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Course familiarisation days for Anaconda Lorne Surf CoastThe second Lorne course familiarisation day will be held on Sunday November 19th, 2006. These days allow competitors in the Anaconda Adventure Race at Lorne to check out the course before the race - you can try as many stages of the course as you please. {Click here for more details.}
WA Surf Ski Coaching ClinicsAsh Nesbit (Ph. D. Paddling), world champion paddler and multiple Avon Descent winner, invites paddlers of all ages and skill levels to attend his 'school of cool'. With Ash's help, you'll learn all the slick skills that'll put a sting in your stroke and give you the ocean street cred to kick butt this summer. {Click here for more details.} The Burnet InstituteThe Burnet Institute is a medical research and public health institute that, researches vaccines to find novel ways to beat the world's worst infectious diseases and cancers. Rapid Ascent donate $5 of every entry fee to the Burnet Institute, but you can also donate on behalf of your favourite race competitor. Every December, Rapid Ascent will be giving away a prize to the competitor who generates the greatest amount of fund-raising for the calendar year. Click here to donate on behalf of a competitor now. For further information about the Burnet Institute, click here.
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Newsletter #26 (Tuesday November 14th, 2006)
Anaconda Adventure Race Lorne - an improved course and stars aplentyThe Anaconda Adventure Race Lorne is only one month away and the field is filling up. Entries close on 26th November, so you'd better get them in soon !
The leading male chances include Caine Eckstein (Coolangatta Gold winner), Simon Thompson (10th Athens Olympic triathlon), Richard Ussher and Gordon Walker (1st and 2nd in the World Championships, NZ), Guy Andrews (winner of Anaconda WA and Gold Coast), young gun and 2nd place getter from Anaconda WA, Keen's Jarad Kohlar and relative newcomer Jeremy Ross who has recently taken out overall honours in both the Australian Multisport Championships at Freycinet Lodge Tasmania, as well as the Upper Murray Challenge. In the women's race, the field includes Christie Sym (winner of Anaconda WA and Gold Coast), Karla Gilbert (7 times surf iron women national champion and 2 times world champion) Trudi Barnes (Commonwealth Games representative from South Africa) and Kim Beckinsale (gun ex-triathlete from Queensland). Also look for Keen's Del Lloyd who was on the podium here last year. {Click here for the full story}
Anaconda Adventure Racing Merchandise
This range is a wonderful way to remember your race, and we're not talking cheap cotton 'race t-shirts' you'll wear to paint the house next year. 2XU - Human Performance Multiplied - make their products with high-quality fabrics, designed to enhance athletic performance and recovery. Our range includes cycling tops and knicks, racing caps and warm fleece jackets, all at great prices. So ditch your bling, your baggy trousers and your Dior. This summer, if you're not wearing 2XU Anaconda Adventure Racing gear, you're not being noticed. {Click here for more information.}
Anaconda Adventure Races comparedThe Anaconda Adventure Race Series: Three epic races; 12 brutal legs. How does one prepare effectively for each discipline, and which Anaconda Adventure Race is the hardest? Tony Freijah from Geelong has competed in all three races, so as he prepares for Lorne in a month's time, we asked him for some training tips. Then to help settle a few arguments, we asked him which Anaconda course he found the most difficult. {Click here for the full story.}
Athlete Profile: Team Urquhart takes the step from Ironman to the Keen Adventure Race, Great Ocean Road
Next March, Mark and Kayleen will spend five amazing days running, paddling, mountain biking and navigating their way from Port Campbell to Torquay - over 400kms of rugged, spectacular coastline and untouched, pristine bush land. They'll also celebrate a 7th wedding anniversary along the way. {Click here for the full story}
Athlete Profile, Anaconda Adventure Race Lorne - Scott Kerrison
Scott, we've all been there! Like many adventure racing debutants, Scott's background is running, cycling and triathlon. While Scott is rightfully proud to have completed every City to Surf since 1996, a more accurate portrait is painted by his running the Sydney marathon after a longest training run of 15km, and having completed the Around the Bay in a Day with a solitary 100km training ride. So with a passion for racing fresh, how's Scott going to prepare for the Anaconda Adventure Race in Lorne? {Click here for the full story.}
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The race looms as a showdown between world-class triathletes and the best endurance and adventure racing athletes around. They'll be competing for a share of $40,000 in cash and prizes, and more importantly, competing for bragging rights.
Rapid Ascent, along with 2XU, is pleased to introduce our range of high-performance Anaconda Adventure Racing gear. 
Mark and Kayleen Urquhart, from Werribee, have taken the natural step from half and full Ironman racing to adventure racing. They're the third mixed pair to enter Rapid Ascent's epic 
Scott Kerrison, 29, of Glen Waverley will tackle his first adventure race at Lorne next month. Like several of Scott's previous sporting achievements, he's approaching the race with loads of enthusiasm, and a lack of specific training. 
Youth Warriors Coaching Sessions
Construction of the new Anglesea Bike Park is now complete. The official opening of this great community facility is to be on Saturday 9 December at 1.30 p.m. to coincide with the Anaconda Adventure Race Festival weekend.
"The track displays the latest mountain cross track technology developed by MV Australia and can be used by the beginner rider right through to world class professionals," said Glen Jacobs from MV Australia. {Click 
The familiarisation day on Cup Day was a great success. Over 100 athletes enjoyed a rewarding day of training on the coast, while collecting numerous race tips. 
