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  2. Multiday race - Wikipedia

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    Many multiday races are held on tracks or measured loops, which eases provision of aid station support for runners. Stage races are the alternative; these include point to point races such as the Trans-American races, which traverse the North American continent coast to coast, and the Gobi March, [1] a seven-day journey across the Gobi desert, the Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon, a 7-day ...

  3. Kalahari Augrabies Extreme Marathon - Wikipedia

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    The event takes place in the Kalahari Desert in the proximity of the Augrabies Falls on the Orange River. The route traverses the Augrabies Falls National Park, private game parks including Khamkirri, Thorntree and Dabaras and many private farmlands. Due to issues the private landowners have had with the organisers the 2014 event took place ...

  4. 4 Deserts - Wikipedia

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    In 2006 a fourth race, called The Last Desert, took place in Antarctica and was the first year in which all 4 Deserts races were held in the same calendar year. Competitors can enter any of the individual multiday races within the 4 Deserts Race Series, but if they wish to take part in The Last Desert (Antarctica) they must successfully finish ...

  5. Pigeon racing - Wikipedia

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    Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.

  6. MLB to start using ABS challenge system full-time at Triple-A ...

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    The league sent a memo to minor-league club directors on Tuesday announcing that starting on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the ABS challenge system full time, according to ESPN’s Jesse ...

  7. King of the Hammers - Wikipedia

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    King of The Hammers race week has expanded from one race. It is now a series of five races that run throughout the week. The races include a Can AM UTV event on Sunday, the ULTRA4 vs. Rock Bouncer shootout on Monday, the Every Man Challenge Race on Wednesday, and the Toyo Desert Invitational (Unlimited Trophy Trucks) on Thursday. [3] [4]

  8. RacingThePlanet - Wikipedia

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    2010 also saw the first 100 km race organised by the company - the [11] which took place in the desert around Hotan in China's western Xinjiang Province. In 2010 Ryan Sandes of South Africa was crowned 4 Deserts Champion having won all four of the races he competed in, and Marjiana Pellizer of Croatia was crowned women's champion.

  9. Up North Combine - Wikipedia

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    This showed officials and convoy organisers discuss arrangements for the trip to the Vaux-Usher International Gold Tankard Pigeon Race which involved the transport of some 19,000 birds. [ 1 ] Tommy Newton of the Houghton Federation was the owner of the winner of the first race from Lille they organised in 2000, the first winner from that club ...