Dear Storm'ers,
So this just may be one of the most exciting announcements we've ever made...!!
After 16 years of events staged throughout the Kawartha Lakes region, Storm the Trent will be moving north in 2018, and re-locating to the fantastically fun
Highlands of Haliburton!
It will be the first time in nearly ten years that an all-new host site has been introduced at STT, and you can bet that there will be a tonne of exciting new trails, terrain and waterways to explore!
This is a dream that's been the works for several years, and one that we are immensely excited about. The beauty and rugged landscapes surrounding the Village of Haliburton are a natural fit for adventure racing, yet there hasn't been a race hosted in this area since the earliest beginnings of AR in Ontario. All the elements of our best Storm events are here in abundance, and we've spent countless hours over the past few months piecing them together into a fantastic new course design.
The local community has already been nothing but incredibly welcoming - the enthusiasm shown around what we're looking to do has been such a treat! We just know that this is going to be a great fit for Storm the Trent going forward, and we hope that racers will be as excited as we are for this new chapter in the history of Eastern Canada's longest-standing adventure race event. All of the pages at www.stormthetrent.com have been updated with the latest details, but the following is a quick snapshot of all that's new for 2018:
NEW LOGO
Well, sort of - we just created some new imagery to highlight the venue change for 2018.
Everything is still Storm the Trent as per usual, but with a new date and new host region!
NEW RACECOURSES!
Absolutely every inch of next year's assortment of racecourses will be entirely new to STT. In fact, the 2018 Storm'ers will likely be the first to have ever passed through some sections in an adventure race setting. Each of the 'Hike', the 'Trek' and 'Trek Elite' race pages have been updated with the newest details, including distances per discipline. A handy breakdown of those distances is also provided on the new "FAQs" page, should you be on the fence about which course is best suited for you.
NEW DATE (MAY 26-27)
Yup - we've bumped ahead by two weeks to allow for the ever-lingering cooler weather to clear before Race Weekend. This also provides racers with a little more training time following winter hibernation, not to mention the fact that we'll finally not be in conflict with Mother's Day! We were in Haliburton on this same weekend back in May - the temperature was a glorious 22 degrees with full sun in the sky. Just imagine what that might be like for a Storm the Trent weekend!
NEW FAMILY CATEGORY!
We'll be adding a new family category for the 2018 'Hike' short-course event, open to teams with racers aged under 13 years. This is an entirely optional category selection, but we wanted to provide the choice given the growing trend of parent-child teams we've seen in recent years.
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Registration is now open, with early-entry pricing in effect. Check out all the details at the fully-overhauled
www.stormthetrent.com!
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Lots more details to follow, but please feel free to contact us at
info@stormevents.ca should you have any questions in the meantime.
Your Storm Racing Team
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