Anaconda Adventure Race - Gold Coast This Weekend(All events - Posted 2/09/2010)Get ready for some action and exploration this weekend on the On Saturday afternoon at 4pm the Anaconda Junior Survivor starters gun will set around 500 kids off on a 4km fun obstacle course. The youngest entrant so far is 4-year-old Herb Hunter from Currumbin. He’s been dying to do it since watching big brother, 6-year-old Darcy, have a ball completing it last year. A natural athlete already, Herb does swimming, karate and tennis lessons each week which will no doubt provide him with necessary skills to competently perform the wading, sand running, spider’s web and other challenges he’ll face throughout the course. Shaking off a cold he is sure he’ll still finish but will keep his main aim in his sights and that is to knock Darcy off in the family competition. Sean, Herb’s dad, says that he’ll easily be able to do it all as he does similar kinds of activities in the backyard every day, “he’s an active little fella and will just run with the other kids. I might follow him for some of it but he’ll be fine. He’ll love it", Sean said. A champion in the making perhaps. 
On the other spectrum and equally as incredible is the most senior competitor 63-year-old Jan Gielis from Kingscliff, NSW. Jan is doing the 15km kayak leg as a member of the team Three Boilers and a Babe in the Anaconda Adventure Race that kicks off at 8am on Sunday 5th September. The kayak leg is the second leg after the 1.9km ocean swim that her friend Michelle van der Broek is doing. Jan’s paddle leg will take her on a scenic course along the coast northwards from Currumbin Alley passing Palm Beach with spectacular views toward Surfers Paradise before she heads up Tallebudgera Creek to discover a less explored but just as beautiful part of the region. The youngest and ‘babe’ of the team, Chanel van der Broek, will then do a 12km trail run through the hinterland and the final team member and mountain biker, Susan Gett, will mountain bike 18km back to Palm Beach. All team members, including Jan, will then run 2km together to the finish line. Tired yet? Yes. Extremely satisfied? Definitely. It’ll be Jan’s fifth year doing the ski leg and she’s the experienced member of the team of all first timers. She comes back each year because she just loves to be involved and the team camaraderie. “Michelle is a friend from way back and Chanel is her niece. I’ve never met Susan as she’s from Sydney, but we’ll still have a great time". Next challenge for this inspirational woman is the World Surf Life Saving Championships in Egypt next month. The good thing about adventure racing is that it brings together athletes of all types and backgrounds. Former World Champion triathlete Brad Beven is teaming up with ex ironman Guy Leech to form a formidable two man team with Brad doing the run and ride and Guy the swim and paddle. Even these two over accomplished athletes will be out of their comfort zones as they race alongside Three Boilers and a Babe. They will be joined by a unique mix of triathletes, surf life savers, runners, cyclists and paddlers in an event that unites athletes of all backgrounds with most competitors racing in a team of between two and four people doing it as a relay. Hot favourite in the women is veteran school teacher from Noosa, Kim Beckinsale, who took out the 2009 Series title and is still looking good. In the men’s race it is Grant Suckling from Geelong in Victoria who looks to be in the best form. Runner-up in the 2009 Series he is focusing on this event and has put in a solid winter in preparation. Race Director, John Jacoby, says that the Anaconda Adventure Race weekend will be a blast and will have something or everyone. “Entries are still open for both the Anaconda Junior Survivor and Anaconda Adventure Race so email Nicola to enter. Competitors and spectators will also enjoy plenty of entertainment and stalls at the race Expo so there’s no time to get bored". He also made mention of sponsors and partners who have contributed to it being such a success. In particular, the Anaconda Adventure Race Gold Coast is benefiting from funding under the Queensland Events Regional Development Program (QERDP). The QERDP is an investment program designed to extend the flow of economic and social benefits of events to regional Queensland. A state-wide initiative, the program is committed to enhancing existing events in regional Queensland, as well as assisting in the establishment of new events. Since the QERDP began in 2001, more than $15.3 million has been invested in 705 regional events, an indicator of the important role these events play in their communities and wider Queensland The Gold Coast round is the first in the three race Series that moves to Augusta in the Margaret River region of WA before finishing in Lorne on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria on December 7th. For more information click here Looking for a new adventure? – try the King Valley Challenge(All events - Posted 26/08/2010)
If you want to capitalise on your winter fitness or just want an event to kick start your summer then we’d have to recommend the King Valley Challenge on September 11th. The King Valley Challenge is a friendly event for everyone with a 15km off road run, 12km flat-water paddle, 39km road cycle and 3km run to finish at a spectacular lookout over the King Valley. If you have not been to the King Valley before then you are in for a real treat as the area shows off some of the Alpine National Park’s best country with the race passing through the picturesque wine and gourmet food region of King Valley. The King Valley is located only 3 hours from Melbourne and with a late Saturday start time it is sure to make an easy weekend adventure and a great escape from the city. So why not get a team together or go Solo an enjoy a fun new event. Visit the event website for more details of contact Race Director; Liam Delany.
