NAMIB RACE (NAMIBIA)
250km / 155 mile, 6-Stage Ultramarathon

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• 02 Dec 2020 All set for the Namib Race in April 2021!
  With Namibia doing well, borders open, most countries lifting restrictions on travel to Namibia, some changes in our race format and a vaccine starting to be rolled out, we are excited to get back to the desert in Namibia in April. We hope you will join us?!

• 17 Nov 2020 Community Challenge: Desert Lion Conservation
  Learn more about one of the organizations we are pleased to support with donations from the Community Challenge.  

• 09 Nov 2020 We have (virtually) made it to Namibia

  After just 10 days we have completed more than 13,000km that has got us from Mongolia, to Georgia and across the border into Namibia in the RacingThePlanet Community Challenge! It's a reminder what an amazing community we have and how far we can go when we do it as a team. It's not too late to join

• 03 Nov 2020 Join our RacingThePlanet Virtual Community Challenge

  To celebrate the RacingThePlanet community during these times we are joining together from all of our different locations, to collectively run or hike from Mongolia to Georgia to Namibia to Chile to Antarctica! And we are making donations to communities of our host countries along the way. Find out more and join the community achieve this goal!

• 22 Oct 2020 Who is racing in the Namib Race 2021?
  Our first race of 2021 is the Namib Race starting on 26 April. Have a look at who is already confirmed to be on the start line. 

• 09 Oct 2020 Time to look ahead to 2021
   Check out the photos from the all new course for 2021 along with some snaps from the past races.

• 02 Oct 2020 Namib Race postponed until April 2021 due to Covid-19

  It is with great disappointment that we announce the postponement of the 2020 edition of the Namib Race. Despite positive signs that the race would take place, we are unable to work within the current restrictions. The next edition of the race will start on 25 April 2021.

   

• 21 Sep 2020 What is the 4Deserts Grand Slam and Grand Slam plus?

  Do you have what it takes to make it in to the prestigous hall of fame. Read what it takes to join this exclusive club!

• 05 Sep 2020 Blind Runner using technology to run without a guide
  Simon Wheatcroft (UK) took part in the Namib Race 2016, has completed many marathons and was even an Olympic torch bearer for London 2012. These are acheivements in their own right until you learn that Simon is blind and doesnt use a guide. Read the recent CNN news article and watch the video on how Simon manages to take on his challenges solo and without his sight. 

• 20 Aug 2020 Namibian music artist on staying strong during and after the Pandemic.

  Here is a little popular modern Namibian culture for you in the form of Ees, Namibia's artist and rapper. He raps in both Afrikans and English and has coined the phrase Namlish.