The Musandam Adventure Race is a one-day adventure race in the North East of the peninsula. It completes a 120km loop, starting and finishing at Khor Najd.
It consists of a 35km sea kayak/surf ski leg, a 20km mountain run and a 65km mountain bike leg. Each team must consist of three members and you can either do it as a relay or do you can do the Full Monty together. It is a serious undertaking and, for those choosing to do the Full Monty, it is probably the toughest one day event of this nature in the region. For members of the relay teams, you must be able to cope with the worst eventualities alone.
You will need to be entirely self-sufficient in all things; there will be no checkpoints and no assistance along the route (no water and not even rescue), however, a dhow will shadow the kayakers and your car will shadow your riders. A good time for the relay team is about 10 hours and, for those doing the Full Monty, a good time would be under 14 hours. This will be the third year of the race and places are purposely limited.
Participation fees are 600 AED per team and full details of next year’s race are hosted by one of the sponsors, Global Climbing, here: www.globalclimbing.com/musandam-adventure-race-21st-February-2014/. The other sponsor is Absolute Adventure. Registration for this event is open at: www.premiermarathons.com.
