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| www.theomm.com The Original Mountain Marathon company - makers of leanweight products inspired by the event which is the forerunner of all adventure racing, the Original Mountain Marathon, founded in 1968. We at Likeys have all had a go at one of these events and if you have yet to complete - stick it on your 'must do' list - you'll never forget it!
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| www.howies.co.uk A site that is exceptionally entertaining and very informative about its products. You can literally spend hours trawling through the various pages; a particular favourite is the 'think' section. Inspiring stuff in a humorous way. Top site.
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| www.marmot.com The main site for imformation about the company and the superb products they produce.
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| www.craft.se Craft's foundation is its authentic understanding and love for the sporting culture, reflected in its strong involvement in cross-country skiing, biking and running. Constantly working on the optimization of innovative fibres and construction technologies, Crafts base-, mid- and outer layers are the ideal training and competition garments ......
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| www.sleepmonsters.co.uk The adventure racing website for the UK. Masses of info on adventure racing all around Britain and the World ranging from introductory short races to multiday monsters.
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| www.tritalk.co.uk Triathlon is a passion of ours and if by any chance you share that same passion, this is the place to go. Predominantly a forum (with other features lurking in the background) the site is a constant source of information primarily for triathlon, but also at times practically anything else you can imagine!
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| www.therunningbug.co.uk The Running Bug website is devoted to getting the UK running. You'll find advice and features for runners of all abilities, Whether you want to just browse or chat on the beginner friendly forums or find your next race with our free event listings - its all here ...... Click on the logo or visit www.therunningbug.co.uk for more information...... |
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| www.themds.co.uk A no nonsense forum set up by ultra enthusiast Mike Adams. Mike has an entry for 2009 MDS and is passion resulted in the formation of this site in order to gather views, information and opinions from like minded individuals ...... the site contains lots from first hand experience in much more than just the MDS ...... Check it out!
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| www.getultrarunning.eu Ed & Phil are just ordinary runners who have achieved some extraordinary things despite having to work, meet family commitments and have some sort of social life. They want to share their love of running and experience with others and encourage people to go beyond the ordinary to achieve extraordinary things.
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| www.sand-baggers.com Another brilliant desert ultra race for those who enjoy true unadulterated adventure. A 7 day stage race of 150 mile race across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Organised by Dave Scott whose sole ambition is to provide a gruelling yet magical event. Having raced it ourselves we can say that Dave has definately come up trumps with this little beauty!
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| www.littlefatwelshman.co.uk Mart's own creation charting his exploits in the world of ultra racing. Not as up to date as perhaps it should be, but perhaps by listing it here, he might get around to doing something about it! Loads of first hand experience about equipment, nutrition and training, particularly for the middle pack racer ... read on .....
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| www.junglemarathon.com A multi day ultra through the middle of the Amazon jungle. Approximately 150 miles in length that makes races of a similair disatance look easy. One flippin' tough race that helps if you're not scared of snakes and spiders! Click on the logo or visit www.junglemarathon.com for more information...... |
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| www.arcticultra.de One of the best winter ultra marathons in the world, covering 300 miles of complete wilderness where temperatures as low as -40 degrees are not uncommon. Incidentally, Martin happened to be the first athlete from Britain to finsh the race in its inaugural year back in 2003!
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| www.libyanchallenge.com The Libyan Challenge is a 190K non-stop, self-sufficient event with a 4 day time limit that takes place in the Akakus, a fascinating and beautiful UNESCO World Heritage site situated in the Sahara of southern Libya.
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| www.50milechallenge.co.uk/index.html Mike Inkster has completed more than 200 marathons, 10 or more triathlons, swum for 24 hours, completed 10001 sit ups in 10 hours, run 50 miles in 7hrs 28mins, 178 miles in 36hrs and 380 miles in 100hrs. Now that hes getting older hes slowing down and only has occasional bursts of insanity. Hes manged to complete the Marathon des Sables twice (02&03) and the Jungle Marathon in October 2006. Check out his site to read more and check out some of the 'challenges' he now organises ......
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| www.runthemoose.com The Marathon of Ontario Summer Edition (MOOSE) will be the first multi-day footrace in Canada. The six-day, 302km course will follow the Bruce Trail on the Bruce Peninsular from Tobermory to Blue Mountain Resort near Collingwood. As well as being the longest six-day footrace in the world, it is also one of the toughest with terrain to rival the jungle and temperatures to rival the desert.
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