adidas TERREX Joins World Series

The new adidas TERREX adventure race across the Lake District has been accepted as  part of the Adventure Race World Series in 2010, making it one of the qualifying races for the series and attracting international teams to the four-day event.


It's the first time in four years that a British race has been part of this series and a real feather in the cap for the organisers of the new event which mixes a variety of disciplines in the non-stop competition across Cumbria.

Other countries that are hosting qualifying races include – Poland, Argentina, Portugal, Australia, Sweden, New England, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador and France. Qualifiers from each of the races are then eligible to take part in the The World Championship Race – The Bimbache Extrem – which is being held in
Castilla and Leon (Spain) on September 30 – October 9.

Fitting Inclusion

It's quite appropriate that one of the World Series Races should be in the UK as at the end of 2009, for the first time ever a British Team brought home the title of the Adventure Racing World Series from  Portugal.  Team Helly Hansen Prunesco crossed the line after five days covering a distance of nearly 900km!  Nick Gracie a  member of the winning team and very experienced Adventure Racer comments -
 
'I am very excited that the Adidas Terrex race has joined the Adventure Race World Series.  There is a huge Adventure Race community in the UK and we have produced a number of strong teams over the year. Having a world series event  will help focus UK teams and encourage more to compete on an international level. 

'For visiting international teams the Lake District is the most beautiful area of England and the race is being planned by a very strong local racer, Bruce  Duncan, who will make sure the race is challenging but fun.'

Not Just For Elite Athletes

Don't get the idea that the TERREX is solely aimed at hard core, elite adventure racers. There's also a shorter course aimed at novices and have a go heroes that's around half the length of the full 250-mile course.

You can find full details of the adidas TERREX event at www.adidas-ar.com