Questars Adventure Race - Wiltshire Downs
Hot Racing with Questars
Daniel Carrivick (Questars) / 17.07.2013
The fourth event in the 2013 Questars Adventure Race Series took place in Wiltshire on Saturday. The race attracted some of the top adventure racing teams from across the country hoping to earn UK Adventure Racing Championship points. Alongside them were lots of ordinary folk, who were out to have some fun and enjoy the challenge, a considerable number of whom had never done an adventure race before.
Starting and finishing in Pewsey, participants had up to a maximum of six hours in which to visit as many checkpoints as possible on foot, by bike and in a kayak. The hard ground provided a fast off road surface on which to run and cycle. Consequently the course was a big one with checkpoints spread out over a large area stretching east along the Vale of Pewsey towards Devizes and north over the Wiltshire Downs to Avebury.
Those looking to visit all the checkpoints would have to cycle a minimum of 50 km, run at least 25 km and kayak 6 km. Anyone achieving this within the time limit would score 1000 points - the maximum number of points available. And as if this wasn’t enough of a challenge it turned out to be the warmest day of the year so far. The heat and humidity took its toll on the 170 teams taking part and the final scores reflected this.
Team Endurancelife were the overall winners with a score of 850 points, 50 more than Team adidas TERREX Prunesco who finished in second place. Mightcontainnuts.com came third with 775 points.
The next race in the 2013 Questars Adventure Race Series takes place on the 7 September in Worcestershire. Like all Questars adventure races, it is suitable for both novice and experienced teams of 1, 2, 3 or 4 people. Find out more at www.questars.co.uk
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