Course director
Sergey Kurov
Serge has been running adventure races since 2010, organising more than 30 events. He has got more than 20 years of IT background incorporating teсhnical and management skills. His love for the outdoors started early in his life when he was skiing in winter and paddling white water in summer. No surprise he got hooked on adventure racing and since 2005 there would be a rare race that Serge missed out. He is always in search for new challenges exploring new destinations and setting up legendary tough courses. He has finished 2 AR World Championships being ranked 10th and 7th. He is also a successful rogainer: he won most of the Victorian events and finished in the top ten (5th and 10th) in two World Rogaining Champs. He loves to share the excitement of adventure racing with everyone.
Race director
Maria Plyashechko
Maria has been managing differing events since 2008, she is super energetic and enthusiastic about adventure racing. She has cross-country skiing and archery biathlon background where she raced internationally and won 4 World Championships in juniors.
Since 2006 she has been adventure racing all around the world and successfully finished in more than 20 Expedition races, her most remarkable finishes are Patagonian Expedition Race, Bull of Africa, World Champs in Portugal, XPD Alps and the list goes on. In other words, she knows what adventure racing is all about. In 2019 she has won World Rogaining Championship title in Spain. In 2017 she finished 11th in Coast to Coast NZ and 3d in World Rogaining Championship. She is also a mom of two little boys.