Team Mountain Designs has secured two of Australia’s top
adventure racers in order to defend their 2013
World Series - XPD Title in Townsville next week. Kathryn Preston who recently achieved a podium
finish with Dave Schloss in Expedition Alaksa (both racing for Rogue) , and
Damon Goerke a two time XPD winner, are replacing Kim Beckinsale and Leo Theoharis
who are both out due to injury. These athletes are used to racing head to head
against each other in events such as Australia’s Premier Adventure Race -
Geoquest and the iconic NZ Adventure Race – Godzone.
The event which commences on 5th August in
Townsville is attracting teams from over 10 countries including top teams from
Australia, New Zealand, France and South Africa. Two of these teams are
currently ranked top 10 in the AR World series – Bivouac Inov8 (NZ) and Team
Raidlight (France). The 700km event which will see teams travel by foot, MTB and kayak from Tropical Islands to remote
outback stations is likely to take most for the top team over 100 hours to complete and they will do this with less
than 10hrs sleep in some cases. XPD is
organised by Sunshine Coast’s Craig Bycroft and Louise Foulkes from Geocentric www.geocentricoutdoors.com.au
Gary and Sloshy will stand out amongst the crowd in their
bright Red ‘Flight Centre Kit’ and will not be without their Hoka shoes on all
of the trekking legs!
Kathryn is looking forward to the adventure of the race and trekking, riding and paddling to places most people will never get to experience. She will be relying on her Salomon XA pro-footwear for comfort and durability.
Kim and Leo will be anxiously watching over the progress of
Team Mountain Designs as the team forges their way with map and compass through
whatever landscape that appears in front of them.
Live GPS tracking and news feeds: live.xpd.com.au
Event Information: www.xpd.com.au
Twitter & Instagram : #xpdar
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