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Posted by Grant on 18. May 2010 19:17
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The XPD Australia race is just underway, and I posted a few updates to the Adventure World Magazine site in the lead up to the start. So far, Orion Adventure is out to an early lead followed by a small pack of teams including most notably Blackheart and a South African team (McCain Adventure...
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Posted by Grant on 11. May 2010 17:43
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Christian "the Ibex" Schneider (pictured above on the right with his Italian co-winner) added to his collection of race victories with a first place finish at the Abbots Way ultra in Italy last weekend. 5,500 meters of elevation gain and 125 km (77 miles) of distance should t...
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Posted by Grant on 6. May 2010 17:47
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I just returned from some travels through Italy and now it's time to get cranking on a lot of adventure racing work . . . and most immediate is my help with the XPD Australia expedition race going on later in May. Check out the Australian race news portal and tell me if you see any simil...
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Posted by Grant on 12. April 2010 20:07
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What an exhilirating Untamed Switzerland this has been. After 3 years of holding this event, I get a common question from racers: "how can the next edition be as good as this one?" In May of 2009 I asked myself that very question, and Jill and I set to work finding the most s...
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Posted by Grant on 10. April 2010 07:40
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I'm waiting for photos to upload, so here's a quick rundown from today
But first, I should mentionthe summary from Stage 1 over at Adventure World Mag. Check it out for maps and more!
Now, back to today and Stage 2. I was shadowing Chris Roberts, taking a coup...
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Posted by Admin on 8. April 2010 15:47
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Untamed Switzerland is an unusual event, and it attracts a colourful cast of characters.
This year, Zurich ultra-runner Jeff Grant -- pictured below with his carbon fiber alphorn -- will be one of the many personalities taking the challenge of 3 days of alpine orienteering/trail running/snow ...
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Posted by Grant on 30. March 2010 00:45
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Just a bit over a week until Untamed Switzerland gets underway. The snow is melting in the low valleys, but up high there's still plenty of cold stuff to go around. It's impossible to predict whether our 3 days of racing in April will be more like Spring, or more like Winter, b...
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Posted by Grant on 22. March 2010 20:50
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Untamed Switzerland is a nice laboratory for us to test out things for our bigger race in New England later in the year. Besides exercising our tracking system and other race media elements, we're trying out some new race bibs. See a pic below (it also shows the official Untamed Sw...
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Posted by Grant on 14. March 2010 07:18
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I just wrapped-up a significant update to www.UntamedAdventure.com/Switzerland -- the stage is set for a great 3-day event in April. Check out the video of me on the "Latest News" page and, yes, I'm sporting a bit of a beard there at the end of the video.
More coming soon,...
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Posted by Grant on 12. March 2010 01:21
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Just posted my latest previewing the 2010 AR World Series, specifically the UK race, over to Adventure World Mag online. I left a lot out of that story, as I had a good email exchange with the race director and he cleared up some misconceptions about their race format as compared to the one ...
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