Rogue Adventure

Raid 100 entries opened a week ago and the event is already half full. This will be the third edition of the race. Did you know that there are 41 athletes who competed in both of the previous events from a field of 130 each year? Were you one of them? Of these competitors, 8 have already secured an entry to keep the streak alive: great work Mark Wilson (pictured), Grant Pepper, Helen and Ed Steenbergen, Tamyka Bell, Mark Murray, Andrew Scott and Steve Amor. We’re excited to have you back again. Come and join them on the greatest rogaining challenge in the world. https://raidadventures.com/the-raid-100/

Early bird entries are now open for the Raid 100!

https://raidadventures.com/the-raid-100/

Places are capped and offered on a first come, first serve basis, so get in quick to secure your spot. Teams should also note that there is a major fishing competition with 10,000 fisherman wrapping up on the first weekend of the race and would therefore do well to look at securing accommodation early.

Entrie have now opened for the Escape Raid. We're set for a cracking weekend of rogaining and camping. Full details along with the entry link can be found here: Experience Somerset

The Escape Raid – Raid Adventures The Escape Raid THE ESCAPE RAID KEY DETAILS Date: 19-20 October, 2024Location: Lake Wivenhoe, QLDTeam Size: Teams of 2 to 5 competitorsCategories: Mixed, Male and FemaleEvents: 3 Events – 1 WeekendEntries: Open Monday 1 July, 2024 ESCAPE RAID RACE DOCUMENT RACE DESCRIPTIONS Raid Adventures is...

We're excited to announce that the third edition of the Raid 100 will head to the Discovery Coast region of Queensland. The seaside town of Tannum Sands will play host to the world's only expedition-length, rogaine-format adventure race from 4-9 May 2025.

The race returns with its familiar format of 100 check points spread over 100 hours of trekking, mountain biking, packrafting and navigating. The Raid 100 will double as the Adventure 1 Oceania World Cup in 2025.

Entries open in just over a week on Monday 8 July. Places are capped, so be sure to get in early - this not a race to be missed. Full details on the race announcement can be found here:

https://raidadventures.com/raid-100-heads-to-the-discovery-coast/

Something a little different for a Monday morning. Back in 2015 I collected a bunch of sleep and activity data from teams racing in Expedition Alaska and XPD in collaboration with researchers at the University of Queensland. The subsequent paper was released for publication today - full article can be found over at the following link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejsc.12143

A quick plug for another fantastic event on the South East Queensland calendar. The Untamed Border Run has now opened entries for it's second year. This is a fantastic, community minded trail running race put on by some very experienced rogainers and adventure racers who want to share their beautiful part of the world with you, giving access to otherwise inaccessible private properties. With a range of distances up to 50km, this race should be on everyone's bucket list.

Untamed Border Events Fun Outdoors Community in Border Country

Those of you who raced the Rogue Raid likely would have seen Emanuel Gunton tearing around the course following teams with his camera equipment. This is the video he produced of the race that captures the action nicely.

2024 Rogue Raid All of the racing action from the 2024 Rogue Raid 24 hour adventure race. Videography and editting by Emanuel Gunton of Terra Film.

A wrap up on all the Rogue Raid racing action from last weekend is now up here: https://raidadventures.com/2024roguereport/ - Congratulations to all the teams that took on the challenge of another epic Rogue course. Can't wait to see you back for something even bigger next year!
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Hike a kayak? Does this qualify as a new adventure racing discipline? Did anyone have any crafty navigational moves to avoid getting stuck in the mud?

Individual team GPS track can now be downloaded for prosperity from the link below. After all, if it's not a Strava, did it really happen?

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The first Rogue Raid race reports has landed with team Participation Award kicking off the show. Read about Luke and Andrew's "event" here: https://raidadventures.com/team-participation-award/

After catching up on our beauty sleep, we've sat down and finalised all the results from the Rogue Raid over the weekend, including calculating penalties for OOB infringements, etc. Congratulations to back-to-back winners of the 24 hour race, the Alpine Avengers along with winners of the 6 hour event My GC Physio.

Final results can be found on the results page linked below. Be sure to check out the tracking replay, photos, maps and more (and send us your race reports to share!): https://raidadventures.com/results/2024-results/

A selection of brilliant photos from Margarete Oti from the first day of racing at the Rogue Raid. Full album to come soon...

Dawn on a new day and the racing is too close to call at the Rogie Raid. Check out all the action with the leaderboard and live tracking site at https://raidadventures.com/2024live/ Photo credit: Margarete Oti.

Racing has at the Rogue Raid 24 hour race! Teams are on the first kayak stage. We've already seen a route choice split on the way to CP1.

Live tracking of teams can be found here - check out your favourite team's and their different route choices: https://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20240504rogueraid/

A leaderboard will be updated with teams scores as they roll through the transition areas here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ijunij3chv_pMGblmLanlbeKoD_chYCujo7QQ6d1rw8/edit?usp=sharing

(Note that team #7 Rougish Tiger's tracker is not updating but we will swap it out at the first transition area).

A direct link to the live tracking of the Rogue can be found here:
https://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/20240504rogueraid/ - This will go live at 7am once maps are handed out tomorrow.

More information from the race including photos, maps, etc can will be updated on the race live site here: https://raidadventures.com/2024live/

Raid Adventures Live Tracking Check in on all the teams and follow their every navigational move. A link to live tracking will go live at 7am on race day HERE. Leaderboard A live leaderboard will be updated throughout the race with team’s scores as they pass through transition HERE. Photo Galleries Photos from th...

