This is where Legends are made – feats of epic endurance. Pulling together when everything falls apart. Pushing on when everything in you wants to hit the emergency button. Helping your mates and pushing to the edge of what’s possible.
Discover what you’re made of – the stuff of Legends.
RACE DETAILS
Date: 23 Feb - 2 March 2024
Location: VIC, Australia
Duration: 6 days / 500km & 250km (full and half course)
Entries: www.legendexpd.com.au
Team size: 4 person
Part of the ARWS Oceania Series
ABOUT THE RACE
The Legend Expedition Race is a classic non-stop 6 day adventure race involving trekking, mountain biking, kayaking and other adventure disciplines. Teams of four must navigate their way unsupported through an epic 500+km course.
Teams race day and night pushing themselves to the ultimate limits of human endurance. All team members must complete all sections of the course and they must never be separated by more than 100m.
Each course is inspired by the local terrain and kept secret until just hours before the start. At ‘Team Lock Down’ on the day of the race teams receive their maps and race books containing each of the expedition checkpoints they must navigate to in order to complete their journey.
In the spirit of a true expedition, teams are ‘unsupported’, forgoing the comfort and assistance of a support crew. They must meticulously plan all their equipment and sustenance before the race. They pre-pack these into a limited quantity of plastic trunks which are moved to various points on the course by the race organisers.
Throughout the Legend Expedition Race, teams wear satellite tracking devices and this information is displayed on the extremely popular live website.
Photographers, cameramen, and journalists all travel to the event providing world-class coverage of the race.
Legend Expedition Race is a member of the Adventure Racing World Series, an international circuit of premiere adventure races. The Adventure Racing World Championships culminates each year and sees the winning team from series races vying for the World Champion crown.
The Legend Expedition Race Half Course is the same epic adventure but covers half the distance. Teams or 4 have the full 6 days to complete the epic journey under the same expedition conditions that full course racers experience. The legs are just as challenging, but with 6 days and a shorter distance teams have a greater chance to reach the finish line.
“Expect this to be tough – this event is only for those who can race and complete a hard core challenge. Race support will be given with water stations on the course but you will be expected to carry your own water and nutrition for long sections of the course!
— Chris Dixon, Wild & Co Race Designer
Each year a new and exciting course is developed in a new location. Courses are normally linear with teams often transported to the start line and finishing back at race HQ.
The winning teams are estimated to take 3 days to complete the course, all teams have up to 6 days to complete the course. The winning Half Course teams are expected to take 48hrs.
Athletes will need to be self sufficient and prepared for anything as the course and mixture of disciplines on the day will only be revealed hours before the start of the race.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ENTER: www.legendexpd.com.au
