Team IPPON Inov-8

Ippon literally "one full point", is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ippon-wazari contest, usually Judo, karate or Jujutsu.

We are a multi-national team comprising of António Figueiredo from Portugal, Gill Watson & Russell Ladkin from United Kingdom and Bernhard Hug from Switzerland.

Preview! Read about Gill on BBC Derby and see footage of the 2008 race

Follow the race!
We are Team Number 55 - IPPON Team/ Inov-8.
We hope to finish a little better than 55th though!
It will be a very tactical race. The winners will be the team with the most checkpoints, not necessarily the first to the finish. Keep watching!

Race website

Sleepmonsters race reports

A Special Thanks to...

  

We are indebted to our sponsors: Inov-8 are very supportive of the wide range of adventure running sports with top athletes from trail running, mountain running, mountain marathons and adventure racing. Their wide range of shoes and rucksacs has something for everyone. We use their products because they work for us and we can get on with racing without having to worry whether our kit is up to the challenge.

Dream Team TV have a long history of filming adventure races for Sky Sports and UK Channel 4 from urban races, the 3 peaks yacht race to expedition and world championship adventure races. Their understanding of the logistics required and skilled team mean they are in the the right places whatever the conditions to bring all the action to life.

High 5 manufacture the energy drinks and gels that we use to keep us going longer and faster...

Also thanks to our friends, families, support crew and everyone who is helping us take part in this race and gather all the kit required. It's amazing how many people are willing to lend out equipment in a good cause. Last but not least to our followers on the web. Try and get some sleep yourselves and we'll try and keep the tracker going in the right direction... Thanks everyone!