Salzburg (Global Adventures): The Tauern mountain range is part of the Central Eastern Alps and features some of the highest peaks in Austria. The Venediger Group includes about 20 mountains ranging from 9,843 to 12,028 feet (3,000 to 3,666 meter), and the Glockner Group features Austria highest peak, the 12,461 feet (3,798 meter) Grossglockner.
The National [...]

Menlo Park (Global Adventures): Cyclists in 150 cities in the US can now use Google maps to plane their routes. The new feature introduced by Google gives step-by-step directions. Bike-friendly roads, trails and bike lanes show up as a new layer and are outlined directly on the map. Users can simply enter a starting point, [...]

Eidford (Global Adventures): Only 200 competitors are accepted each year to participate in the Norseman Extreme Triathlon, an Ironman-distance triathlon that starts with a swim in a Norwegian fjord and finishes on top of the 6,178 feet (1,883 meters) Gaustatoppen.  The Norseman is billed as the world’s most brutal iron-distance triathlon, taking place at the [...]

Norfolk (Global Adventures): Bf1systems, a company better known for its motorsport and automotive product range and Formula 1 ambitions, just introduced the “Factor 001″, a bicycle without compromise. “Our objective in designing the Factor 001 was simple: to approach the design of the bicycle with no respect for rules or restrictions,” says a statement on [...]

Oceanside (Global Adventures): The 29th Annual Race across America (RAAM) is scheduled to kick off on June 8 with women and men aged 60 and over, followed by solo men on June 9 and teams on June 12. Racers will start in Oceanside, California and finish in Annapolis, Maryland. Solo racers will make the 3,000-mile [...]

France (Global Adventures): The European season of road cycling stage races traditionally kicks off with the Paris-Nice race. In 2010, the top riders of 22 teams will compete in the 799 Mile (1,285 kilometer) race, starting on March 07 in Montfort-l’Amaury.
The route moves through the Loire Region to Limoges before turning back to the east [...]

Des Moines (Global Adventures): The 38th edition of the Des Moines Register’s Annual Great Ride Across Iowa (Ragbrai) is coming July 25 through 31, 2010. Ragbrai was started in 1973 by columnists Donald Kaul and John Karras who thought it would be fun to ride their bikes across the state of Iowa.  They invited people [...]

Cochrane (Global Adventures): A man from Cochrane, Canada, will try to run 250 marathons and raise $250,000 for a charity in 2010. Martin Parnell, an ultra-marathon runner, says that he was inspired by Dean Karnazes who ran 50 marathons in 50 days across 50 U.S. states, and Larry Macon, a sixty-four year old lawyer from [...]