by Jason Black, Race Organiser/Director 8 hours of non-stop activity is hard work in anyone’s book, period. However, finishing the race should be achievable for teams who start with a reasonable fitness base, and then complete a specific endurance-training program prior to the race. Whatever the race strategy you choose, the successful teams will know their strengths and weaknesses, and plan their race accordingly. Both courses that we have designed it NOT technical. It is our aim to push you physically and mentally, not technically. You should also consider that a lot of teams wont be in the race to compete for first place, their aim will be to simply finish. They enter because they want to push themselves and their teams harder than they think is possible, and for longer than they believe they can. They want to challenge their perceived limits and go past them!. However teams should remember that they are firstly competing against themselves, and we encourage them regardless of speed and pace to keep pushing to see if they can complete the course.