The very last control has gone out on course for the Rogue Raid, ready and waiting for teams. Time to taper and rest up - I assume everyone is already packed, ready to go with no last second jobs to sort out right??? Visit Moreton Bay Adventure 1

A quick little preview of the Rogue Raid. This time in one week, teams will be in the thick of racing: https://raidadventures.com/ready-for-racing-at-the-rogue/

This year's Rogue Raid is shaping up to be another competitive edition, with the top two teams from last year's race ready to battle it out again. We're also excited to be welcoming our interstate vistiors and regular Kiwi crew back to the race. Competitors will be emailed in the week before the race with final details. Check out the latest press release from the race here:
https://raidadventures.com/rogue-raid-moreton-bay/
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Winning team at the Rogue Raid will take home a free entry to the Adventure 1 Asia World Cup in Malaysia later this year. The team hosting the Malaysia IRON BOUND A1 Series race put in a massive effort to host a dynamic, exotic and exciting course.

Entries for the 24 hour Rogue Raid will close shortly, with over 50 teams currently entered, including some of the country's best. If you are looking to race the 24 hour event and see the best bits that Visit Moreton Bay has to offer, now is the time to get your entry in. We have plenty of spots still open in the 6 hour short course option if you are after something less daunting than 24 hours of non-stop racing.

https://raidadventures.com/the-rogue-raid/

The last of the controls will go out soon as we put the finishing touches on the course. Hopefully everyone's training is heading in the right direction. We'll be seeing you on the start line soon.

Looking for accommodation options for the upcoming Rogue Raid? Be sure to check out the https://www.visitmoretonbayregion.com/ for local options, along with plenty of other activities to explore in the area during your stay. There are a few check points hidden away in this picture. The race is proudly supported by Visit Moreton Bay

Dear Racers. Details on the mystery discipline for the upcoming Rogue Raid are now available via the attached link: Visit Moreton Bay

Man turns mammoth 400kg prize-winning pumpkin into a canoe, paddles it down river A fan of shenanigans and the unnecessary, the former commodore of the Tumut Canoe Club donned a captain's hat and pipe to paddle the biggest pumpkin grown in Australia this year down a river, Popeye style.

Congratulations to all those competitors who took on the 8th edition of the Wildfire Raid over the weekend. Full results can now be found over at https://raidadventures.com/results/2024-results/

The overall win for the 3 hour event was taken out by team "Smash and Crash" with experienced vetrans of the sport team 3 Points of Contact notching up another victory in the 6 hour event.

A selection of photos from the race can be found below with race maps also uploaded to the results page. A big thank you once again to event sponsors Wildfire Sports & Trek and Visit Scenic Rim

As we load up the gear for tomorrow's Wildfire Raid, it's never too early to get excited about the 15th edition of the Rogue Raid. With 86 check points to set, we've stolen a march on the job and have begun tucking flags and punches away in the hidden creek lines and spurs of the Moreton Bay region.

The course is looking fantastic with a ton of variey in terrain. Although we are at a coastal location, we've still found a hill or two to feature for those up to the challenge of nabbing some big points. Here are a couple of snap shots from around the course.

With the availability of additional kayaks, we still have some places open in the 24 hour course option over at https://raidadventures.com/the-rogue-raid/ and plenty of spots in the 6 hour race.

Just 43 more sleeps until race day - how's the training going?

Check out Visit Moreton Bay for all your training adventures.

The first of 87 (!) check points for the Rogue Raid went out into the field last week. CP-17 pictured here is a particularly challenging offering. With almost 30 more controls than a standard Rogue 24 hour course, the route choices are wide open and teams will need to bring their A-game when it comes to strategy to pick their optimal route best suited to their strengths. It's going to be a bumper race.

We still have a couple of places availabe in the 24 hour event, and plenty of spots on the 6 hour course: https://raidadventures.com/the-rogue-raid/

The race runs from 4-5 May, 2024 out of Donnybrook in Moreton Bay. Be sure to check out Visit Moreton Bay for local accommodation options and other adventures to explore in the area.

Entries are now open for the Rogue Raid 24hr and 6hr course options! The race is heading to the Moreton Bay region on 4-5 May, 2024 and with early bird entries only open for a month, this is a ticket you don't want to miss. Full details including entry link can be found here: https://raidadventures.com/the-rogue-raid/ - see you at the Rogue.

This post brings us to the final of our series looking back over 15 years of Rogue Raid highlights. The 2023 race returned to Lake Wivenhoe (albeit with a different race HQ location), incorporating areas used in 2010, 2016 and 2017, along with all new locations never seen at an adventure race before. The race kicked off with an interesting stage requiring teams to collect a number of optional check points on foot before swimming down to the first transition area and jumping on kayaks for a long downriver paddle on the Brisbane River. From Savages Crossing, teams mounted bikes for a tough ride into the back of D’Aguilar National Park through to the Mermaid Mountain trailhead. A massive overnight storm made trekking and navigation through the night even more difficult. A long bike leg along the relatively flat Brisbane Valley Rail Trail took teams to the shores of Lake Wivenhoe for a kayak and trek loop, before finishing on bikes back at HQ below the dam wall.

On the competitive side of things, it was team Alpine Avengers (Dave Schloss, Elizabeth Dornom, Glenn Wilkinson and Oskar Booth) who managed the upset come from behind win, the result being all the more impressive with the Rogue Raid hosting the most competitive field of any adventure race in Australia in 2023. If you want to be part of the Rogue Raid future, entries open for this year’s race tomorrow, Monday 8 January. There are both 24 hour and 6 hour course options, so something for everyone. Check out all the race details and get your entries in here: https://raidadventures.com/the-rogue-raid/