http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post More mud for yer money! Fri Jul 25 16:32:57 +0100 2008 Hebridean Challenge http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/54 2008-06-26 Details for Saturday's itinerary and other important reminders http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/53 2008-06-22 We've made some more corrections and updated the FAQ. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/52 2008-06-20 We've made a few minor corrections to the route http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/51 2008-06-18 We've published the routes for the 2008 race! http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/50 2008-05-28 We're delighted to welcome Extreme Medics in as medical support for the Heb. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/49 2008-05-19 White sandy beaches fringed by turquoise green seas; remote uninhabited islands; ancient Standing Stones; Brochs and Beehive dwellings; miles of fabulous single track; unrivalled mountain and cliff-top views... http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/48 2008-05-18 The rules for the 2008 race are ready for you to download. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/47 2008-05-15 This year the Heb is generously being supported by <a href="http://www.shelterbox.org/">ShelterBox</a>, a small Cornish charity. We're working with them to give their great, life-saving work more publicity! http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/46 2008-05-11 Bill Horsman is selling his Transit Campervan after this year's Heb. See it at the race or at <a href="http://www.transitcamper.co.uk">transitcamper.co.uk</a> http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/45 2008-04-28 Sponsorship from the Oban outdoor shop Outside Edge. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/44 2008-03-11 If you plan to enter but haven't done so (by paying the deposit) then now is the time! http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/43 2008-03-04 Stef Sargent, new Race Director Paul Corrigan and Route Planner Gavin Earons have been in the thick of exciting planning for the "Heb 2008". http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/42 2008-01-07 We're racing from Eriskay to the Butt of Lewis; some rules changes coming up. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/41 2008-01-05 Gavin Earons will be our Route Planner and in charge of the Daily Results Service. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/40 2007-12-17 Paul Corrigan is the new Race Director; entries are coming in thick and fast for 2008; Stef back in action; routes and results. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/4 2007-10-03 We've launched our new website and we're ready to accept entries for next year's race: 29 June to 4 July 2008. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/14 2007-07-06 We give out prizes; we eat and drink; we dance until we can’t dance any more. I’ve had a ball this evening and apparently a lot of other folk have, too…and the best bit may be that I have a bed and an en suite bathroom all to myself in the very comfortable and hospitable Cross Inn. We’ve done it! http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/19 2007-07-05 The major mountains of Harris await the experienced racer and the unwary Heb-virgin http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/20 2007-07-04 First off is a lovely run up the Urgha Beag track... It is a wonderful place, calm, peaceful and with no living soul in sight, save for the birds. The only sound is birdsong and tumbling water, residue from our heavy downpours. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/21 2007-07-03 South Harris looks like the Caribbean, its beaches at their most golden, its seas turquoise in the shallows, its mountains magnificent. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/22 2007-07-02 Ferry leaves at 0715 and I have to holler at some sleepy campers to get into gear. They are stiff and reluctant! Kayakers leave a little late and get the sharp end of Jeff’s usually gentle tongue, too. Late starts, we know if they don’t, have a horrible knock-on effect throughout the day. http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/23 2007-07-01 arrival at Barra, while folk throw tents onto the croft we’ve been lent. Then I set off the bikes and the runners. Those on foot will bag a few hills and belt back –bikes need to zip to a CP on Vatersay and also circumnavigate the island –it’s a great bike road! http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/24 2007-06-30 We do a brief ‘meet and greet’ and begin the chaos of registration and paying outstanding debts. Kit checks are easy for former ‘Hebites’ but more complex for those who are still sounding-out what they’ve got themselves into! http://www.hebrideanchallenge.com/post/25 2007-06-29 All of us tumble hastily the sixty-odd miles down to the Sound of Harris ferry. Meet up with ‘pair’ Colin and Bennie, our only local competitors –happily, raring to go. Rumour has it Bennie has been training on Harris mountains with rocks in his backpack!