The Yukon 1000 - On the Start Line at Whitehorse

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The 2023 Yukon 1000 is underway and in this episode, race director John Frith takes us through the route, we get updates from teams at the starting line in Whitehorse, Yukon, and if that wasn't enough, we also get some wise words from Bart De Zwart, previous winner of the race.

Follow the Progress of all the teams LIVE on the race tracker here

Particular thank you to Craig and Team Shac and to Dan and Nick from Fortune Favours the Brave for their contributions to the episode.

Fortune Favours the Brave are a canoe team from the UK. They are both veterans who have served in the Yorkshire Regiment, and are raising money for YPI Counselling which is a mental health charity and you can contribute here

They're also raising funds for Reduce Our Carbon Charitable Foundation HERE

Please give the team a follow on Instagram here

This episode also contains an excerpt from my chat with the incredible Bart De Zwart from Episode 97

Yukon 1000 2024 edition - Race dates 12th and 13th July - Applications Opening soon

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