XRACE: Newcastle
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Race Information
XRACE is a mystery adventure race where parent and child aged 6-14 race together, locate and complete 10 mystery challenges; racing the clock and all the other family teams. A team is made up of two people:
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an adult; dad or mum or a trusted relative or family friend and
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a child aged between 6 and 14 years of age.
The challenges range from physical (like tug-of-war) to mental (like the memory challenge) to knowledge-based (like the music challenge). The challenges change from year to year and course to course. No XRACE is ever the same.
Related Events
Did you know that this race is part of a series of runs? If you like this race you may want to run one of the following XRACE Series events.
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