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The Coastal Challenge
Costa Rica, Jan. 20-30, 2006
EXOTIC APPEAL ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENT TO COSTA RICA FOR
WORLD’S EXPEDITION RUN
Event Appeals to Competitors and Guests Around the World for Cultural
Experience and to Test Their Endurance in January 2006
Santa Monica, CA - Endurance runners and adventure seekers from
around the world are signing up for the World’s Expedition
Run in Costa Rica slated for Jan. 20-30, 2006. Registrants from
the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Morocco, Latvia, Malaysia
and Costa Rica are among those signed on for The Coastal Challenge.
“Costa Rica’s beaches and jungles are unique to the
world, and its landscape and culture attract people from around
the globe,” said race director Tim Holmstrom. “The international
aspect of this event isn’t limited to the location; but the
competitors and guests themselves bring diverse backgrounds, languages
and customs that will be shared during the race and around the camps
each night. We’ve seen a great response from over four continents
and these numbers continue to grow as the event draws near.”
Set on the west coast of Costa Rica, Jan. 20-30, 2006, The Coastal
Challenge (www.thecoastalchallenge.com) is the world’s only
“Expedition Run,”™ releasing runners over 250
kilometers of exotic and wild Costa Rican coastline. Competitors
will convene in San Jose, Costa Rica, and will be transported from
there to the race start and followed throughout the event by the
roving caravan.
For seven days, runners embrace the spirit of adventure, discovery
and camaraderie within a long distance running competition while
navigating beaches, rock outcroppings, wide river crossings, pristine
coastal rainforests and highland mountain ranges. It is an expedition
run of epic proportions, equally defined by introducing competitors
to the hospitality of the local Tica culture with several evenings
of music and fiesta at encampments on or near the beach.
Registration and more information for The Coastal Challenge are
available at www.thecoastalchallenge.com
The race welcomes individual, team and relay runners, while Adventure
Packages have been created for guests http://www.thecoastalchallenge.com/2006/PR09262005.htm
to partake in the culture and coastal adventures throughout the
event.
"Take on the distance...Take on the elements...Take on the
adventure..."
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