Sadler's Ultra Challenge
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The Sadler's Ultra Challenge is a wheelchair
and handcycle race that runs between Fairbanks
and Anchorage
, Alaska. It is the world's longest wheelchair race. Divisions include Men's Handcycle (with A, B, and C classes), Men's Wheelchair, and Women's Handcycle. The 267 mile (430 km)-long race is run in eight stages and takes six days to complete. The annual competition began in 1984 and occurs in July of each year.
Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...
and handcycle race that runs between Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Fairbanks may refer to:Places in the United States*Fairbanks, Alaska, city*Fairbanks, California, unincorporated community in El Dorado County*Fairbanks, Mendocino County, California, former settlement*Fairbanks, Indiana, unincorporated community...
and Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
, Alaska. It is the world's longest wheelchair race. Divisions include Men's Handcycle (with A, B, and C classes), Men's Wheelchair, and Women's Handcycle. The 267 mile (430 km)-long race is run in eight stages and takes six days to complete. The annual competition began in 1984 and occurs in July of each year.