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The top two teams are now on the final stage of the Montane Adventure Race, the 2026 ARWS European Championship.

Estonian ACE Adventure / La Sportiva have a strong lead going into the final ride as they close in on the finish line at Kobæk Strand Hotel & Konference. Masanga Racing Aaros left the final TA about 25 minutes behind.

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Spectacular coasteering in Denmark at the Montane Adventure Race!

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🗺️ THE ROADBOOK IS OUT!
Montane Adventure Race European Championship

For the 50 teams racing, the planning starts now! Read it once. Read it twice. Read it a third time — trust us, you'll catch something new every pass.

We've added historical and cultural facts along the roadbook to give extra depth and flavor to the landscapes you'll be racing through. This isn't just terrain and a race — it's a story of 4,000 years of Danish history.

⏱️ 50 hours until maps arrive at the race briefing at Kobæk Strand Hotel & Konference

www.ar-union.dk/files/EC26/ECRoadbook.pdf

Dansk Adventure Race Union DARU Adventure Racing World Series - European Region

🗺️ THE ROADBOOK IS OUT! 🗺️
Montane Adventure Race European Championship

Your detailed planning starts now. Read it once. Read it twice. Read it a third time — trust us, you'll catch something new every pass.

We've added historical and cultural facts along the roadbook to give extra depth and flavor to the landscapes you'll be racing through. This isn't just terrain and a race — it's a story of 4,000 years of Danish history.

⏱️ 50 hours until maps arrive at the race briefing at Kobæk Strand Hotel & Konference

www.ar-union.dk/files/EC26/ECRoadbook.pdf

'Arthur the King' is proving to be a streaming hit and is into the top 10 on Netflix!

Good to see it getting a bigger audience, which can only be good for adventure racing.

Mark Wahlberg's $40M Movie In Netflix's Top 10 Is One Of His Most Underrated Performances Arthur The King is a heartwarming, must-see movie

Questars Adventure Races in the UK headed north for their latest summer race, visiting Calderdale. Race report to follow soon and there lots more photos on the Questars page.

Here's the wrap up from the Czech Adventure Race, where the final positions were decided on the last stage of a weather affected race.

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It was the third day of CZAR 2026 that finally decided the order of the teams. The first four teams made the cut-off, and after the orienteering section, the battle for the final positions began.

Team Pustolovec Rajd was the only team to complete the entire course with all checkpoints (CONGRATULATIONS!!!). Untamed decided to complete the orienteering section and then head straight back to the finish, setting the benchmark for the two teams behind them.

SK SP Kylešovice, who were in second place at the time, chose to collect the first two nearby trekking checkpoints. The decision paid off, moving them ahead of Untamed in the overall standings.

Klacky faced an even tougher decision. Unable to choose between the options, they settled it the old-fashioned way: with a coin toss or, in this case, a Czech five-koruna coin. Heads meant continuing, and that was exactly what came up. They went on to collect three more checkpoints before heading for the finish.

The decision cost Klacky an extra two and a half hours on the course and even pushed the prize-giving ceremony back by two hours. But it paid off: they secured second place.

After nine hours of rain, the weather finally turned around in the early morning. The finishers arrived under clear skies and bright sunshine, a welcome reward after an exceptionally tough edition of CZAR.

This year's weather was truly extreme. Polish team Mordownik joked that the only thing missing was snow. Maybe next time.

After the prize-giving ceremony came another CZAR tradition: the legendary beer relay. This year's champions? The race organizers themselves.

Written by Dejna Odvody

Day 2 news from the Czech Adventure Race, from Dejna Odvody, where its been very wet night.

The first night was mostly spent paddling. After the leading Slovenian team Pustolovec Rajd, the Czech-Swiss team Untamed arrived. They admitted that the Czech crew had managed to drink six beers between them during their six-hour paddle.

Day 2 started on a friendly note. The teams arrived at TA2 in good spirits, picked up their bikes and headed once again towards the race centre. Along the way, some of them even took a voluntary dip in the river to cool down, the heat was intense.

The big change came in the afternoon, when heavy, persistent rain set in and temperatures dropped below 16°C. Several hours later, the rain is still coming down hard, and the challenging conditions are widening the time gaps between the teams.

The latest reports come from the Slovenian team, who are now battling the cold while tackling the orienteering section. Close behind them is Untamed, who arrived at the orienteering course shortly before 10 p.m. They plan to complete it before heading straight for the finish,skipping the final part of the race.

There is now a significant gap behind the two leading teams. The remaining teams are racing against the only cut-off of the race: they must leave the race centre by midnight to start the final and “royal” MTB discipline. The forecast suggests that the rain could ease considerably later in the night.

With temperatures dropping, racers are doing whatever they can to stay warm and creativity is in full swing. At the checkpoint at Hasenburg Castle, one member of Team Kompar emptied two rubbish bins and pulled one of the bin bags over his clothes as an improvised rain and wind cover.

And at 10 p.m., the MINI race for pairs got underway in the pouring rain. The two-person teams have an 18-hour time limit to complete the course.

The Montane Adventure Race in Denmark switches from winter to summer to host the upcoming European Championships and it looks set to be a blockbuster.

The 36-48 hour course is packed with variety over 19 stages and set up to visit some amazing places, mostly historic locations, and including 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

There is a strong entry and teams know courses by Lars Bukkehave are always full of navigation and tactical choices, interest and no-nonsense endurance.

It's going to be a fun race to follow and SleepMonsters will be there.

Read the full race preview from ARWS below 👇
https://sleepmonsters.com/races.php?article_id=11619

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The 23rd Czech Adventure Race Is Underway

At 10 a.m., the 23rd edition of the legendary Czech Adventure Race got underway. This year’s field is a little smaller, with just seven four-person teams and one two-person team on the start line.

The race takes place in the area north of Prague, in the České středohoří (Central Bohemian Uplands), a landscape known for its rugged volcanic terrain, distinctive cone- and dome-shaped hills, and deep valleys carved by the Elbe River.

After the opening swim-run section, which took around 30 minutes, the teams set off on the first MTB stage. They spent approximately four hours on the bikes before reaching TA2, where they continued with a trekking loop that took around three and a half hours. By then, the gaps between the teams had already started to grow.

As the first night begins, most of the racers are now heading by canoe towards the race centre. The first team is expected to arrive around midnight.

The Slovenian team Pustolovec Rajd is currently leading, followed by the Czech-Swiss team untamed, last year’s winners. Close behind them is the Czech team SK SP Kylešovice.

But the race is still in its very early stages, with plenty of kilometres and challenges ahead. Let’s see how the standings develop throughout the night.

Hundreds of photos and the latest race updates are available on the Czech Adventure Race page.