XtremeSTORM announced today that a prize purse totalling £4500 will be awarded to the top male and female competitors for the inaugural urban assault endurance course in April.



The event, set to bring the adventure seeking sports world to Southport. Merseyside in just ten weeks’ time has expanded to include the STORM Chasers elite wave offering £1500 cash prizes for the first-place male and the first-place female winners overall. Second-place finishers will receive £500 each, and third-place finishers will each receive £250.

Race Director, Jonathan Cunningham, MBE who made the announcement from the XtremeSTORM headquarters explained “Our goal has always been to showcase the excitement of urban assault endurance racing against the backdrop of Southport and the North West and the new prize money structure will attract a higher calibre of athletes from across the world”

Launching at Victoria Park, the 18 kilometre course will include 35 physically punishing obstacles including a steep pier ascent, a diversion into Pleasureland, a fairground that dates back to 1912, before an icy water swim to invade a long uninhabited strip of rat infested land off the coast of the north west Victorian seaside town that will be transformed into “Hell Island.”

A team of experienced quad bike mounted camera men will follow competitors and capture each exciting moment to be fully televised to a global audience of up to 400 million on Channel 4, British Eurosport and ESPN and the event has been described by Runner’s World magazine as a new kind of adventure race.

“Although every competitor will be chip timed, the event appeals to sports men and women of all abilities from the local area and beyond - having no official course limit opens up the field to the curious casual runner and first time obstacle racers” explained Jonathan.

“And now we are even more excited to generate the additional buzz, edge and excitement by adding the prize money for those looking for a more competitive and serious challenge within the STORM Chasers where they will be strictly permitted from bypassing any of the obstacles and battling it out head to head. It really does offer the best of both worlds.” To enter XtremeSTORM/qualify as a STORM Chaser