Sahara Race 2010

The Sahara Race is drawing ever closer, with competitors narrowing down their gear choices and ramping up the training.  A few facts about the Sahara Race 2010:

• Sign up to receive lives updates from the field, click here.
• Congratulations to Jack Denness of the UK who has just successfully completed the Badwater for the twelth time at 75 years old. We're really looking forward to seeing him at the Sahara Race again --  click here to see the field.
• Popular Japanese model Anna Umemiya  will be taking part in the Sahara Race 2010.
• We're really excited about the new course location this year. Competitors will be the first to race through the Valley of the Whales. To check out the photos from the recce, click here.
• Thirty-six countries are represented by competitors registered to take part in the Sahara Race 2010 -- read a feature about some of them by clicking here.
• For convenient shopping for equipment, apparel, nutrition and accessories, visit the dedicated Sahara Race page in the online store by clicking here.

RacingThePlanet will once again be supporting Operation Smile at the race. US$500,000 has been raised through RacingThePlanet for Operation Smile since the 4 Deserts was founded. To read more about RacingThePlanet's partnership with Operation Smile and the medical missions they support, click here.

Atacama Crossing 2011   6-12 March 2011

Next year's Atacama Crossing will follow a similar course to that in 2010, with the host town being San Pedro de Atacama. Now's the perfect time to start training!

• See where the race takes place by viewing the photo gallery, click here.
• To see who is taking part in the race, click here.
• To see the itinerary for the race, click here.
• To visit the website, click here

RacingThePlanet 100

The inaugural Taklamakan Ultramarathon takes place this month on 20 August. The field is strong with RacingThePlanet's Eric LaHaie going head to head with The North Face's Yun Yanqiao at the top of the field. To read the latest news on the Takalamakan Ultramarathon, click here.

Look out for the new websites for the Tibet Ultramarathon and the Kimberley Ultramarathon. Registration is now open for both, click here:

• Tibet Ultramarathon - 13 May 2011
• Kimberley Ultramarathon - 2 September 2011

RacingThePlanet HQ News

• Jordan has been chosen as the location of RacingThePlanet's roving race in 2012. The ancient kingdom boasts some amazing historical and geographical landmarks including a great Wonder of the World, Petra.
• Eric LaHaie will be leading a training camp for current and potential competitors in Hong Kong at the end of this month. Stay tuned for more in other regions of the world.
• There's now an Outlet Store online in the RacingThePlanet store where you can buy apparel from previous races. Check it out here.
• The Showroom in Hong Kong will be expanding soon with the acquisition of new space in Sheung Wan.
• We welcome two new members of staff: Alina Brown (US) to the events team and Erin Bowland (Australia) to the store team.

RacingThePlanet In The Media

• TIME magazine has named the 4 Deserts as the leading endurance footrace in the world for the second year running. The endurance competitons that were placed ahead of the 4 Deserts are 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Tour de France, the Dakar Rally, the Iditarod, and the Cannonball Run. To see the full list, click here.
• Running Fitness profiled Canada's Stephanie Case in their most recent magazine. Some fantastic photos of her at RacingThePlanet: Australia 2010. Click here to read.
• Trail Magazine (Germany) profiled another leading competitor in Australia. Leading photographer Thomas Stachelhaus followed Joey Kelly and you can see the results in the article by clicking here.

• Twenty five (25) competitors qualified to take part in The Last Desert after the recent Gobi March 2010. Eleven (11) of those were 2010's Grand Slam contenders. Read the latest feature about the race by clicking here.
• To see the field of competitors for what promises to be the most competitive Antarctic race so far, click here.
• The Antarctic Dream (above in the picture) has been exclusively chartered by RacingThePlanet and will be filled with competitors, friends, family, media, and staff. Read more about it here.

17-29 November 2010