TALIHARJA VANAKURI Winter Ultra Endurance Race (11.-12. janvāris)

TALIHARJA VANAKURI

is a 101 km winter ultra endurance race mostly in darkness through north-east Estonia’s forests & bogs that runs on snowy/icy/muddy small roads & rough trails. There is also an option to participate in a shorter ca 55km “pehmo” version of the race or extend the endurance experience with extra ca 24km finish loop “Sõge sõõr”.

RACE COURSE

Courses are in final confirmation process. Concept can be seen here. NB! courses can still change little in detail, this is preliminary!

Main race course is a 101km long journey and is only partly marked. Route runs mostly on different trails, but most of it is not marked and participants must navigate the course themselves with GPS device or map. Race can be done either on foot, on skis or by bike. Racers must follow the race course and they are not allowed to do shortcuts. When travelling on open roads traffic law must be followed. Sun sets around 4PM and light fades about 5PM so a big portion of the race course will be completed in darkness! Race course can be relatively easy (road) or extremely tough at times – this means there can be narrow overgrown tracks, abundance of fallen trees, muddy forest machine tracks, wet swamp, ditches or no trail at all. This course will definitely challenge all participants and will feel really uncomfortable at times. The concept of the race is, that course is in it’s natural condition and must be tackled as it is, as nature has left it at race day/night. This can mean thick snow or deep overflowing river crossings etc or be very easy without any hindrance.

RACE CENTER / FINISH

2025 race center is Roosta holiday village on north-west Estonia shoreline www.roosta.ee

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4gujK6YyWKyTwLpt7

SCHEDULE

Friday 10. January 2025

– 19.00-22.00 race center open

Saturday 11. January 2025

– 8.00 race center open

– 10.15 101km start busses leave Roosta

– 11.00 101km start

– 11.15 55km start busses leave Roosta to “Pehmo” start

– 12.00 “Pehmo” 55km start

– 21.00 Midcamp closes

Finish will be closed on Sunday, 12. January, 2025 at 11:00.

REGISTRATION

Registration: https://eventor.ee/taliharja closes 06.01.2025

Participation fee is for runners, skiers and bikers until 10.11.2024.a. 55 euros; 11.11-20.12.2024 65 euros and from 21.12.2024 75 euros.

CUT-OFF TIME

Maximum time allowed to complete the race is 24 hours (by 11:00 h. January 12, 2025). Any participant who is unable to complete the race in this time will be disqualified.

MANDATORY GEAR

Racers must carry all mandatory gear throughout the entire race from beginning to end and finish it with it (excl food). Any racer who does not have the appropriate mandatory gear is not allowed to participate. Any racer who does not finish with the mandatory gear will be disqualified. You must be ready to show the mandatory gear to Race officials at any time during the race.

1- Sleeping bag or Bivy bag min. 250gr or insulated jacket (puffy).

2- Sleeping pad full body length (foam mattres, bubblewrap or similar).

3- Emergency foil blanket

4 – Fire starting device to build emergency fire for warmth

All above gear is necessary for emergency situations to increase the chances of survival in harsh conditions. When static a person will cool down rapidly, but help might be hours away.

5- Headlamp with enough batteries.

6- Rear red flashing lamp with enough batteries.

7- Reflective patches on clothing front and back.

8- Whistle.

9 – Phone (switched on) + extra battery pack

All above gear is important to be visible on course and be locatable in emergency situation.

10 – GPS device with saved route. Special GPS device or GPS watch with track following function is suggested. Smartphone+ extra battery is accepted, but not a good choice in case of rain or minus degrees.

11 – Water container(s) capacity at least 1,5l

12 – Food min 1500 kcalories (750kcal for “pehmo”)

13 – GPS tracking device provided by organisation

CHECKPOINTS/CUT-OFF TIME

All racers must physically sign-in and sign-out at the race midcamp checkpoint marked on map. Hot drink and snacks are provided. Midcamp does not have warm indoor facilities! There is a toilet.

All racers must adhere to the cut-off time which is 10h from start opening (participants must leave midcamp by 11. january 21).

Pehmo course time limit 12h from start.

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