Race against Mark Webber

Mark Webber has launched a new Adventure Run that will see average punters have the chance to race the Formula One star across a 6.5 kilometre course.

The mass participation run will be held in the streets of Hobart on Sunday, December 4 and will precede the five-day Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge.

This event sees elite athletes and high profile identities compete in a multi-sport adventure race which begins on the Freycinet Peninsula on December 7.

“It is great timing as Mark will have finished his season and will be relaxed and ready to have some fun,” said event director, Mark Perry. “We can’t drive as fast as him, and probably can’t even match him in adventure racing, but at least we can run with him here and measure ourselves against an elite sportsman.”

Webber, who has a long involvement with the island state, says the adventure run will give everyone  the chance in the spirit of the five-day race without the need to be an endurance athlete.

“This is a run designed for everyone, so my challenge to every Tasmanian is to come out and join in the fun,” said Webber. “The five-day event takes us to some of the most remote parts of the world, this event has a touch of that adventure, but it is right in Hobart’s backyard.

“Everyone who competes will help to raise money for charity, with the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program to receive considerable support from the event. So walk it, run it, bring the kids, just come along and I’m sure with what we have planned everyone will have a great day.”  

For more information, or to sign-up for the event, click on this link.

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