Recce Raid 2022


Dates: 12 May 2022 - 14 May 2022
Trail Running

Venue:

Beelaerts Street, Dullstroom City Dullstroom

Province:

Mpumalanga



Details

he Recce Raid is an epic MTB or Trail Running adventure that will take you to the boundaries of physical and mental toughness while enjoying the wonders of nature and being human. It takes place in the Eastern Escarpment and mountainous areas of Mpumalanga in South Africa.

The Raid Race passes through iconic and unique landscapes, including the Highlands, the Helvetia, Kaapschehoop, Berlin, Elandshoogte and other plantations and natural forests, the Verloren Valley wetlands, the Kwena Basin, the upper Crocodile, and Lunsklip rivers with countless waterfalls, idyllic and remote valleys and gorges, the Komati rivers with Noord Kaap and Suid Kaap tributaries, and more.

The Recce Raid events START and FINISH as below:

MTB events:

MTB Raid 10K | Everessting: 430 km | 10 000 m vertical, starting outside Ngodwana on THURSDAY 12 May 2022 at 11h00
MTB Raid 4424 | Base Camp: 200 km | 4 500 m vertical, starting in Kaapsehoop area on FRIDAY 13 May 2022 at 10h00
MTB Raid 40 Half Marathon | 80 Marathon: 40 km & 80 km events starting in Dullstroom on SATURDAY 14 May 2022 at 09h00

Trail Running events:

Trail Raid 160: 160 km | 5 000 m vertical ‘100 Miler, starting in Kaapsehoop area on FRIDAY 13 May 2022 at 05h30
Trail Raid 100: 100 km | 3 000 m vertical, starting at Elangeni N4 on FRIDAY 13 May 2022 at 15h00
Trail Raid 6 | 12 | 32: 6, 12 & 32 km sub-marathon events starting in Dullstroom on SATURDAY 14 May 2022 at 10h00

All Recce Raid events finish in Dullstroom with the cut-off times between 12h00 - 21h00 on SATURDAY 14 May 2022.

All events will be self-navigated by means of GPS devices on pre-issued GPX route files. Participants in the MTB Raid 80 | 200 | 400 and Trail Raid 32 | 100 | 160 events are self-navigating with GPS devices (or map with compass).

The MTB Raid 40, Trail Raid 6 | 12 events will be partially marked and participants can complete these events without any GPS devices.



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