Mawson Mega Marathon - Ultra Racing is alive and Well Down Under

[Pizzaz]

This weekend sees the inagural running of the Mawson Mega Marathon in South Australia - a 876km (545 or so miles) ride from the North of South Australia to the South Australian capital, Adelaide.

The route is fairly flat and fast but made challenging by the often 150km+ distances between services (including water) particularly in the more remote parts of the Australian outback.

So far there is a small group of 5 (possibly 6) in for the not-so Grand Depart on Friday 7am (AEST).

There is more detail on the blog at http://www.mawsonmegamarathon.blogspot.com and for those dedicated to chasing the blue dots it will be available at http://trackleaders.com/mawson13

Enjoy and hope to see some overseas visitors for the next one!

[Pizzaz]

Hey all, in the end we got 5 intrepid starters and a 100% failure rate... an Antarctic front swept through on day 3 and it pretty much makes the roads impassable!  (average temp on day 1 - 24'C, Day 3... 3'C with rain and 60km/h winds).  Shows that even a pretty simple route can catch you out!

Write up on the blog at http://www.wannaberacer.info - good thing from an organiser's perspective is that I have 5 entrants hungry for next year!