24seven Challenge 2009

Title: 24seven Challenge
Link out: 24seven Challenge

Description: 24seven is an exciting challenge event in the Lake District, that comprises 7 mental and physical challenges to be completed in a 24 hour period. The event symbolises the round the clock care that CLIC Sargent gives its patients.

24seven tests the mind, body and spirit and involves journeying on foot, bike and water combined with cerebral and strategic challenges!

Expect to cover the equivalent of a marathon distance in total, maybe more if your navigation lets you down! 24seven is not just about who is the fittest as your brain will also get a work out during the event but general endurance, stamina and resolve will be the order of the day.

This year’s event will take place on 10th and 11th October in the beautiful setting of the Lake District.

The 24seven challenge is to raise funds for CLIC Sargent (Caring for children with cancer).

Are you up for the challenge?

If you are are for the challenge of taking part in the 24seven then you can sign up for the 24seven challenge website
Start Date: 2009-10-10
End Date: 2009-10-11

Exmoor Bike Marathon 2009

Title: Exmoor Bike Marathon
Location: Porlock, Exmoor
Description: Five exhilarating routes form the Exmoor Bike Marathon with endurance levels ranging from easy to extreme,covering up to 100k.

Starting and finishing in the beautiful village of Porlock, this event will provide a truly invigorating day of proper off-road mountain biking.
Date: 2009-09-05

Multi-sport Challenge – Adventure Racing, March 2009

On Saturday 30 March, brothers Lee and Ryan Copeland from the Isle of Wight travelled to the Brecon Beacons in South Wales to compete in a Multi-Sport Challenge, which included kayaking, mountain-biking, trail-running and navigation over a six hour period. They were competing for Wight Mountain/Red Funnel Team.

Their pre-event strategy to concentrate on the biking and kayaking was wrecked at the start. At the briefing competitors were told that they could only run to their kayak slot. For Team Wight Mountain/ Red Funnel they were given an unfavourable kayak slot in the middle of the 6 hours, effectively meaning they had to split the run and bike in to two even halves around their time on the water.

With an incredibly hot sun beating down, they choose their weakest discipline first.

They began a two and a half hour run up some very steep hills at some points having to clamber on all fours to get up the rocky tracks. Over the next eleven miles, Lee and Ryan jogged, ran and scrambled, jumped fallen logs, climbed stiles, gates, fences and danced over rocky river-paths on their way to the canal for the kayaking.

At the canal they jumped into their kayak and paddled to one checkpoint and returned to transition within a few minutes, sacrificing their kayaking to give them more time on the mountain bikes.

The next three hours were taken up with a fast and furious bike ride up some very steep hills and down some fast rocky descents. Covering another 27 miles, they road along farm tracks, country lanes, alongside a reservoir, across streams and bogs, whilst briefly admiring some stunning views. The highlights being a long technical climb up a narrow and rocky bridleway, before thundering down a rocky, slippery descent with drop-offs, jumps and switchbacks, where speed was a friend.

On the last few miles, due to the heat, both were getting cramp and overlooked a checkpoint worth 25 points within easy riding distance of the finish, ultimately costing them one position in their category.

Team Wight Mountain/Red Funnel finished their adventure challenge in 5hrs 45mins with 15 minutes spare, ample time to have got the extra 25-point checkpoint. However, Lee and Ryan still managed to finish 3rd in their category and 15^th overall from an entrant of 159.

Team Wight Mountain/Red Funnel are sponsored by:

Wight Mountain

Red Funnel

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