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RacingThePlanet: Iceland 2013 has concluded. The final four competitors, Team CEIBS, crossed the final finish line at 13:24 local Icelandic time in a time of 3 hours and 24 minutes... -
Iceland 2013 Highlights Video
Watch the highlights of the sixth Roving Race in Iceland.
Last updated: Oct 28, 2013 -
New Feature: View from the Front
For most RacingThePlanet competitors, it's hard to imagine crossing the finish line first. -
New Feature: Love on the Run
For most women, the perfect engagement involves champagne and a ring; the honeymoon, a tropical beach and cocktails. But for RacingThePlanet women, romance can be a little different: grueling runs across the desert by day, freeze-dried meals and an eight-person tent by night. -
Stage 6 and overall results are out!
Mo Foustok, Overall Champion of RacingThePlanet: Iceland 2013, completed the final stage in 46 minutes 8 seconds. The final four competitors, Team CEIBS, crossed the final finish line at 13:24 local Icelandic time in a time of 3 hours and 24 minutes for Stage 6. -
Stage 5 photos are live
Some Stage 5 photos are now live! More to come later in the day... -
Stage 4 photos and videos are live!
The highlights of Stage 4 were the Lava Tube, and crossing the farm area of Thingvallavatn, which is the birth place of Iceland Government. -
Stage 3 photos and videos are live
In this stage, competitors had to run through the Black Sand Desert between more lava fields. -
Stage 2 photos and videos are live
Stage 2 saw competitors race pass the Langjokull Glacier, lava fields and the black sand desert. -
Results are out!
Results of Stage 1 and 2 are now live
RacingThePlanet Celebrates its 40th Event
Founded in 2002, more big plans are in the pipeline after 40 events.
Founded in 2002, more big plans are in the pipeline after 40 events.
New Feature: View from the Front
For most RacingThePlanet competitors, it's hard to imagine finishing first.
For most RacingThePlanet competitors, it's hard to imagine finishing first.
New Feature: Iceland in Six Words
We present Iceland in six words: some poetic, some funny, many about the wind.
We present Iceland in six words: some poetic, some funny, many about the wind.
Hanging Up his Stethoscope to Compete in Iceland
The ER doctor and regular medical director of RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts events
The ER doctor and regular medical director of RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts events
- Pre-Race
Saturday, 3 August 2013: Pre-Race Update The largest group of competitors RacingThePlanet has ever seen gathered at ... - Stage 1
Sunday, 4 August 2013: Stage 1 Update RacingThePlanet competitors carry everything they need on their back – except... - Stage 2
<p><font size="3"><strong>Monday, 5 August 2013: Stage 2 Update</strong></font></p> ... - Stage 3
Tuesday, 6 August 2013: Stage 3 Update Stage 3, The Black Sand Desert, started at 9:30 a.m. with clear skies, a mild wind... - Stage 4
Wednesday, 7 August 2013: Stage 4 Update Camp 4, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, was covered by fog this morning as the sun rose on a w... - Stage 5
Thursday - Friday, 8 - 9 August 2013: Stage 5 Update Competitors were slow to move out of their sleeping bags ... - Stage 6
Saturday, 10 August 2013: Stage 6 Update “I’m cold, I stink, my legs hurt – but otherwise, everyt... - Post-Race
Sunday, 11 August 2013: Post-Race Update RacingThePlanet: Iceland 2013 concluded at the famous Blue Lagoon six days after...

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CANADAN RUNNING: Running for Freedom in Afghanistan - Training for RacingThePlanet August 20, 2018
In 2014, when Case first had the idea for Free to Run, she reached out to the women of Afghanistan to become the first ultramarathon team from their c...
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MNB WORLD : GOBI MARCH 2018 in Mongolia August 7, 2018
Gobi March Race is a part of the 4 Deserts Race Series which is an annual series of four 250-kilometer races across deserts around the globe.
Gobi March Race is a part of the 4 Deserts Race Series which is an annual series of four 250-kilometer races across deserts around the globe.

REUTERS UK: Athletes compete in gruelling Gobi March August 8, 2018
Wong Ho Chung of Hong Kong and Germany Angela Zaeh are the winners of the 250-km Gobi March race in Mongolia.
Wong Ho Chung of Hong Kong and Germany Angela Zaeh are the winners of the 250-km Gobi March race in Mongolia.
ABOUT Iceland
The island of Iceland is 103,000 square kilometers / 39,769 square miles (about a third of the size of the United Kingdom) and is made up mainly of mountainous lava desert. It has the most versatile and scenic landscape in the northern hemisphere with glaciers, volcanoes, geysers, fjords, rough-country, green rolling hills and mountains reaching up to 2,119 meters / 6,952 feet above sea level. The volcanically active island has a temperate climate despite its location just outside the Arctic Circle.
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Robison, Jonna
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Foustok, Mo
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Meyer, Justus
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Flummerfelt, Tom
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Tuominen, Ville H.
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Crowley, Ralph
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Fagereng, Ake
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Sanderson, Michael
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Farley, Lia
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Van Camp, Bjorn
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De Saedeleer, Paul
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Orye, Jan
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Lugato, Davide
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Waldon, Steven
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Breyfogle, James
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Kennedy, John M.
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Kiernan, Sigurdur H.
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Doke, Linda M.
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Billaud, Fabien
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Harrak, Said
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Demey, Dieter
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Mott, Paul T.
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Williams, Matthew
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Lefevre, Mat
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Goethals, Virginie R.
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Kennedy, Caryn
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Hormann, Christian
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Dalkilic, Alper
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Vercammen, Maarten L. M.
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Molemans, Patrick
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Hawinkels, Stephen
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Jaget, Mark
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Cohen, Nir
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Steenkamp, Willem B.
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Roark, Daniel J.
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Mokhtari, Ash
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Traub, Michael
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Bremner, Steve
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Guan, Yadi
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Nice, Donna
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Inselmann, Zenia
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Plane, Daniel
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Barbalace, Domenico
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Arnott, Rory
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Irvine, Heather
- 35h 44m43.
Murphy, John P.
- 35h 49m46.
Bessett, Jesse
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Gross, Michelle
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Nakamura, Hiroaki
- 36h 16m49.
Heaslop, Rob S. A.
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Vaughan, Glen L.

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