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Winners of The North Face® Endurance Challenge Championship (U.S.), The North Face® Canadian Death Race (Canada), The North Face® 100 (China), The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® (Europe), and The North Face® Ultra Maratón de los Andes (South America) will receive an expenses-paid trip to race at one of the other four races. The choice is yours!
Only the premiere/longest distance of each event, applies to this offer. Details on race choices are listed below.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Beijing, China
The inaugural TNF 100 Beijing is the first official 100K endurance run in China and is the culmintation of the Asia series. The grueling course features trails and dirt road along the century old landmark - The Great Wall. The 100K start line is at the foot of the Juyongguan Great Wall in Changping and the finish line is set at Shisanling Reservoir in Changping; 40K and 10K start line and finish line are both at Shisanling Reservoir in Changping.
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Alberta, Canada
For nearly a decade, elite racers have come here to cheat Death in one of the world's toughest endurance races. The 125K course begins and ends on a 4200 foot plateau, passes over three mountain summits and includes 17,000 feet of elevation change and a major river crossing at the spectacular Hell's Gate canyon at the confluence of the Smoky and Sulphur Rivers. During the August long weekend each year, athletes, individually and in relays, push themselves to the limits of their endurance against the breathtaking background of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Each year, well-trained and totally committed, they battle heat, cold, altitude and themselves. There are no big cash prizes for winning: finishing is hard enough. And the bragging rights are priceless.
The race begins and ends in Grande Cache, Alberta. The first leg is the shortest at 19 km, the second is the most technical, the third is considered the easiest section, the fourth is the longest at 38KM, and the last leg to the finish line is of (comparatively) intermediate difficulty. Be ready!
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Chamonix, France
The 2009 edition of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® offers a fabulous adventure through three countries. Approximately 166K and 9400M of positive altitude change on semi-autonomy. The range is a permanent show of rocks, water, ice, and light allowing one to discover an incomparable universe, the impressive and magical high mountains, and share the eternal dream of the pioneers. From the Chamonix Valley to Courmayeur, from the wild Val Ferret to Bovine, along the French, Italian and Swiss sides, the track ventures between pastures, glaciers and peaks, crossing the Cols du Bonhomme, Seigne, Grand Ferret, and Balme.
Major difficulties to note: Ascension of high passes (col de Voza, col du Bonhomme, col de la Seigne, grand col Ferret) as well as the ridge of the Mont favre, the Bertone Refuge, Bovine, Tseppes and Tęte au vent. Downhill tracks towards Saint Gervais, Courmayeur, La Fouly, Trient and Vallorcine. Read More
The 2010 edition of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® Within the The North Face® Endurance Challenge Series,
only the Gore-Tex® 50 Mile races, as the longest of the 4 races, earn runners points towards qualifying.
Santiago, Chile
"Running at the feet of the Andes Mountains" - The highest peaks of the Andes, near the capital city of Santiago, Chile, present an impressive background for The North Face® Ultra Maratón de Los Andes. 2009 will be the second year of the race, following a network of trails in the Andean foothills, starting near 700 meters (2300 feet) and ascending to nearly 2,200 meters (7200 feet). The course is a fairly technical, crossing a variety of terrain: smooth track and abundant vegetation in the low altitudes to rocky mountain terrain and minimal vegetation at the higher altitudes. The race will take place during the middle of spring, on October 10th, when the climate is pleasant and the mountain vegetation is seen in all its splendor. The race offers multiple distances: 80K, 21K, 10K and Super Kids (2K and 4K) categories.
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San Francisco, CA – Championship
Situated in the visually stunning Marin Headlands just north of the city, The North Face® Endurance Challenge Championship course has surprised runners with both its scenery and amount of elevation change. Participants are encouraged to train for repeated uphills and downhills of several hundred feet at a time. It is essential that participants select the appropriate race distance, based on their preparation and experience.
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