Races, trips, adventures or just challenges that members set themselves
36th edition ~ from 25 March to 4 April 2022 ~ 250 km in 7 days In March 2022 Aldo will participate in the legendary Marathon des Sables in the Moroccan Sahara. At 28 years of age, Patrick BAUER decided to make for the Sahara to try to traverse a 350km expanse of uninhabited desert, on foot, alone, where he wouldn’t come across a single village, oasis or watering place. Totally self-sufficient, with a rucksack weighing 35kg and containing water…
12h – 120km On december 11th Serge will participate in the 24h of Barcelona. This ultrarace will take place on a running track. He will attempt to run 120km in 12 hours. In doing so he will be able to qualify for participation in the Spartathlon Ultra race in Greece. SPARTATHLON is a historic ultra-distance foot race that takes place in September of every year in Greece. It is one of the most difficult and satisfying ultra-distance races in the…
370 km – max. 108 hours – 11.500m elevation This race has been cancelled due to Covid. In July 2021, Serge will participate in the Tusker Run. The Tusker is a 230 Mile (370km), non stop, self navigated, semi-supported ultra trail run through the Eden To Addo Wildlife Corridor. Runners will traverse 7 mountain ridges as they race through 5 of the 7 natural biomes in South Africa from the start in Addo to the finish at Diepwalle. About the…
22° In Flanders Fields Marathon – 19/09/2021 at 10am This race has been cancelled due to Covid. No belgian marathon event is more about commemoration than the In Flanders Fields marathon. On the battlefield of WWI all participants will remember the importance of the historic event that took place, in honour of those who gave their lives for our country. IFF Marathon can be ran as a regular marathon or as a relay race. Several of the R2R members will…
On June 6th 2020 Serge and Emanuele would have participated in the 200km estafette Garmin team trail in Spain. Unfortunately, due to Covid19 the Garmin trail 2020 was cancelled. But instead of just cancelling the race they both commited to running their part of the Garmin team trail in their own country. This meant that on June 6th 2020 they ran 100km with a 3.000 meter ascent simultaneously. Friendship, dedication to our community and determination made sure they met their target….
After participating in the 100km del Sahara as a walker Livia got inspired to try running one more time. She did try it more than once in the past but she did always quit before reaching any distance over 5km. This time it was different. When she started running in November 2019 she noticed that the walking had already improved her endurance and being outside also makes her feel close to her missing son. And so running became a welcome…
Unfortunately the Garmin team trail of 2020 was cancelled because of COVID. Determined to each complete their part of the 200km, Serge and Emanuele decided to create their own alternative challenge. Check it out on the member quest page. In october 2019 Serge and Emanuale litteraly ran into each other during the 100km of the Sahara. While running and sweating together in the desert they soon learned that they had a very similar mindset when it comes to physical performance…