Type of Event: Ultra Marathon

A classic city break: Rat Race style. Take on this incredible multisport traverse of the entire Hudson River from its source high in the mountains all the way to where it meets the sea: New York City.

Imagine a journey undertaken on foot, bike and boat that starts in pristine wilderness at a hidden mountain lake, giving rise to one World’s great rivers. Then follow that river as it winds its way downstream, carving a course through a lush valley before finishing as a colossal waterway amidst the most famous icons in America in the hustle and bustle of New York City.

This is Source to City – a multi-sport descent of the mighty Hudson River traversing all 300 miles of its course.

Get ready for a totally unique adventure challenge weekend! Run, ride and kayak as many of our specially designed adventure loops as you can in a 10 hour period – colour-coded green, blue and red for Ratracers of all abilities! Everyone is welcome. This is a solo challenge but there are discounts for those that want to take it on in pairs or groups of 5. Brought to you by Rat Race, the UK’s largest and most-trusted adventure event operator. We present a multi-sport adventure weekend in the hills with an engaging and innovative new format plus a stunning fully-serviced campsite and all the usual Rat Race bells and whistles…

Par équipe de 6 à 9 personnes, ou de 2 à 5 coureurs pour la version Ultra, chaque « Mate » pourra courir plusieurs fois pour aider son équipe à boucler le tour du Lac Léman ! Ce sera au bon vouloir des équipes de construire leur course comme ils l’entendent afin d’accomplir ensemble ce beau challenge. Au total, plus de 200km de paysage à couper le souffle ponctués de fous-rires et moments inoubliables. Cet événement Franco-Suisse verra 29 communes des cantons de Vaud, Valais et Genève ainsi que du département de la Haute-Savoie accueillir un point relais.

The 2020 event will take place on Saturday 10th October.

50 miles, 4000m ascent – a journey on foot from the very top of the Lake District at Caldbeck to the very bottom, at Cartmel, via the stunning Helvellyn Ridge and the western shoreline of Lake Windermere. It might not be the easiest traverse but it will be the most spectacular!

It will be a day never to be forgotten.

Great running on the North Downs Way and Surrey Wildlife Trust reserve at Norbury Park

2986 ft ascent in whole race

Fully signed Long distance Trail route with extra race signage throughout

A journey across the Namib Desert to the Skeleton Coast by foot and fat-bike or foot-only
to reach the most famous shipwreck on Earth…

Namibia means Vast Place. The sand dunes of the Namib Desert and the famous Skeleton Coast are perhaps 2 of the most photographed landscapes in the World – in equal part alluring, evocative, mysterious and foreboding. In the ancient expanse of the Namib Naukluft desert, endless skies merge with towering dunes for hundreds and hundreds of miles. Nothing else. Just sand and sky. And then at the coast, the Atlantic breakers come crashing onto the shore amid colonies of 1000s of seals, rolling in on the cold seas of the Benguela Current all the way from Antarctica.

When we were looking at locations for the Rat Race Bucket List, our eye was drawn to this corner of South West Africa and a stunning photo of a shipwreck landlocked in the desert. You will probably have seen that photo too, but you are unlikely to know much else about it. The wreck is the Eduard Bohlen on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia – perhaps the most famous shipwreck in the World. We were so intrigued that we went to find it; our journey could not have been more spectacular. The route took us across the mighty Kuiseb Riverbed system to the highest sand dunes on Earth in the Namib Naukluft National Park. Then across them to reach the wild Skeleton Coast – exploring abandoned diamond mines and coming across abundant wildlife such as seal, oryx, jackal and the litter of endless whale bones to which the coast gives its name. The place was beyond rugged; beyond wild. And there, sticking out of the desert nearly 1km from the shore, lay the final resting place of the Eduard Bohlen.

50k Trail Ultra in the Surrey Hills.