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ROUT CLASSIC 100 MILES (ROUT)
is a unique approach to mountain trail running races, introducing a
new vision on the ultras, the advendure ( endurance + adventure)
running, by setting athletes and their skills in serious challenge,
and assessing their experience gained by long practice of the sport.
ROUT
is calling only experienced trail runners, requiring their maximum of
physical and mental endurance. ROUT was created to provide an
opportunity for those who consider themselves dedicated in both trail
running and adventure. ROUT forwards the philosophy of
self-sufficiency and the simplification of procedures: minimal
external assistance, assessing the situation themselves struggling,
empowerment with the release of issues related to safety, skills and
insight (few aid stations, no mandatory equipment, remote and fully
uninhabited areas, narrow paths lost in dense vegetation along of the
remnants of a abandoned country a century ago!
ROUT is the
oldest 100 miler race in Greece and the 3rd
oldest in Europe.
The course
numbers 174 kilometers (100 miles) with +9000 elevation gain and
wanders the vast forests of the Rodopi national park mountain range
(Greece), one of the biggest ranges of the Balkan peninsula. ROUT
follows paths that were abandoned for many decades, as people left
these mountains for a new life.
Although the
countryside has been deserted, the traces of their civilization are
scattered among the dense forest. Then the forest covered up
everything, but kept a slight hint of human presence, making the
human soul to shudder at the thought of it.
The ROUT came to
highlight the Rodopi Mountains, this unique area of Greek territory,
offering “pilgrims” of adventure running a strong challenge. All
devotees of trail running have the opportunity to experience the
virgin nature of the Rodopi and realize that this area needs to
direct its investiture at National Park and why should these paths, a
corridor to the history, to relive and tell everyone the chronicle of
this forgotten place.
ROUT Family 2023
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