The Adventure Racing World Championship 2016 brings teams of four from around the world to trek, mountain bike and kayak, competing against each other for four to eight days.
Team Sanlam Painted Wolf is made up of Knysna brothers and business owners Mark Collins (47) and John Collins (42), Cape Town paediatrician Dr Andre Gie (34) and Stellenbosch engineer Robyn Owen (26), who will race day and night over a 627km course, pushing themselves to the ultimate limits of human endurance. It is said that completing this challenge, which the winning team is likely to complete in 96 hours, can be compared to doing the Comrades Ultra Marathon, the Cape Town Cycle Tour and the Dusi Canoe Marathon back-to-back, three times.
Team Sanlam Painted Wolf are not only taking on this challenge with the hopes of a podium finish, they are also doing it for good. The team aims to raise awareness and funds for the endangered African Wild Dog, the namesake of their team. For more information, go to live tracking at http://live.arworldseries.com/arwc16 at 12.30pm Australian time.
