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'Ireland's Toughest Race' Brings Elite Athletes To Donegal
#Kayaking - It's been two years since David Burns and Maghnus Collins completed their epic 16,000-mile, 292-day Silk Roads to Shanghai adventure by foot, bike, raft and kayak.
They became in the process the first people to navigate Asia's longest river, the Yangtze, from source to sea by kayak.
In the meantime, they've kept their ambitions closer to home, but no less adventurous – starting a gruelling 24-hour challenge in the rugged landscape of Donegal simply called The Race.
As SportsJoe.ie reports, The Race is no ordinary race. Think a triathlon – running, cycling and swimming – but swap out the swimming for kayaking, add on an extra discipline (in thus case climbing) and cap it off with a full marathon run through the night.
All in all, competitors must cover a distance of 250km within 24 hours. And amazingly, there are some who can do that with hours to spare.
Take Canadian athlete Ben Wells, who set the record of 15 hours and 22 minutes in last year's race, and believes that even that time can be beaten in this year's even scheduled for next weekend, 7-8 March.
But for most of those taking part, only 10% "will be aiming to win it," says Burns. "The rest will be testing themselves against the course.
"The camaraderie was massive last year - everybody was willing the next person on, giving encouragement. We're expecting the same this year."
SportsJoe.ie has much more on the story HERE.
