western isles challenge
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Try these links for other sites connected to the event or adventure sports generally - it's just a selection of the many hundreds of AR/running links all over the net

Adventure Racing
Running/Triathlon
General Outdoors
Media
Western Isles
Travel/Accommodation

 

Adventure Racing Sites

Adventure Racing Association

Magazine of the "governing body" of AR, which also runs a very useful discussion forum.   You can join this by going here and mailing the message: subscribe ARA-L <your name> (omitting the <>)

Burn Magazine

Excellent US site covering adventure, multi- and extreme sports.  Some areas subscription only

Plateau Magazine

This is a subscription paper magazine, but totally devoted to AR

Beyond Adventure Sports

The original AR website! Comprehensive   with a good calendar, bookstore, training stuff etc and a mailing list

Southern Traverse

Long team    "expedition" Adventure Race in New Zealand

Goldrush

New Zealand relay race of similar distance/format to the WIC

Sea to Summit

Top Canadian race with similar team/solo format to the WIC

Carl Benson's Page

AR Home Page with lots of further links

Mat Mahoney's Page

One of the original AR/ultra-running Home Pages

Robert Nagle's Page

Home Page of one of the top adventure racers, with a good introduction to the sport and recent race reports

ACE Races

"Adventure, Challenge, Endurance". New UK adventure sports company, with races planned for '99

Team MAX

Adventure racing team page with tips, links and a developing forum for your comments and questions on the sport

Marathon des Sables

Adventure race in Morocco. Hot stuff!

Beast of the East

A new (1998) adventure race in Virginia, USA.  Also the site for Odyssey AR, who run a number of other races/training schools etc

Triathlon/Running Sites

220 Triathlon

Online version of 220 Triathlon Magazine, which is developing an extreme sports section

Inside Triathlon

Part of an excellent "great outdoors" site with lots of further links

Triathlete

Online version of Triathlete

Extreme Tri

New internet-based triathlon magazine including reports on selected adventure races

Transition Times

Monthly e-zine, mainly triathlon/duathlon but also some ARs. 

UltraMarathon World

David Blaikie's site, one the original UM sites, with news and a vast array of links

Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon

One of the UK's top fell-running events

Skyrunners

Matt Carpenter's mountain-running site, with some great pictures

Kick!

Josh Clark's general running site, brilliantly designed and with a huge calendar

Run The Planet

Vast running site maintained by the Italian magazine Podismo, with running routes in hundreds of cities around the globe

Transition Times

Excellent Triathlon site with good AR links

General Outdoors Sites

Bluedome

Comprehensive site with a welcome UK bias, reporting all the British adventure events

World Outdoor Web

Dedicated to all aspects of "the Great Outdoors"

Media

DreamTeam Television

Adventure sports film-makers

Rob Howard

UK based adventure sports writer and photographer

Tony Di Zinno

US based sports photographer now specialising in adventure/extreme sports

Mark Pepper

Specialist in sea-sports photography

Western Isles

Joanne Winters' Internet Guide to Scotland

A personal guide to the best places to see and stay in Scotland, including the Western Isles

Hebridean Exploration

Canoe instruction and holidays run by one of the race organisation team, Stephanie Sargent

Virtual Hebrides

Details of accommodation, transport etc within the islands, as well as pages on the culture and history of the Western Isles

Travel/Accommodation etc

Main Tourist Board/Ferries links are here

Scarista House

What we do in the summer, when we are not organising races, and definitely the finest hotel and self-catering accommodation in the entire universe