RacingThePlanet is an off-the-track and rough-race runner in the country, including 4 Deserts. The company also operates outdoor products stores and dry food companies.
Kimberley Ultramarathon 2011 was the subject of parliamentary inquiry in Western Australia after a number of competitors suffered life-threatening burns when a bush shot crashed part of the route.
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History
2002-2008
In 2007, RacingThePlanet became a case study for Harvard Business School and is one of the few case studies to be repeated every year.
2008-2009
In 2009, RacingThePlanet launched an online retail store specializing in selling outerwear, equipment, and nutritional products needed for endurance racing. In 2010, the store has grown to provide a greater range of products for all outdoor activities. Later in the year, The Outdoor Store became Asia's largest online outlet store and has distribution hubs in Hong Kong and UK that enable global distribution.
2010-2011
In 2010 a record of nine competitors completed 4 Deserts Grand Slam, including the first three women to achieve achievement - Samantha Gash of Australia, Lucy Rivers-Bulkeley and Linda Quirk.
Shanghai-based competitors died of heat after competing in 2010 Gobi March. His brother claimed Racing the Planet was "careless" and was not ready.
2010 also saw the first 100 km race organized by the company - which takes place in the desert around Hotan in South Xinjiang Province.
In 2010 Ryan Sandes of South Africa was crowned 4 Deserts Champion after winning all of the four races he attended, and Marjiana Pellizer of Croatia was crowned the women's champion.
On September 2, 2011, at the 100 km show in Kimberly, Western Australia, Turia Pitt, 24, and Kate Sanderson, 35, were left with severe burns as the fire swept through rocky canyons during the inland race. Two people - Michael Hull and Martin van der Merwe - suffered from less serious burns. RacingThePlanet has not compensated the victims or contributed to their medical care, including for Ms Pitt which costs more than $ 2 million. In November 2012, the Government of Western Australia made a $ 450,000 ex gratia payment for each woman.
Originally launched in English, in 2011, Outdoor Shop expanded its ability to include Traditional and Simplified Chinese, as well as French, Spanish and Italian.
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List of events
RacingThePlanet currently has 34 races in total. Events are divided into two categories, but all share certain characteristics.
The characteristic is that every race is held in a remote but historically rich or culturally rich location; that race is a coarse state that they are situated in a jungle environment across a variety of terrains, mostly off track; that competitors must race with their own support to bring all their own food, liquid, and equipment for the race; and that the number of competitors received at each race is limited to ensure that the pure environment remains that way, and that competitors do not feel that they are part of a group so large that they do not get a chance to experience the loneliness of their location.
There is no prize money in any of the events, but those who successfully complete the race are presented with medals at the finish line.
Current race categories include:
4 Deserts
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Merchandise
Since 2004, RacingThePlanet has developed a number of products and their own merchandise for use in endurance racing. In 2009, he launched an online retail store, The Outdoor Store, which sells equipment, clothing, shoes, and nutrition products for sports.
Company information
The CEO is Mary K Gadams, who is also the company's founder. RacingThePlanet is headquartered in Hong Kong where they also have a showroom for The Outdoor Store. There is a second distribution center and an office in Yorkshire in England, which also has showrooms.
There are 16 state managers representing companies in Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan and Spain.
Cause of charity
About half of the competitors at the RacingThePlanet event support charity goals through their participation. RacingThePlanet does not limit the types of causes that are supported.
Due to the remote location of many races, RacingThePlanet chooses to support certain charities in almost every event, which provides support to the local community where the event takes place. The company has a long-term partnership with Operation Smile, and has raised over US $ 500,000 for charities for projects in Vietnam, China and Egypt, often funding missions and operations in local communities where competitors compete.
The company has donated books and sports equipment to schools in the province of Xinjiang where Gobi March is held through the Education Fund Esquel Y. L. Which they also support for several years.
In 2008, the Gobi March lasted just one month after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province on May 12, so that year RacingThePlanet collected a special auction in which friends and family of competitors can bid to buy hot water showers for three competitors at the end of Phase 9 of 90 km. The auction generated nearly US $ 30,000 for Red Cross disaster funds.
