Race Reports

2025 Race Reports

To the Coast and Back – A Big Finish at ITERA

As ITERA moved into day 5 the leaders crossed the finish line and the race was spread out over the Spey Valley and surrounding hills, and along the dunes, trails and villages of the Moray coastline.

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2025 Race Reports

Team Leaping Fish Win ITERA 2025

Under the stillness of the Highland night, Team Leaping Fish swept into the Badaguish Outdoor Centre at 12:30am on Thursday, their bikes clattering to the ground as they broke into a final run across the finish line. After 84 hours and 30 minutes of relentless racing, they claimed the ITERA...

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2025 Race Reports

The Leaders Race Away and ITERA Lite Joins In

Day three of ITERA dawned with the leaders surging further into the distance, carving out a commanding gap and leaving much of the expedition field in their wake. Behind them, the race remained a test of grit, resolve, and survival — and at 2pm, a fresh wave of competitors joined...

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2025 Race Reports

The Loch Ness Monster Paddle on day 2

Moving into the second day of ITERA the teams arrived at Loch Ness for a stage called Monster Hunting, but it turned into a Monster Stage, and one in which few teams completed in full.

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2025 Race Reports

ITERA starts in the Western Highlands but the Summits are Closed

ITERA 2025 began in the small coastal village of Shieldaig in the Northwest Highlands and teams arrived there by coach just before the midday start.  Their journey was a scenic one on which the roads changed from fast two lane, to single lane, to single track, and as the road...

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2025 Race Reports

The ITERA Route – What we know so far!

Tonight’s race briefing delivered the moment everyone’s been waiting for – the reveal of the expedition route. But there’s a twist: teams have only been given details for the first nine stages, carrying them as far as Transition 9 at Badaguish Outdoor Centre, this year’s race HQ. Armed with maps...

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2025 Race Reports

ITERA 2025: A Calm Before the Storm in the Cairngorms

The scene at Badaguish Outdoor Centre today was one of relaxed anticipation as teams from across the UK – and around the world – arrived for day one of ITERA 2025 registration. Nestled in pine forest on the edge of the Cairngorm Mountains, Badaguish is the perfect staging ground for...

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2025 Race Reports

ITERA and ITERA-lite Return to the Scottish Highlands

Adventure Racing World Series action is back in Scotland – August 10–15 We’re back – and we’re bringing the world with us. From August 10–15, the Scottish Highlands will once again host one of the toughest tests of endurance and teamwork on the planet: ITERA and ITERA Lite.

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2024 Race Reports

ITERA-lite Wales 2024 – Wrap Up Report

Dolgellau Rugby Club was the location for teams to meet and register for the second ITERA Lite today and they arrived on a slightly damp and cool day, with the surrounding hills swathed in low cloud and mist.

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2024 Race Reports

ITERA-lite Wales 2024 – Briefing & Map Reveal

Dolgellau Rugby Club was the location for teams to meet and register for the second ITERA Lite today and they arrived on a slightly damp and cool day, with the surrounding hills swathed in low cloud and mist.

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2023 Race Reports

The Final Teams Cross the Finish Line

At 08.50 on a rainy Monday morning, the final competitors crossed the finish line at ITERA-Lite to bring the race to a successful close after three tough days of racing through the Scottish Borders.

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2023 Race Reports

Team EnduranceLife Red Win ITERA-lite

At 17.34 Team Endurancelife Red (Tom Davies/Ben Turner/Nick Gracie/Natalie Taylor) crossed the finish line of ITERA-Lite at the Selkirk Rugby Club to complete a convincing win.

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2023 Race Reports

ITERA-lite Starts to Bite

Moving through the second night of the race the pace slowed, teams stopped to get some sleep, the heavy rain showers continued and the long bike ride came to end, to be replaced a long trek of somewhere between 10 and 15 hours.

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2023 Race Reports

Zipping Through Kielder

On the first morning (and second day) of ITERA Lite teams were visiting England for a morning of fun and games at the Calvert Trust Outdoor Centre in the Kielder National Park.

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2023 Race Reports

Down the Tweed and Over The Cheviots

ITERA-lite started at 4pm outside the impressive and imposing Ettrick and Yarrow Mill in Selkirk. It was only a 15 minute walk from the HQ in the Rugby Club and Race Director Paul McGreal told the assembled racers he wanted to find a start location that reflected the history of...

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2023 Race Reports

ITERA-lite Briefing

Teams have assembled at the Selkirk Rugby Club in the Scottish Borders for ITERA-Lite, ready to start the 345km AR World Series Europe Race.

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2023 Race Reports

ITERA-lite Adventure Race Build Up

The inaugural ITERA-lite Adventure Race sees competitors arriving in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders from all around the UK, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand and Ireland.

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