Saturday 19 May 2012
What is the Adventurethon?
Adventurethon is a multi-disciplined physical challenge in a natural outdoor environment that brings self-belief and pride to all competitors and their families. It combines sports including paddling, mountain bike riding and trail running or hiking in the ultimate off-road multisport challenge.
To stand on the winner’s podium you may need an iron will, exceptional athleticism and unrivalled skill mastery, but to experience the triumph and exhilaration of crossing the finish line you only need a modicum of determination, a pinch of resilience, a dash of perseverance and, most importantly, a sense of adventure.
Adventurethon’s weekend festivals offer five events to accommodate and challenge all fitness and skill levels. Each event is off-road and adventurous by nature, ensuring a challenging and memorable experience which will be remembered well beyond the finish line regardless of length or difficulty. Most events can also be tackled individually or as a team.
Ultra Adventurethonis hard-core, catering for top end endurance athletesacross the sports of paddling, mountain biking and trail running as well as the mentally tough social athlete who loves a personal challenge to discover what they can muster when the gauntlet has been thrown down.
Dirty Endurance Duathlonis the perfect choice for landlubbers - those wanting a mentally and physically tough challenge to rival the ultra without the paddle leg.
Enduro Adventurethon is a shorter multi sport course over the same terrain, significantly reducing the paddle and run legs and slightly decreasing the bike leg. Still demanding, it can be a stepping stone from introductory to ultra events in the future or an opportunity to focus on speed without the drain of the longer distances.
Taste of Adventureis just that, a tantalising try out of each of the three disciplines at distances that just about anyone can achieve in an hour or two. Experienced athletes can also treat it as a sprint course. This is a great event for teams, with each competitor participating in their favourite leg or conquering all three side-by-side.
Junior Adventurethonencourages up and coming young athletes from9 to 17 to have a go on their own or in a team in a closely supervised introductory but challenging event expected to last up to two hours.
In addition to an exciting, highly charged social atmosphere, the great thing about Adventurethon multi sport challenges is their flexibility. Experienced participants can battle the elements alone in a quest for self domination or create an elite team of masters of each event and newcomers can play only to their strengths or share their weaker legs with the support of a team.
All Adventurethon endurance events guarantee a physically challenging mountain bike adventure, breathtaking trail runs (in more ways than one!) and a spectacular paddle along the scenic coastline of the festival location. But a word of caution - don’t count on looking at the kilometres to estimate time of completion. Course designers make sure they find physically demanding tracks to challenge all course entrants.
There are two major festivals for the 2012 Adventurethon season with more to come in 2013.
The Magnetic Island Adventurethon Festival is on March 31 to April 1, 2012.Starting and finishing at Picnic Bay on Magnetic Island in the world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, the longer events are considered to be amongst the most challenging in the state.
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The Adventurethon National Challenge on July 1, 2012starts and finishes at in Townsville at North Pallarenda Beach and draws athletes from all over Australia.
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For a little inspiration and encouragement toward your Adventurethon goal, check out these videos
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