Once again in 2010 another earthquake affected a country that played host to the 4 Deserts race. The Chilean earthquake on 27 February occurred just one week before the start of the Atacama Crossing. RacingThePlanet and its competitors and friends community raised US $ 15,000 for Habitat for Humanity in the following weeks.
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4 Deserts
The Four Desert was recognized by Time magazine in 2009 and 2010 as the world's leading series of rugged state endurance. The 250-kilometer (160 million) race lasts for 7 days and 6 stages. Campgrounds are raised every night to competitors where they are reserved places in tents for sleeping, access to hot water, bonfires, medical aid and "CyberTent" where they can view and send messages to family and friends and update their racing blogs. Competitors race from camp to camp every day through a series of checkpoints where they collect drinking water and can seek medical treatment.
Race results are based on the cumulative time taken for the competitor to complete all stages, and the competitor must pass through each checkpoint to collect the finisher medal.
Series 4 Desert consists of Atacama Crossing (Chile), Gobi March (China), Sahara Race (Egypt) and The Last Desert (Antarctica). If a competitor completes the series, they gain membership to the 4 Deserts Club. There are currently 87 members from 4 Deserts Club. Men and women with the highest cumulative ratings in the four races at the finish line of each edition of The Last Desert (Antarctica) were named the 4 Deserts Champion. The 2010 4 Deserts Champions are Ryan Sandes from South Africa and Mirjana Pellizzer from Croatia.
The new phenomenon started by competitors in 2008 is now called 4 Desert Grand Slam. This refers to a competitor trying to complete the fourth race in a calendar year. Only nine competitors - 6 men and 3 women - have so far completed 4 Deserts Grand Slam.
RacingThePlanet
The annual traveling race is called RacingThePlanet. It follows the same format as 4 Event deserts, but moves to a different location every year. Spaniard Salvador Calvo Redondo has scored a record by winning all three editions of RacingThePlanet.
RacingThePlanet: Vietnam 2008
The first roving race took place at the northwestern tip of Vietnam. The event took place at Si Ma Cai after an overnight train ride from Hanoi. Competitors face a 100 kilometer (62 mi) course in Stage 1. Flood and cold records have hit the area that turned the race into the greenest, wettest and wettest to date. The area is full of hilly tribes from Flower H'Mong and Dao Red to Black H'Mong. Competitors found a great festival at the last camp.
Statistics
Date: February 2008
Male winner - Salvador Calvo Redondo, Spain, 28 hours, 17 minutes 50 seconds, Women's winner - Stephanie Case, USA, 32 hours 53 minutes 22 seconds (3 overall)
54 participants started the event, 47 participants finished, and 20 countries represented.
Planet Race: Namibia 2009
The second race in southern Namibia starts at the edge of Fish River Canyon and ends in the town of Luderitz along Skeleton Beach.
The show features a specially constructed staircase to exit from Fish River Canyon, the world's second deep gorge, and 100 kilometers (62 miles) long March. Competitors spend their last night off the show at Skeleton Beach, in an area that has been off limits to visitors for years. The champion is Spanish player Salvador Redondo Calvo who handed Ryan Sandes from South Africa, who was previously 4 Deserts Champion, his only defeat in RacingThePlanet - Ryan finished second. The great Italian runner, Marco Olmo, came in third. Lucy Hilton of Great Britain won the women's division within 29:17:45. The division of the team was won by the Israeli team. Kyoung Tae Song's blind athlete from Korea finished last in 78:21:40.
The Namibian course is considered by competitors who have completed 4 Deserts and other traveling races as the most challenging. British mountaineer and famous adventurer, Annabelle Bond, participated in the race.
Statistics
Date: May 2009
Winner of the man - Salvador Calvo Redondo, Spain, 25 hours 47 minutes 32 seconds Female winner - Lucy Hilton, England, 29 hours, 17 minutes 45 seconds (fourth overall)
214 participants started the event, 167 participants completed, and 38 countries represented.
