The Equinox Adventure Ultra is a unique and thrilling race where teams of two embark on a journey of endurance and navigation. Held over the weekend of the Spring Equinox (Vårdagjämningen), this adventure begins with runners being blindfolded upon arrival and transported by bus to a secret location.

Once there, they are given a map and must use their navigational skills to determine their location and find their way back to the finish line. The race features two classes: the short course, requiring a minimum of 50 km of running, and the long course, with a minimum distance of 100 km. Success in this race relies not only on stamina but also on the ability to adapt to the unknown and work as a team.

Saturday 22nd March 2025

Race director number 072-726 21 87

Breakfast is served from 08:30 at the finish area.

📍 Nävekvarns Skärgårdscamping
Nävekvarn, Sweden
https://navekvarnsskargardscamping.se/
Coordinates: 58°38'25.2"N 16°50'02.7"E
(58.640333, 16.834083)

Mobile Phones

All mobile phones must be turned off and sealed in an envelope by race staff when collecting your start kit. We recommend arriving at the bus pick-up point by 09:45.

Bus Transfer

The bus departs at 10:30 from Nävekvarns Camping parking lot.

Start Kit Collection

Start kits will be handed out before boarding the bus.

Start Kit Contains:

• GPS tracker (to be worn on the race pack on the shoulder)

• Transponder

• Regional Map (Not to be looked at until the race starts)

• Detailed checkpoint map (Long route teams only)

• Blindfold (Must be worn during transfer to the race start)

At the Start Line

Upon arrival at the start, you may remove your blindfold, but you may not open your start kit until the race horn sounds at 12:00.

There will be a short race briefing before the race begins.

Race Format

• Short Route Teams: Navigate independently to the finish at Nävekvarns Camping.

• Long Route Teams: Navigate first to the unmanned checkpoint before proceeding to the finish. At the checkpoint, you must:

  • Register your team, time, and the first three feelings that come to mind in the checkpoint notebook.

  • Continue navigating to the finish at Nävekvarns Camping.

• Bus Transport from finish area to the start

• Hand made, wooden finishers meda

• Live GPS tracking throughout the race

• Map of the region

• Pre-race breakfast

• After race refreshments, locally produced hot food and Mineral Brewing alcohol-free beer

• Access to showers and sauna after the race

• Race number and GPS tracker (provided at check in)

• Regional Map (provided at check in)

• Mobile phone with race directors number saved

• Full waterproof jacket & trousers with taped seams and a hood

• Bottles or bladder with capacity for 1 litre of liquid

• First aid kit (one kit per team is satisfactory)

• Spare base layer (long sleeve and full leg, only to be used in race ending circumstances)

• Head torch plus extra batteries (or an extra headlamp)
  • Small red light to be attached to the back of your pack, for use after dark.

• Whistle and compass

• Hat or buff and gloves

• Emergency foil blanket or bivvy bag.

• Emergency food 500cal (e.g., 2 Snickers, only to be used in race ending circumstances)

• Emergency money or card

The compulsory kit should be seen as an absolute bare minimum. The weather on race day can vary from +10 to -10, you should bear this in mind when packing for the race. Due to the navigation required in the race you may be out for considerably longer than you had planned.

All participants must be aware of the inherent risks when competing in an cross-country running event like this. Any seriously injured athletes will be escorted to safety as quickly as possible by the event’s designated first-aid staff, however, the weather and terrain conditions can affect the speed with which a rescue can be carried out. As such, it is essential that athletes adhere to the compulsory kit list.

No personal mobile phones! All mobile phones will be turned off and sealed, by race staff, in an envelope, and carried whilst out on the course. Use of phones one the course is against the rules and phone must be sealed in the envelope at the finish line. The race directors’ number must be saved to be used in case of an emergency, once you use the phone you’re out of the race. You may give the race directors number to family members, but they should only call us in the case of a genuine emergency.

All litter, including gel wrappers, bottles etc., must be carried until you find a bin or the finish line. Anyone purposely seen throwing litter on the course will be immediately disqualified.

We ask that all competitors take responsibility for their own wellbeing as well as those around them. As such, we expect you to take care of an injured athlete until help arrives.

If an athlete wishes to pull out of the event, you have to inform the race director, you will collected, but bear in mind with the nature of the race you could be waiting some time!

Support is not permitted!

Maximum available time is 24 hours to reach the finish.

Marinans Guesthouse is the closest and has several different options.

To book, send an email to info@marinansguesthouse.se

If you have any questions, send us an e-mail at info@sormlands100.com

Please bear in mind that we probably won’t give you any information that isn’t already on the site. The unkown factors are kind of the whole point of this.

Your registration is binding and will not be refunded.

You also agree that your name, start number, age, photos from the race, start time and finish time are published on the internet and possibly other social media platforms.

Please note that participation is at your own risk.

Om du blir sjuk, skadad eller gravid och inte kan delta i loppet kan du som tecknar försäkringen Startklar (155 kr/år) eller Startklar Plus (275 kr/år) få anmälningsavgiften tillbaka. I båda försäkringarna ingår även en olycksfallsförsäkring under resan till/från och under själva loppet. I Startklar Plus gäller också olycksfallsförsäkringen varje gång du tränar under hela året.

Försäkringarna är giltiga för alla dina motions- och tävlingsarrangemang i Sverige under försäkringsperioden som är 1 år från och med betaldagen.

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