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The Race From Hell

The Race From Hell
The story of Bug co-founder Joe Mountain's jungle marathon, where venom, acid and jaguars were all in a day's racing
  • Stage 6 – 32.77km

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    Catch up with Joe's previous stages from The Race From Hell Organisers pre stage info “Sand, sand and more sand and plenty of sunshine. But the end is in sight and *only* 32km until you reach the finish line at the beautiful resort of...
  • Joe’s rest day report

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    Click here to catch up with the previous stages in Joe's Race From Hell . “Hi all, After finishing stage 5 at 3.45am, we then had to find some trees to hang our hammocks. Whilst this was camp, it was like many of the others, not a camp...
  • Stage 5 - Watch the piranhas. And the jaguars. And the...

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    Organisers pre stage info “Watch the piranha and caimans on the water crossing, and the dense population of jaguars in the vicinity of CP4. Face the steepest of climbs and the sharpest of descents, and if you make it out of the forest alive you...
  • Jungle Run Stage 4 - Swimming

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    Organisers pre stage info ”Forget wet feet, you are going for a swim. Lots of flat parts to run if your feet will carry you, but watch out for dense vegetation, and abundance of prickly plants and snakes and spiders. 2 river crossings and 1 swamp...
  • Jungle Run Stage 3 - More horror, more pain!

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    “Combine the horrors of stage one and two and extend the pain. Don’t get lulled into a false sense of security by the flatter parts of the trail. There is much more torture to come! Three river crossings, three swamp crossings.” Joe’s...
  • Stage 2: Mud, ticks, swamps

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    Organiser's pre-stage info: "Mud, mud and more mud. Your feet will be soaked for most of this stage. Expect to be covered in ticks thanks to the swamp crossings! However hard you try it's inevitable that you are going in. But there are still...
  • Stage 1 – Welcome to the jungle

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    Event Name: Jungle Run Location: State of Para, Brazil Distance: 100k Date: September 2010 The organiser's pre-stage information: "A short sharp shock to the system. There is a very high concentration of elevation. This stage could really wipe...
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