RacingThePlanet: Australia 2010
The third edition of the traveling race takes place in Western Australia, in the Kimberley region between Kununurra, Gibb River Road, Emma Gorge and El Questro Wilderness Park. Permits are sought for entry and race across aboriginal lands, as well as through the wildlife reserve of El Questro. The logistical challenges for holding a lot of races, including having to helicopter in all equipment and water for a campsite that is completely inaccessible by other means. A late flood means that certain parts of the course should be changed and Gibb River Road impassable for a certain stretch, once again adding to the logistical challenge.
A week before the Icelandic volcano eruption ruined many European competitors' travel plans, with numbers not reaching Australia. The climate is much more humid than many of the competitors used and a number of very experienced endurance athletes are struggling with the conditions in Phase 1. Once again Salvador Calvo Redondo won every stage of the race.
The number of hospital admissions from dehydrated participants caused the Western Australian Police to contact RacingThePlanet. Until the hospitalization, WA Health did not know about the incident.
Statistics
Date: April 2010
Male winner - Salvador Calvo Redondo, Spain, 31 hours 25 minutes 00 seconds Female winner - Lia Farley, USA, 32 hours, 34 minutes 18 seconds (3 overall)
185 participants started the event, 117 participants finished, and 35 countries represented.
Planet Racing: Australia 2011
Competitors Kate Sanderson, Turia Pitt, Michael Hull and Shaun van der Merwe were burned when they faced a major fire. They were badly injured; Kate Sanderson's injury caused some of his left leg amputation. The Western Australian Government conducted an investigation into the planning and action of RacingThePlanet. "The investigation into the 2011 Kimberley Ultramarathon Event" was submitted to the WA Legislative Assembly on August 16, 2012. The investigation found that "the organizers are not legally responsible or blamed for the shock burns for competitors". But the report states the company "does not take all reasonable steps to safeguard competitors, staff or volunteers."
A spokesman for RacingThePlanet said that while "fires and their consequences are tragic and regrettable" they are "unpredictable". However, the investigation found that the company was aware of fires in and around the field on race day and should acknowledge the risks posed to competitors, staff and volunteers. "
In addition, "the company found insufficient consultation with relevant authorities such as St. John Ambulance, and made no arrangements for helicopter use, the report found the company failed to test its communications system before the race.
Statistics
Date: September 2011
The male winner - no, the lady winner who ignored the event - no, the show was ignored
RacingThePlanet: Nepal 2011
In 2011 the race took place in the Annapurna region of Nepal, outside the city of Pokhara. This is the most mountainous of the RacingThePlanet event so far, with a total increase and loss of 18,700 meters (61,300 feet), with the highest altitude reaching 3,200 meters (10,500 ft).
The courses begin at Mardi Kholas and drive through the foothills of the Himalayas through Beni, Poon Hill, Birethanti and Begnas Lake.
The local racing director is Karma Sherpa, the three-time Everest summit who helped set the track on a path used by generations by local Nepalese farmers to reach their plants and water.
Statistics
Date: November 2011
Male winner - Ryan Sandes, South Africa, 25 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds Female winner - Stephanie Case, Canada, 30 hours, 15 minutes 09 seconds (8th overall)
220 participants started the event, 168 participants completed, and 38 countries represented.
RacingThe Planet: Jordan 2012
The Roving Race moved to Jordan in 2012, picking up the Wadi Rum field and finishing at UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra.
The course begins at Wadi Rum and takes its competitors through four world-famous deserts as the operating area of ​​Lawrence of Arabia. The terrain is a landscape that varies from valleys, cliffs, dunes, and canyons before ending outside the treasury of Petra.
The local manager and logistics team are members of the Bedouin community who have lived in the desert for centuries.
The race has the lowest pension record of any RacingThePlanet event, with 92% of competitors completing the race.
Statistics
Date: May 2012
Male winner - Paolo Barghini, Italy, 27 hours 11 minutes 03 seconds Female winner - Katia Figini, Italy, 29 hours, 37 minutes 03 seconds (5th)
153 participants started the event, 131 participants finished, and 38 countries represented.
References
External links
- Official website
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