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Örnsköldsvik, 23 January 2006 |
| Now we are facing a new exciting adventure racing year, and the preparation for the AR World
Championship 2006, is going really good.
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ARWorld Series Dates to be Announced |
| The dates and events in the ARWorld Series 2006 will be announced on the new arworldseries.com website shortly |
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All Teams Home in 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship |
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All teams in the 2005 Adventure Racing World Championship have arrived home although some a little later than others.
Cross Sportswear crossed the finish at 6.47pm and Sierra International at 7.58pm last night.But the Kiwi team Orion Adventure did not arrive out of the bush at TA 10 until this morning at 8.15am. They missed the after party function and are all in good spirits! |
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Merrell finish |
| Merrell Wigwam have made it to Tauranga Bay in sixth place. |
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Fourth and fifth are in |
| Port Nelson has finished the race in fourth at 4.21pm 22 minutes ahead of Swedish team Halti who came in fifth. |
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07-Sep-2010 02:43:57 |
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Nike Balance Bar Runner Up World Champion |
| 19-Nov-2005 12:38:38 |
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The US team Nike Balance Bar crossed the finish line in second place at 11.22am this morning, almost 13 hours behind Balance Vector, looking fresh and claiming the course was "excellent suffering."
Team member Ian Adamson told ARWorld Series director Geoff Hunt who welcomed them over the finish line that there are "many classes of suffering but that was excellent in every category."
Captain Mike Kloser says they got caught a lot at night time on the treks which probably made them at least four times slower. By contrast Balance Vector did a lot of their trekking in the daytime.
"it's a totally different world at nightime. Once the sun goes down its like Vietnam out there,"
says Monique Merrill.
The team made one major mistake in the Lyell range which cost them about five hours but otherwise didn't go wrong too often.
"We weren't making mistakes , we were learning to navigate the terrain," says Adamson. "We did try to go down a canyon at one stage into some waterfalls which was a bad idea."
The team slept for around seven hours the entire trip but Admason says he clocked up an extra hour.
"They kept snoring in the cave and I had to keep apologising to the guide," laughs Merrill.
Nike did not like the 89km mountain biking section and like Balance Vector say they had to carry their bikes a lot of the way.
"You should try going through there at night carrying your bike and a big pack," they challenged Hunt.
Nike Balance Bar is followed by GoLite Timberland which is currently on the last stage beachwalking to the finish. Port Nelson which is lying in fourth place has arrived at the Charleston Cliffs to begin abseiling.
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