Ok, so we finally emerging from the haziness that takes over an Adventure Racers mind during a race. Your whole focus and being becomes about getting to the next checkpoint, next TA or to the finish. It is about maintaining yourself, maintaining your teammates, maintaining your equipment. Surviving to the end. Oh and also trying […]

To follow the race live go to http://www.arworldchampionship.com It looks like a comprehensive site with leaderboard, live tracking, news, route and trail mail. We will do our best to keep that dot moving consistently, fast and in the correct direction. Please don’t SHOUT at the dot as we can hear you! Send us all your best wishes.

So to follow #ARWC2013 we recommend liking the following Facebook pages – https://www.facebook.com/SleepMonsters https://www.facebook.com/arworldseries https://www.facebook.com/ARcostarica https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tecnu-Extreme-Adventure-Racing/162254323809953 Then Twitter accounts: @ARcostarica @adventurenet I’m sure as the races progresses there will be others that will be worth following. Trawl people, TRAWL for news!

News from 1 Dec – We are just waking here in Costa Rica after a massive opening parade through town and very fancy dinner last night. Impressive show from the town and country officials. Was a hectic day yesterday. Kicked off with briefing in the morning. An extensive snake briefing with pics of snake bites. A

With only a few days remaining until the Merrell Adventure Addicts depart for Costa Rica to compete in the Adventure Racing World Championships, the team has been reminded of just how fickle life can be. On Monday the team received the terrible news that team strongman, Donovan Sims, had been diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia.

With just over two weeks remaining until the start of the 2013 Adventure Racing World Championships (ARWC), the Merrell Adventure Addicts have entered their final phase after an intense two months of training. Adventure Racing, a sport like no other, has mixed gender teams of 4 persons, navigating via compass and map: on foot, mountain

‘Lets Get Outside’ just one of the taglines the Merrell brand and its products of quality outdoor footwear and clothing likes to be associated with. And that is exactly what contenders had in mind when signing up for the 12th edition of the Merrell Eden Duo (MED), get outside, connect with nature, get dirty and

The Merrell Adventure Addicts, fresh off an expedition-styled training camp are awake, alive and raring to go. Graham Bird, Hanno Smit, Donovan Sims and Susan Carter-Brown spent 75 hours exploring the Overberg Region on the Western Cape as they prepare for the Adventure Racing World Championships. “The purpose of this training camp was to build

With just over two months to go until the 2013 Adventure Racing World Championships, it is time for the Merrell Adventure Addicts to come out of hibernation.  After the disappointment of withdrawing from the Expedition Africa in May, the Addicts headed for the hills for some time out and reflection. The success of the Merrell