Adrenalin Rush Kicks In On Sunday

Just a quicky to remind you that the 2003 Adrenalin Rush adventure race kicks off from Inverness at 18.00 on Sunday evening.

The race event should take the competitors - in teams of four, including one lassie - between five and seven days to complete and is the only major UK expedition-length race event. Disciplines include trekking, ascending and descending fixed ropes, kayaking, swimming, mountain biking and anything else the organisers decide to throw in...

The 300-mile course is, naturally, a closely guarded secret, but can be expected to take in just about any colossal natural obstacle available, which means quite a few given the venue in the Scottish highlands.

Teams from the UK, Canada, USA, Poland and France are in the starting line up. There are racers from Italy, New Zealand and Hong Kong too.

We'd love to tell you more, but frankly, if you want to know what's what and follow the action as it unfolds, there's only one place to be: sleepmonsters.com

Oh, one final word. Good luck to Team The North Face featuring craggy TNF marketing supremo Keith Byrne and longstanding OUTDOORSmagic member Chris McSweeney. Although they're far too modest to say so, they're among the faves for the event, so we're expecting a finish well up the leaderboard. More info on the team here.