EXOTIC APPEAL ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENT
News Feed / 17.10.2005
Santa Monica, CA - Endurance runners and adventure seekers from around the world are signing up for the World’s Expedition Run in Costa Rica slated for Jan. 20-30, 2006. Registrants from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Morocco, Latvia, Malaysia and Costa Rica are among those signed on for The Coastal Challenge.
“Costa Rica’s beaches and jungles are unique to the world, and its landscape and culture attract people from around the globe,” said race director Tim Holmstrom. “The international aspect of this event isn’t limited to the location; but the competitors and guests themselves bring diverse backgrounds, languages and customs that will be shared during the race and around the camps each night. We’ve seen a great response from over four continents and these numbers continue to grow as the event draws near.”
Set on the west coast of Costa Rica, Jan. 20-30, 2006, The Coastal Challenge (www.thecoastalchallenge.com) is the world’s only “Expedition Run,”™ releasing runners over 250 kilometers of exotic and wild Costa Rican coastline. Competitors will convene in San Jose, Costa Rica, and will be transported from there to the race start and followed throughout the event by the roving caravan.
For seven days, runners embrace the spirit of adventure, discovery and camaraderie within a long distance running competition while navigating beaches, rock outcroppings, wide river crossings, pristine coastal rainforests and highland mountain ranges. It is an expedition run of epic proportions, equally defined by introducing competitors to the hospitality of the local Tica culture with several evenings of music and fiesta at encampments on or near the beach.
Registration and more information for The Coastal Challenge are available at www.thecoastalchallenge.com
The race welcomes individual, team and relay runners, while Adventure Packages have been created for guests http://www.thecoastalchallenge.com/2006/PR09262005.htm to partake in the culture and coastal adventures throughout the event.</p>
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