Enduro3 is India's first and only adventure race. It is organized by an organization called NEF (National Education Foundation) based in Pune

Pune

Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...

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Categories

The race is conducted once a year and is held in different categories. Some of the categories are:

• Open
• IT (Information Technology
  Information technology
  Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
  
  ) (All members need to be employed in the IT industry)
• Corporate (All members need to be employed in the corporate world)
• Amateur
• Collegian (All members need to be College
  College
  A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
  
   going)
• Junior (All members need to be School
  School
  A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
  
   going)
• 40+ (All members need to be of the age 40 and above)
• Doctors (All members need to be a doctor
  Physician
  A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
  
  )
• Media (All members need to be working with the media industry)
• Teachers (All members need to be a teacher)
• Family (All members should belong to same family)

Each of the above category is further divided into following 2 categories

• Mixed: Male
  Male
  Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
  
   and Female
  Female
  Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
  
   members in the team
• All Female: All female members in the team

Each team comprises 3 team members.In which a female member is necessary.

Activities

The race comprises a mix of the following activities:

• Trekking: The distance and route varies as per the category.
• Cycling
  Cycling
  Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
  
  : The distance and route varies as per the category.
• River crossing: This is usually done in the night and at the end of it you have a few hour of resting time.
• Rappelling: This activity is exclusively for OPEN
  Open
  - Philosophy :* Openness, term being used to define the basis of how various groups and organizations operate- Mathematics :* Open problem, a well-defined problem with no known solution in science and mathematics...
  
   category.
• Paddling: This activity should be done by all the three members of the team.
• Navigation
  Navigation
  Navigation is the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another. It is also the term of art used for the specialized knowledge used by navigators to perform navigation tasks...