Run Geelong 2010(All events - Posted 20/08/2010)Rapid Ascent are proud to be partnering with the Cotton On Foundation to present Run Geelong 2010 held on Sunday 21st November 2010. Click here for full story ... One young athlete count downs to the start of the Anaconda Adventure Race National Series(All events - Posted 19/08/2010)The Anaconda Adventure Race National Series kicks off again in two weeks with round 1 on the Gold Coast on September 5th so if you have not entered yet then you better get in soon! This is the 5th year of the Anaconda Adventure Race at the Gold Coast and also the popular kids event called the Anaconda Junior Survivor – and for the first time the 2010 event will see an athlete who started in the kids race step up to do the adult’s race as an individual… Click here for full story ... Anaconda Adventure Race Augusta sells out with record number of individual competitors(All events - Posted 5/08/2010)The Anaconda Adventure Race to be held in Augusta, WA on November 7th has again filled to capacity selling out yesterday with 1304 competitors signing up for the 65km multisport challenge. This event which has been the biggest adventure race in the world for the last 3 years running continues to set records with this year selling out earlier than ever before and attracting more individuals tackling the course on their own. Click here for full story ... Gold Coast Familiarisation day this weekend(Anaconda Adventure Race, Gold Coast, QLD - Posted 2/08/2010)If you are interested in doing the Gold Coast Anaconda Adventure Race but want to know a little more about what you’re getting yourself into then come along to this weekend's course familiarisation session on Sunday 15th August to see what all the hype is about. Click here for full story ... Tanita Australia Series Sponsor of the 2010 Anaconda Adventure Race(All events - Posted 22/07/2010)Visit the Tanita Australia marquee at the 2010 Anaconda Adventure Race series events in Gold Coast, WA and Lorne. Click here for full story ... Anaconda Junior Survivor Challenge – an action event for kids!(All events - Posted 16/07/2010)It is with great enthusiasm that we invite all the kids on the Gold Coast to join us for an adventure event designed especially for them – The Anaconda Junior Survivor Challenge that is set to take place from the Palm Beach Parklands on September 4th, 2010 Click here for full story ... Marysville to Melbourne attracts its first entrant – all the way from Botswana!(All events - Posted 16/07/2010)The Marysville to Melbourne Multisport Challenge (M2M) is quickly building sky-high awareness amongst all athletes and we are stoked to announce our very first entrant into our newest event – Kelby Murray from Botswana! Click here for full story ... 2010 Racing the Planet - the Kimberleys, an account by Robbie Adams(All events - Posted 16/07/2010)A quick update as I’m in my fourth week of “recommended" rest after the body has had a bit of a melt down, the theory is that I have managed to deplete my glycogen stores to almost nil and have found any sort of exercise over the hour mark almost impossible without massive bouts of cramping and lethargy. Click here for full story ...  |
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Gold Coast as the Anaconda Adventure Race National Series rolls into town. Over a thousand athletes of all ages will head to Palm Beach Parklands to take on the challenge with events and entertainment happening throughout the weekend. Headlining the participants are local triathlon legend Brad Beven and former ironman star Guy Leech who are teaming up together to try this new and exciting contest for them in the first of the three race Series. 
