Course 比賽路線

 

Mongolia 3 day stage race distances & elevation:

 

Location will be approximately 4 hours west of UB with a mixture of grass lands, sand dunes, gobi desert conditions for fast running and hiking.

Category distance:

Ultra marathon category (total 100 km over 3 days):

Day 1 - 42 km (1300m – 1500m - 1300)
Day 2 - 40 km (1300m – 1500m - 1600m - 1300m)
Day 3 - 18 km (1300m – 1500m - 1400m - 1300m)
 
Explorer category - good for hiking (total 60 km over 3 days): (note distance is approximate as within 5km total)
Day 1 - 22 km (1300m - 1500m - 1300m)
Day 2 - 20 km ((1300m – 1650m - 1350m)
Day 3 - 18 km (1300m – 1500m – 1400 - 1300m)

Elevation gain each day around 500m+ and elevation loss around 500m. 

Course Design:
Course will be made up of open grass steppes, jeep track dirt roads, single track mixture of stunning mountain backdrops.. Location kept confidential until night before each day where maps are given out for the next day too keep with the Action Asia tradition of adventure and expecting the unexpected.

Course marking:

Pink and orange ribbons together with yellow arrow signs will be used approximately every 50m thru whole course with signs on all major junctions. Marshals at all major junctions and checkpoints. Course maps will be given out the night before at the race briefing by the Race Director together with time to explain the course of each day in detail as a Action Asia tradition. 

Course Designer:

Designed by Michael Maddess (Race Director & Course Designer) who's organized over 280 events with Action Asia Events and one of the most experienced Race Directors in Asia with a wealth of experience. Michael Maddess an active trail runner, originally from Vancouver, Canada who was Race Director of the World Police Fire Games Triathlon in Canada before moving to Asia, organizes the Action Asia 50 series in Hong Kong (4 races), Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, 3 day 100km ultra marathon stage events in Mongolia, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Yunnan/Sichuan China, Vietnam and Laos, has organized over 17 Action Asia Challenge adventure races across Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan & HK, 2 Vietnam adventure races, 2 Nepal Himalayan Mountain Bike races, over 30 Action SPRINT HK adventure races, 8 Action Asia Off Road HK bike races, worked/competed in numerous other road races/triathlons including finishing 3 Ironman triathlons (10hrs 46min), 1st runner-up in 100km Oxfam trailwalker in 11hrs 16min (record for HK resident) 3x in 13 hrs 25 min, 12hrs 44min, 12hrs 39min, winning team Wilson Trail full & half 5x (78km - 10hr14min), 3rd in HK100 (1st edition) in 12hrs 30min, winner of Sabah 3 day adventure race 3x, 8th overall Gobi 250km race suffering from hypothermia and still holds a couple KOTH HK marathon records. He's also coached dragonboat, soccer and baseball teams, climbed to 16,000+ft in Bhutan, 15,000+ft Nepal Annapurna Basecamp, made it up to 5000m 4Sisters in Sichuan within 24hrs of getting off plane (not recommended) and free jumps off high bridges in Nepal for fun. If he's not outside designing a course, doing something extreme, he's not having fun.