Sunflower 24-Hour Adventure Race Scheduled For March 29-30
Press Release / 27.01.2008
Bonk Hard Racing, LLC is excited to bring back the Sunflower 24-Hour, a very fast and fun race based in Lawrence, Kansas. The 2008 race will also feature a 12-Hour course, and all racers can expect fantastic single track mountain biking, lake and river canoeing, trail running, urban orienteering, backwoods orienteering, trekking and bushwhacking and ropes. The top 4-person coed team in the 24-Hour course will take home $1000!The 2008 edition of the Sunflower 24-Hour is a part of the Checkpoint Tracker Adventure Racing Series as well as a qualifier for the 2008 USARA National Championships race. Teams will experience a little bit of urban racing in beautiful and historic Lawrence, KS and a whole lot of backwoods racing in the area around Lawrence. Teams may even do some orienteering on the very beautiful Kansas University campus!
The Sunflower 24-Hour is a non-supported race and canoes will be provided. Registration is currently open and the first 100 racers to register for the race will receive very nice Columbia Sportswear Titanium wicking shirts! This is the second stop in the Bonk Hard Adventure Race Series, and all teams will earn points in the Series. If you've never experienced Lawrence and the surrounding area, you are in for a treat!
Bonk Hard Racing would like to thank the following companies for sponsoring our 2008 events:
The North Face - http://www.thenorthface.com
Salomon - http://www.salomonsports.com/
Numa Sport Optics - http://www.numatactical.com/
Columbia Sportswear - http://www.columbiasportswear.com/
To learn more about the race, please visit http://www.bonkhardracing.com.
