Our friends at Running Monkey have kindly added a superb write up from novice ultra runner who took part in his first ultra marathon with Across the Divide. Simon Bright had never run an ultra before he set himself the challenge of taking part in the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon - read how Simon got on here.
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August 31st, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments | 
Ultra marathon advice and training by Steve Clark
ATD Director Steve Clark is an ultra runner junkie! He likes nothing better than to take off with his dog for lengthy runs in and around Somerset. Having completed the London and Edinburgh marathons he took on the MDS. After these challenges he wanted something different so he set up our portfolio of adventure races. Including the Namibia 24 hour Ultra Marathon, the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra and the Grand Canyon 24 hour Ultra.
It is hoped that this article will give the first time ultra marathon runner some pointers about how to approach a training programme for their first race. Because the prospect of completing an ultra is so daunting, many runners set an unrealistic training programme that involves too much training too soon. This will more often than not lead to an early injury that prevents the runner from training.
August 18th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Just Events, Just for Fun, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Team Building, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Iceland Ultra race 2010
ATD Director Mark Hannaford has just returned back from the Iceland Laugavegur Ultra Marathon a beautiful course stretching from Landmannalaugar in the highlands to Thorsmörk, a natural conservation area.
The adventure race blazes a trail through moss fields, meadows of wool grass, steam springs, and bizarre lava formations where various blossoms defy the raw climate.
Do not be fooled by the iconic beauty of this mountain marathon course. This is a tough mountain adventure challenge and having a good race plan is essential. It’s a 55km race that is multi terrain (sand, gravel, grass, snow, ice, rivers and streams). It’s a beautiful run and to top it all off – after the race you get to spend the morning at the http://www.bluelagoon.com – just what’s needed for those tired muscles.
Full race results can be found here.
August 4th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Journal, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Iceland Ultra results are in…..
Our team are in the process of returning home from the Iceland Ultra Marathon but we have the results and the whole team finished
Alan Wood – 83rd – 6:33 ( 3rd in the 18-29 age group)
Tom Black – 133rd – 7:00 (6th in the 18-29 age group)
Alex Beard – 151st – 7:11
Ed Hubbard – 162nd – 7:20 (10th in the 18-29 age group)
Neil Turner – 171st – 7:23
Sara Zoeftig – 220nd – 7:56
Richard Steel – 221st – 7:56
Joanne Venus – 246th – 8:24
Simon Bright – 267th – 9:19
Why not join us in 2011? It’s 55km and is multi terrain (sand, gravel, grass, snow, ice, rivers and streams) . It’s a beautiful run and to top it all off – after the race you get to spend the morning at the Blue Lagoon Spa - just what’s needed for those tired muscles.
July 19th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Iceland, Just Events, Just for Fun, Laugavegur, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, Thorsmork, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Why we run Ultra Marathons by Steve Clark
The first thing that people ask me with when I talk about running ultra marathons is why I do it? Most just cannot comprehend why anyone would enjoy such a sport. This is not an easy question to answer because let’s face it, running further than a marathon is a very painful experience and hardly what most people would class as a fun day out.
On a very basic level marathons just don’t do it for me. I have only ever run two, the London and Edinburgh marathons, and whilst both are great events, I had no desire to run another. All I was ever going to do was try and beat my own time by training harder and quite frankly I think that there is a whole lot more to life than running.
June 22nd, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, Endurance, fundraising, Just Events, Just for Fun, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Top 10 essential items of kit by ATD HQ
Here at ATD we aim to offer you the best experience but also the best advice and tips. We had a little think about what items of kit were essential if you were planning an overseas trip…. this is what we came up with
TOP 10 (well actually it’s 11)
- ipod
- wet wipes
- flip hd camcorder
- LCD headtorch
- toothbrush
- gaffa tap
- pen knife
- ear plugs and sleeping mask
- a good book
- mints
- sense of humour!
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- Flip HD camcorder
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- Sense of Humour
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- Sleeping mask and ear plugs
Let us know if you agree or not….
June 15th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, India, Just Events, Just for Fun, kilimanjaro, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, Trek, trek for charity, ultra marathon, Uncategorized, wilderness running | No Comments |
The Namibia Ultra Race – its not all sweat and tears!!
The team get ready for thier after race world record dune boarding attempt – maybe too much sun??
June 14th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, charity run, fundraising marathon, Namib, Namibia, Runner, Running, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Kobus Alberts writes about his Namibia Ultra experience
Namibia ultra marathon
Kobus Alberts works for our partner company in Namibia, Wild at Heart Safaris, and in May 2010 he took part in the Namibia Ultra Marathon. 126km in 24 hours – that’s 3 marathons! Kobus writes about his experience, through the race, the highs and lows it’s a great read…
June 7th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, charity trek, Corporate, Corporate Event Solutions, Corporate Experience, corporate experiences, Corporate in the community, Corporate Social Responsibilty, CSR, CSR Projects, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Just Events, Just for Fun, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Social Enterprise, Team, Team Building, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
Namibia Race report by Steve Clark
Namibia Marathon and Ultra Marathon 27th May 2010.
