Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Velenje City Adventure(race)

We did it again. The Second Velenje City Adventure(race) that was going on on the Saturday the 26. of May.
It was a sunny day and we started early in the morning (I got up at 5:45AM) and started to put race together. Many preparations were done over last few months and the majority of them in last few weeks. We prepared good for this race and made it one of the best City adventure(race)s in our history.
The weather was on our site the whole day. It was hot but beautiful. Like in all City adventure(race)s there were two categories of race. 40 km track and 80 km track. The track was separated in more stages: trekking, swimming, paddling, mountain biking, caving and additional stages for 80 km: roller blading and canyoning.
There were 51 teams altogether, 23 in the longer and the rest in shorter category. The start of the race was at 10:00 AM in the center of Velenje and the two teams were starting the race each minute.
The fastest team on short track needed 4h and 28 minutes to get through the track and the fastest team on the longer track needed few minutes less then 7 hours to complete the race.
The most difficult part of the race was trekking. Not just because of the length of it but also because of great heat.
The race was concluded at 20:30 PM. All the teams were fascinated about the track.
You can find more abut the race on www.adventurerace.si. The City adventures are primary ment for teams from Slovenia and that is why the page for City adventures is in Slovene only.
But we also organize a longer race for teams of 4 (at least one women) that will start on 22. June and will last for two days. That race is international and if you would like to try it check the page of Adventure Race Slovenia.

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