Rat Race | Croatia Multisport

Fitness level

You can do this. This adventure is for anyone with a good level of general fitness.

Pace

This challenge has been designed so that you may travel at your own pace on the foot and bike stages. There will also be some cut-offs, but these will be generous and the team will always look to help you to achieve your goals in finishing this challenge, vs having to pull out. You are given a very early start to allow the very best possible window for route completion. But, if you need to stop for whatever reason, the team is there for you. On the kayak and SUP legs, the group will travel as a flotilla for safety reasons.

Accommodation

A variety of B&B style accommodation will be used throughout and is typically always offered on a double or twin room basis. If you are taking part on your own, you will be paired with another participant of the same sex in a twin room. You will have the opportunity to request to share a room with a fellow racer when filling out your participation form which you will receive 3 months ahead of the event. 

Meals

In a nutshell, plenty of food is provided during the three activity days. The rest of the time you will provide some of your own meals.

Kit list

A comprehensive kit list with mandatory and recommended kit for both disciplines (on foot and by kayak) is available.

Season

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Meeting point

Dubrovnik Airport
Čilipi
20213
Croatia

Arrive at Dubrovnik Airport where you will be greeted by the team then transferred to your accommodation in Korcula.

Itinerary

• Day 1 | Arrive, bike fit

  You will be collected from the airport and transferred to the accommodation in Korcula where you can become acquainted with fellow adventurers and explore the local area. There'll also be a bike fit.

• Day 2 | Registration, kayak and SUP safety/refresher, free time

  After a leisurely breakfast there'll be registration, briefings, heat management, style of event, intro to the route and assistance loading GPS to watches. Kayak and SUP safety points plus optional refresher. The day is then mostly your own to explore the local area.

• Day 3 | Run/hike (31 miles)

  The first day of the adventure, run or hike 50km traversing the entire length of island finishing in Korcula Town.

• Day 4 | SUP (2 miles), bike (41 miles), run/hike (4 miles)

  Start with a relaxing 3km SUP to Orebic before getting on the bikes and heading to the hills for a brilliant 66km tour of this island. As Kings Landing comes into view lace up your trainers and storm the Walls of Ston before heading to today’s finish line in Broce. 

• Day 5 | Kayak (22 miles), run/hike (3.7 miles)

  The final activity day sees us up before dawn to greet the sun at the mouth of the Broce Canal as it emerges into the Adriatic. A quick Pit Stop on Sipan gives chance to stretch legs before trekking up and over the isle to Sudurad before getting back in the boats for the home stretch to Dubrovnik and the finish line celebrations!

• Day 6 | Travel

  After a hearty breakfast and a fond farewell you will be transferred back to Dubrovnik airport. If you wish to stay around no problem, the team would highly recommend adding some days on to enjoy this beautiful city in all its glory.

Included

• Accommodation

  5 nights hotel and B&B accommodation.

• Meals

  Most meals included.

• Transfers

  Includes airport transfers at the beginning and end.

• Guides and support

  Professional support vehicles, safety staff, water safety, medical and welfare.

• Safety

  Professional local and UK safety staff, medics, drivers, route safety staff and experts on hand throughout. Audited and accredited to BS8848 expedition safety standard.

• Equipment

  Includes kayak, standup paddleboards (SUP) and associated equipment rental.

• Transfer policy

  Flexible event transfer policy up to 12 weeks before your departure.

• Extras

  High quality medal, rat rag and premium t-shirt for all participants.

Trip leader

Abbi is your leader for this adventure. She's a highly experienced Expeditions Manager with more than 10 years of exploring under her belt.

Seriously this one is going to be a blinder. I am in love with it already! I didn’t realise I would fall in love with the place so much. To be able to run, kayak, SUP, bike and jump in the sea in the most stunning of locations. With great and very cheap wine! What more could you ask for?

Environmental pledge

This adventure has made a firm commitment to really elevate its approach to a sustainable and environmentally aware way of working. Each activity has been assessed to improve its environmental impact, including:

• race t-shirts to be collected at the event and not shipped across the world
• wooden medals instead of metal
• phasing out single-use plastics
• local event catering
• tighter recycling activities

This event is on track to achieve carbon-neutral in its day-to-day business activities and is making progress with carbon off-setting for worldwide travel, including ground-breaking ways to make a difference in some of the host locations.

Age

16 and 17 year olds will be considered on an individual basis, if taking part with a responsible adult.

Instalment plan

eg. Pay £175 in 10 instalments.

Choose how many months you want to spread the cost over, totally interest free. There is no credit check required to use this facility. When you sign up to the instalment plan a recurring payment will be set up and your card will be debited on the same date each month.

Refund protect

Add Refund Protect to your booking during purchase and receive a full refund of your entry fee if you are unable to attend the event due to a qualifying unforeseen circumstance.

Costs

Without question the most beautiful route I've done in 20 years. Good quality accommodation, plentiful and varied sustenance on and off the course. Add to that an impressively professional support team - not only perfectly organised (even the weather went to plan!) but with warm and personal touches and a fab group of fellow athletes made for a pretty much perfect trip. I would thoroughly recommend. Dawn 2023

Abi is fab at giving me enough tough love that I remember why I’m doing it. Georgia

If you are on the edge about booking, just book it. It's the best thing I ever did! I loved every minute. I had never done these distances before, in any of the disciplines, let alone on back to back days. But it was all possible with the amazing support of the team and the other participants. Book it, you won't regret it! Michelle 2023