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"SUN COMES OUT FOR URBANATHLON"
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Paul Taylor, Manchester Evening News
 
ATHLETES clambered over cars, through haystacks and across a river as they competed in Europe's first Urbanathlon.  More than 600 people took part in the 10km endurance race in a sunny East Manchester.

The event, which is popular in the US, sees racers tackle a series of both man-made and naturalActive Image obstacles in their quest for glory.

The Sportcity course began with a lap of the regional athletics track, before racing around the B of the Bang sculpture, up and down the City of Manchester Stadium's spiral staircases and on to Joe Mercer Way.

Competitors, many running for their own nominated charities, then scrambled over cars, breeze blocks and climbing walls, through spiders' webs made of ropes and onto nearby Philip's Park. There they faced yet more challenging obstacles, including water slides and the River Medlock.

Organiser John Dwan, of Sporting Enterprises, said: "It was a fantastic success, the sun was shining, there was a great atmosphere and competitors seemed to really enjoy themselves.  We hope to stage another Urbanathlon in Manchester in the future and were really pleased it raised so much for charity."

The Original Source Urbanathlon, organised by Sporting Enterprises, Sport4Life and supported by Manchester Council, was launched by Manchester Olympian Diane Modahl in March.

As the competitors raced in waves, the winners will be announced on Friday 18th July.
 
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ORIGINAL SOURCE URBANATHLON 2008 ANNOUNCES
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LATEST SPONSOR “FOR GOODNESS SHAKES” 
 
We're delighted to announce that we have signed our latest sponsor.  For Goodness Shakes! are on board as the Official Energy Drink of Original Source Urbanathlon 2008. We look forward to a long and, of course, a healthy association with them.
 
Make sure you click on the banner above to find out about their fantastic energy shakes and to claim your full, free sample. We've been tucking in at Original source Urbanathlon HQ this week and believe me they taste as good as they sound.
 
Dave Quartermain, Original source Urbanathlon race organiser said "It's great news that we have signed up a sponsorship deal with For Goodness Shakes! as they've been steadily building credibility in a tough market and we are confident that their partnership with Original source Urbanathlon will be a great shop window for them".
 
For more information on sponsorship opportunities contact Martin Johnston here This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
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DIANE MODAHL LAUNCHES ORIGINAL SOURCE 
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SOURCE URBANATHLON 2008 
 
Former GB Olympic athlete Diane Modahl launched Europe's first-ever Urbanathlon at Sportcity today, March 13th.

Exactly four months before the event takes place on the same site, Diane put some local youngsters and Original source Urbanathlon staff through their paces in front of a posse of local press. Obstacles including two cars sporting graffiti created by Original source Urbanathlon partner Peak Pursuits proved quite a challenge but great fun for the runners.

Diane said '"I'm delighted to be launching Original source Urbanathlon today and will be keeping a close eye on progress as race day approaches. The main reason I was so keen to help was the fact that Original source Urbanathlon's main charity, StreetGames is such a deserving cause. They give disadvantaged kids opportunities to play sport and I think that's fantastic. I'll be encouraging all my friends in athletics to take part and give this unique event their support."

"Click here to see pictures from the launch"  (select Urbanathlon Launch from the overhead tabs)
"Click here to see press coverage from the launch"  (link to Manchester Evening News article)

What are you waiting for? "Click here" to Register today to take part in Europe's first-ever Original source Urbanathlon.
 
Original source Urbanathlon Manchester is a high energy, high adventure addition to the World Class events programme in Manchester great for walkers, joggers, familes and fitness fiends! All the ingredients are there for this to develop into one of the UK’s great Urban adventure races and to attract large numbers of UK multi sports and adventure race participants into Manchester, home of the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2008.  

What the heck is it? We'll build a challenging 10km urban assault course in the inspiNo Imagerational setting of SportCity, East Manchester with up to fifteen obstacles that will bar your way to glory. From the dizzying stairwells of the City of Manchester Stadium via the B of the Bang to mud-drenched fields and death slides this undulating course, set in an urban park will provide you with the challenge to No Imageend all challenges. If you’ve ever wanted to test yourself by running over parked cars, striding through rivers or scrambling through a giant spiders web along with over 1,000 fellow Urban-athletes then this event is made for you! All this, located two miles from the heart of Manchester, on a Sunday morning. Perfect!
 
 

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