Hungry for the win

When you’re enjoying your well deserved coffee, post Saturday morning run, bike ride or paddle, spare a thought for the two South African teams who have been doing all of that non-stop since early Thursday morning. Currently representing us at the World Championships of Adventure Racing, Teams Merrell Adventure Addicts and Sanlam Painted Wolf are […]

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“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today, its already tomorrow in Australia.”

Adventure Racing is always touted as the toughest endurance sport, where teams pit themselves against everything that is uncomfortable and raw. So when booking pre-race accommodation for next month’s World Championship expedition race in Aussieland, it is amusing to read that Mollymook is a ‘beachside paradise’ in Shoalhaven, where one can “go for a swim

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Podium in Patagonia

Merrell Adventure Addicts came hurtling in to claim third place at the Patagonian Expedition Race nine days after starting but “Not sure if you can call it a race, so much as something that altered your perception of adventure and survival.” Says team member Grant Ross. “When we got to the finish line, they just

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Just warming up

The four South Africans making up Merrell Adventure Addicts have been ploughing their way across the barren, inhospitable coastline and grasslands of southern Chile like a team of oxwagon, with heads down into the fierce headwinds. Two days into the 600km Patagonian Expedition Race and they have already covered half the course distance – 34km

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