Gobi March 2013 press release
Posted May 20, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
The world-renowned Gobi March celebrates its 10th anniversary this June with a striking new course through one of China’s most fabled regions. Kicking off on Sunday, 2 June in the northwestern province of Xinjiang, competitors will embark on a 250-kilometer course through lands once ruled by Genghis Khan, an emperor simultaneously revered and feared …
April Newsletter
Posted April 3, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
Welcome to the April newsletter. We didn’t send this out on April 1st, in case we were not taken seriously. I mean, who would believe a newsletter dedicated to people who run all day, run all night, run national trails in just one day, or participate in Herculean legends? We’ve split up this newsletter into …
Our latest participants
Posted March 18, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
The latest to sign up for July’s The 12 Labours of Hercules Ultramarathon are as follows. Welcome to our latest pair to sign up last night, Team name – “2 men 1 mission” – John Goodson and Leigh Gillatt from North Lincs. John runs for Barton and District AC. Also welcome to Titans pair “The …
March Newsletter
Posted March 10, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
Just like you, we love kit shopping, and this week Beyond Marathon decided to purchase the SPORTIdent (SI) electronic chip timing system. We originally planned to hire the system for use only on The 12 Labours of Hercules event. However, now we have decided to make a long term, significant, investment in the system, and offer …
Gobi March – 10th Anniversary Edition
Posted February 19, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
A Magical New Course Set to Celebrate 10 Years of the Gobi March After more than seven years of setting courses for RacingThePlanet, Pierre Beguin thought he had seen it all. But as he and event director Riitta Hanninen descended into Mysterious Rock Valley while plotting the 2013 Gobi March course, they knew they …
The Pilgrim Challenge kicks off XNRG’s race season
Posted February 13, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
Extreme Energy’s 2013 race season got off to a record-breaking start last weekend, with Danny Kendall shaving 17 minutes off the previous course record to finish the 64-mile, 2-day ultra-marathon course in 8 hours 49 minutes and 21 seconds, and Annabelle Stearns breaking the women’s record to finish in 10h23.07. Where last year’s Pilgrim Challenge …
Runners in The Spine spark Mountain Rescue
Posted January 26, 2013 / By richard / 0 Comments
Three runners in the notoriously difficult Spine Race , which tags itself as ’Britains most Brutal Race’ sparked a rescue recentley when they were late to a checkpoint. Feared lost in blizzard conditions during a recent cold snap in the UK mountain rescue was called to locate them. All three were well equiped and had been led to the safety …
Historic Last Desert gets underway today
Posted November 22, 2012 / By admin / 0 Comments
One of the world’s most extraordinary endurance races gets underway this Thursday, 22 November, as 55 competitors set out on a journey to race up to 250 kilometers across the world’s largest and coldest desert. It is the fifth edition of The Last Desert, the most eagerly awaited race in the 4 Deserts series because …
Sahara Race 2012 – Post race press release
Posted November 5, 2012 / By admin / 0 Comments
[3 November 2012, Pyramids of Giza, Egypt] – Vicente Juan Garcia Beneito of Spain has done it again. The 36-year old completed the 250-kilometer course of the Sahara Race today in a time of 25:56:12. This marks his third victory of the year. “It’s great to end in a such a spectacular site,” said Beneito …
Global Media Gather in Egypt for the Sahara Race 2012
Posted October 29, 2012 / By admin / 0 Comments
Global Media Gather in Egypt for the Sahara Race 2012 [18 October 2012, Hong Kong] – The ancient grounds of Egypt’s protected Wadi Al-Hitan region will be the setting for a staggering endurance test later this month as the eighth edition of the world-renowned Sahara Race arrives to the region. The 250-kilometer footrace kicks off …