This year saw our third edition of the Namibia marathon and Namibia 24hour Ultra marathon. A total of 30 runners lined up on the starting line, with the magnificent Brandberg mountain range as a backdrop and the desert plains stretching out before them towards the Messum crater. Runners came from the UK, Canada, the US, Namibia and South Africa to take part in another epic race across the stunning and inhospitable Namibian desert landscape. This year the Ultra Marathon record was smashed by Tom Adams in a time of 14hours and 1 minute, and the Marathon record was beaten by Angela Landers in a time of 5 hours and 36 minutes. All six marathon runners completed the course, and 19 of the 24 ultra runners finished the course. This was better than 2009 and was mainly due to cooler conditions during the heat of the day.
The race still proved to be one of the toughest ultra marathons out there, and it was inspirational to watch the runners crossing the finish line after a huge test of mental and physical strength. The Across the Divide staff team worked well to ensure the best experience for the runners. Another great race ended with huge enjoyment from all involved. Now the planning starts all over again to make an even better race for 2011, as we strive to make this one of the iconic adventures on the ultra marathon circuit.
“Thank you for an amazing week. The organisation was great and I fear no other race in my future will live up to this one in Namibia” Angela Landers 2010 Marathon Winner.
June 2nd, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, cancer run, Challenge, Charity Challenge, Charity Challenges, Charity Events, charity run, Endurance, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Just Events, Just for Fun, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, open event, Raise funds for the charity of your choice, Runner, Running, Trek, trek for charity, wilderness running | No Comments |
Race results for the Namib Ultra ’10
Below are the results from this years Namib Ultra Marathon with a swath of records being broken.
Amazing achievement by all concerned!
| ULTRA RUNNERS | |||||
| NO | SURNAME | FIRST | FINISH | OVERALL TIME | PLACE |
| 1 | Adams | Thomas | 2301 | 14H 01 MIN | 1ST |
| 13 | Ikonikov | Alexander | 0047 | 15H 47 MIN | 2ND |
| 18 | O’Donovan | Alexandra | 0311 | 18H 11 MIN | 3RD |
| 11 | Hallett | Caroline | 0340 | 18H 40 MIN | 4TH |
| 9 | Farrow | Myles | 0349 | 18H 49 MIN | 5TH |
| 6 | Bowyer | Gavin | 0432 | 19 H 32 MIN | 6TH |
| 14 | Jonsson | Joakim | 0531 | 20H 31MIN | 7TH |
| 23 | Woods | Stephen | 0531 | 20H 31 MIN | 7TH |
| 7 | Bowyer | Justin | 0532 | 20H 32 MIN | 9TH |
| 30 | Irvine | Tanya | 0542 | 20H 42 MIN | 10TH |
| 12 | Hough | Hendrik | 0556 | 20H 56 MIN | 11TH |
| 17 | Nel | Karen | 0556 | 20H 56 MIN | 11TH |
| 20 | Ricketts | Jack | 0630 | 21H 30 MIN | 13TH |
| 3 | Andreasen | Niels | 0632 | 21H 32 MIN | 14TH |
| 2 | Alberts | Jacobus | 0659 | 21H 59 MIN | 15TH |
| 15 | Knight | Trudi | 0743 | 22H 43 MIN | 16TH |
| 5 | Booth | Sarah | 0753 | 22 H 53 MIN | 17TH |
| 19 | Reuben | Jason | 0756 | 22H 53 MIN | 18TH |
| 22 | Siddiqui | Jamile | 0850 | 23H 50 MIN | 19TH |
| 4 | Barber | Kenwynne | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| 8 | Conway | Stewart | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| 10 | Fuller | Suzanne | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| 16 | Murdoch | David | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| 21 | Sadler | Neil | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| MARATHON RUNNERS | |||||
| NO | SURNAME | FIRST | TOTAL TIME | POSITION | |
| 27 | Landers | Angela | 5H 36MIN | 1ST | |
| 24 | Buck | Ryan | 6H 34MIN | 2ND | |
| 25 | Goodall | Helen | 7H 11MIN | 3RD | |
| 28 | Leslie | Judith | 7H 11MIN | 3RD | |
| 26 | Hinton | Tamara | 7H 30MIN | 5TH | |
| 29 | Peck | John | 7H 30MIN | 5TH | |
This is the best run event of its kind I have ever experienced. A very tight team of highly organised, highly motivated and thoroughly professional leaders who made the event so enjoyable and safe. Well done to all your team for a truly great experience. John Peck, from Essex, 2010 competitor.
Thank you for an amazing week. The organisation was great and I fear no other race in my future will love up to this one in Namibia. Best wishes. Angela Landers, from Washington USA, 2010 competitor
Absolutely amazing experience thanks to the support from a great team. I could not have picked a better company or destination for my first ultra marathon.. It was the hardest but most wonderful challenge I have done and I can’t believe I am already planning my next – I only wonder why it took me so long before I did my first. Thank you all very much Tanya Irvine, from London, 2010 competitor.
May 29th, 2010 | adventure race, Adventure Racing, Adventure Travel, Charity Challenges, charity run, fundraising, fundraising marathon, Marathon, Namib, Namibia, Runner, Running, ultra marathon, wilderness running | No Comments |
