pictures
to show you soon.
Triathlon
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Gilles
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Gilles Bélanger
and Wolfgang Nitshe from Georgesville just left for Roth Germany.
They will compete in the IronMan schedule for next sunday june
24. Both trained well and look ready for that great adventure.
It's the 3rd IronMan for Wolfgang and the 1st time for Gilles.
More than 400 athletes are expected in Roth wich make it the most
popular IronMan in the world.
We will post their results next week.
May 24, 2007
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Jimmy
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The AR World Championships will start tommorow. A tough race is awaiting the racers with a course of over 500 km and more than 25 000 m of ascent and all this, on a maximum of 7 days. We will keep you up to date during the event.
Fund
Raising
Our friend Jimmy Pelletier
is in for a new adventure. He will handbike from Québec
to Baine-Comeau to raise money for Leucan and for the Handisport
Foundation. The 400 km bike ride wil be held on 4 days and they
hope to raise 100 000 $.
For contribution and for more information on the Randonnée
Jimmy Pelletier,
click
here.
April 27, 2007
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©
Dream Raid |
The Team
Pedini-Iret/EnduranceAventure.com will be in New-Caledonia in
November. Brigitte Benoit and Daniel Poirier will join Roberto
Mattioli and Michele Sartori in an adventure that will bring them
on the other side of the world.
Demanded by the racers who have been involved before, waited for
by all the medias, the 2007 is going to fascinate the audience
once more. Following the adventure races tradition, on an original
land nearby one of the world’s largest lagoon, the Dream
Race is back. The 3rd edition of this multi-activity race is scheduled
from the 5th to the 11th of November 2007. With a strong experience
acquired for the 2 last editions, the organization team is preparing
an event which will have character.
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Racers
enjoying the breeze ©
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Many
racers from the EnduranceAventure.com serie will take part in
International Races. The Team Pedini-Iret/EnduranceAventure.com
will be in Savoie, France July 2-7 to take part in the first Mountain
X-Games. They will also take part in the Dream
Raid in November (see text above).
Francis Lambert and Pascal Laroche from Magog and Jonathan Forcier,
all from Team Kinetic, will be in the US for the Michigan
Expedition Raid from May 27 to June 2. Nicolas Taillefer will
be in Bolivia in November for the Raid La
Boliviana.
April 20, 2007
We can
assure all the adventure racers that they will live an incredible
adventure on june 2th. With the nice weather, we started to test
the course and we can tell you that it is absolutely stunning.
We are very happy with what we found so far!
Check out the site for course pictures coming soon.
Don't miss the october 2006 Raid Asics-EnduranceAventure TV Show that will be on Cogeco everywhere in Québec next tuesday april 24th at 1H00 pm and wednesday april 25 at 8H30 pm.
The new and free Endurance Aventure Training Zones Calculator
Endurance Aventure is now developping a new tool for the athletes who want to push their limits! We will have a new Training Zones Calculator available on our web site next week. It will allow you to know your personnal training zones and therefore maximise your training.
We will have other training tools available over the next weeks
April 5, 2007
The registrations are now open for the june 2nd raid! To register, click here
April 4, 2007
Endurance Aventure is innovating this year by proposing a new race concept that should please all the adventure racers. As you will see in the section 2007 series, you can now choose between a 5 to 10 hour race and a 1h30 to 3 hours race. Both raids will be held simultaniously on beautiful and wild courses.
Go on our new forum and and you could win some prizes! To go on the forum, click here.
Rules:
1 - We will draw a prize at the end of each month until the first
race.
2 - You must be member of the forum.
3 - You must write 4 times on the forum during the month.
The first raid of the season will be on saturday june 2nd 2007. Get ready for a race wilder than average!
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