Making life a holiday with interesting vacation and adventure ideas.

The Barcelona World Race is a new two-handed, non-stop round the world yacht race, which will be held every four years. For the first time, this race will see the world's best professional sailors from both solo and fully crewed disciplines coming together to compete against each other in teams of two.

The inaugural race starts on 11 November, 2007 and there are nine IMOCA Open 60 class yachts, ready to go. Promo Video

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The Green Race Movie tells the story of an annual world-class whitewater race that takes place near Saluda, North Carolina. It captures the grace and excitement of class V+ kayaking and the unique character of the Green Race, which draws kayaking's top athletes from around the world.

This extreme downriver race, is held on the first Saturday in November, on the Class V rapids of the Green River; regarded in kayaking circles to be the most extreme of extreme downriver races in the world. More.

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It spans five bridges and winds through some of the most beautiful parts of all five boroughs before finishing at Central Park's Tavern on the Green.

It draws more than 90,000 runners from all walks of life, and enthusiastic spectators line the race route.

One of the world's great races, it is the ING New York Marathon, which hits the Big Apple on November 4, 2007.

For non-Americans having to fulfill the new US entry requirements, getting there could be as big a challenge as the race itself.

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The holiday weekend, 27 May 2007, sees the annual Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. It is the oldest and richest car race in the world and this will be the 91st time that the event has been held.

120,000 people head for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, USA and they party in the festival atmosphere as 33 cars complete 200 laps of the circuit.

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I looked up Our Man in Hanoi who is now Our Man in Granada
and found that he has made an interesting post about the Great Turtle Race.

The turtle race starts in four days time from Costa Rica to the feeding grounds around the Galapagos Islands. You can pick a turtle, which are all tracked by satellite, and follow its progress. The idea of the race is to draw attention to the plight of the Leatherback Turtles which are in a race against time, to head off extinction.

Labels: Costa Rica, Galapagos Islands, Leatherback, Nicaragua, race, Turtle