Winter Wace Wumours Warming Up

Our adventure race mole has emerged from his deep cover position to reveal that the rumours of an upcoming winter adventure race in the UK are true.

Location and disciplines are being kept tightly under wraps at the moment, but we understand that the race will have a max duration of 72-hours - longer than 'sprint' style races like the Salomon and Blue Eskimo events, but considerably shorter than 'expedition' length races like the Adrenalin Rush and Eco Challenge.

Apparently, the organisers are keen to involve teams of winter mountaineers/walkers as well as the usual pale and dishevelled adventure racing suspects, because "the winter skills and navigation involved will give outdoors-people with hill experience a distinct advantage over sport-oriented racers." Our source also tells us that the event's title sponsor is a certain well-known energy drink that gives you wiiiings... Not Ribena then.

If we were to take a wild guess we'd say the race will take place in Scotland in early April...Anyway, expect an announcement within the next couple of weeks.

Adventure racing is as ever unimaginably hard, but I think I might do this one myself with an OUTDOORSmagic team to prove that I am also unimaginably hard. (Funny, I don't remember writing that last bit, but not a bad idea really. Ed.)