Newsletter #2021-Goodbye Dear all, After 19 years, we are stopping with the Auenland Adventure Race. Originally the race started in 2002 as an orienteering training race for the Dutch CIOR Military Pentathlon Team. Campingplatz Dammhammer, the predecessor of Campingplatz Auenland, had just been taken over by Axel from his aunt and hosted this training race. The pentathlon team consisted of…
Newsletter #2021-3 Hi competitors! A bit more than a week to go and time to make your final arrangements for the race. Please read this newsletter carefully to be sure you come prepared. We promise you an exciting and challenging race! Are you ready to take home ‘Gimli’ this year? Or win the Dutch National Championship Adventure Racing? In this…
Newsletter #2021-2 Hi there! Last weekend the sun was really shining as our team went to Auenland. It has been a great weekend with our friends, and so good to be out there again! We have been on bike and foot to get out more than 70 checkpoints in the right places. You can expect an interesting race again this…
Newsletter #2021-1 Hi there! It has been a while since we last sent out a newsletter to you. Last year we had a postponement as a result of COVID-19 and a very unfortunate cancellation due to a struggling dry forest. Although both situations still exist we have reason to believe there is a chance that organizing our adventure race is…
Newsletter #2020-4 Hello couch potatoes! It’s been a while since the latest newsletter. We had high expectations of the opportunities after downsizing the COVID-19 measurements. It seems that COVID-wise we would have been able to organize a safe race in September! But… Last week we contacted the regional authorities to finalize the needed permits and that came with a surprise……
Newsletter #2020-3 Hello everybody, After all cancellations due to COVID-19… we cannot continue with our race in June 2020 as well. The very strict measurements that have been taken regarding COVID-19 both in the Netherlands as in Germany have forced us to make this decision. We would like to present a high standard race to you. Unfortunately it is simply…
Newsletter #2020-2 Hello everybody, These are confusing times we’re living in at the moment. There is no real clue as to how the impact of COVID-19 will develop and what will be ahead of us. So basically we’re riding in the dark, like you. For now we have decided to continue our planning because we have some slack in our…
Newsletter #2020-1 Hello folks, We guess last week the lot of you were biting their nails waiting for the holy signal; the opening of the registration for the Auenland Adventure Race 2020. Last month we were so occupied by designing & exploring this year’s race that we lost track of our own deadline… 😉 Today we are very happy to…
Auenland Adventure Race 2020 Announcement Hi guys, We’re very pleased to announce the 18th edition of the Auenland Adventure Race. In 2020 we will be hosting a Long (24 hours) and Middle (12 hours) race in the beautiful surroundings of the Lahntal area. We promise to get you some intense hikes and strong uphill MTB-rides through the forest & fields.…
Newsletter #3 Hi competitors! Less than a week to go and time to make your final arrangements for the race. Please read this newsletter carefully to be sure you come prepared. Last weekend we screwed all SPORTident stations for the checkpoints to the trees (and other places…) and made the final adjustments to the route. We promise you an exciting…
