HOW WAS IT FOR YOU? ITERA-LITE
HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?
There's a bear, just sitting on the roadside. Surely somebody must have called the emergency services? The B709 is a quiet road, but not that quiet. It slowly dawns on me it's probably not a bear and after some studied looking as I slowly grind past it turns out to be heather. I've entered the hallucination stage of adventure racing. I've been going hard for 40 hours, and the combination of sleep deprivation and exertion is taking its toll.
This is expedition adventure racing and while this particular event is considered a lite version, it's still a three-day, 300km race comprising of running, mountain biking and kayaking, with some special stages thrown in. But this description doesn't do it justice. Once the race starts, the clock is ticking and sleep is optional. You need to be on the ball with your navigation as GPS devices aren't allowed, instead relying only on maps and compasses.
It's my second-ever adventure race after a failed attempt at the fullfat ITERA in 2019 with three friends. We were beaten by the course back then, and this year I've returned with Megan, one of my teammates from 2019, to compete as a pair. After months of
