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Formula 1 driver, Mark Webber, has rated the Tasmanian adventure race that carries his name as his best yet.

The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge was held on the island Australian state from November 28 to December 2, and attracted a record 40 teams, including some of the world's best adventure racers as well as Olympians and other high profile athletes. [...]

The final day of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge in 2012 will be held in Hobart, recently named as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit by the influential Lonely Planet. [...]

After 350 competitive kilometres in the Tasmanian wilderness, Victorians Jarad Kohlar and James Pretto, have won the gruelling Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge, which finished in Hobart today. [...]

The 2012 Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge Adventure Run attracted over 400 participants who got the opportunity to run beside the Formula 1 star. [...]

Day four of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge moves to the magnificent Bay of Fires region, recognised around the world for its stunning scenery and beaches. [...]

The Swisse Active team of Victorians Jarad Kohlar and James Pretto had taken command of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge adventure race after the fourth day of competition on the state’s north east coast. [...]

Day three of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge sees the athletes on the state’s East Coast, taking in the Scamander and St Mary’s regions. [...]

As Australian Formula 1 star, Mark Webber, took to the rugged trails and costal waters on the East Coast of Tasmania, the battle for the lead of his adventure race, the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge, has continued. [...]

The second day of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge takes the field east of the historical northern city of Launceston to the Ben Lomond region. [...]

Australian Formula 1 star, Mark Webber, has arrived in Tasmania for the multi-sport adventure race that carries his name. [...]

Australian Formula 1 star, Mark Webber, has arrived in Tasmania for the multi-sport adventure race that carries his name. [...]

Two Victorians, Jarad Kohlar and James Pretto, have taken the early lead on the opening day of the five-day Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge. [...]

The opening day of the Swisse Mark Webber Challenge is set in the beautiful city of Launceston, the state's second major population centre and the country's third oldest city.
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The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge gets underway in Launceston tomorrow, with a star-studded field of Olympians, sporting identities and world champion adventure racers ready to tackle the multi-sport enduro. [...]

North Melbourne legend Glenn Archer is known by many as one of the toughest players in the AFL's history, remembered as a fearless and ruthless competitor, but even the veteran of 311 games admits to being slightly daunted by the prospect of once again competing in an annual Tasmanian adventure charity event. [...]

Two of the world's best adventure racers, Jacky Boisset and Mimi Guillot, will take part in the Elite Pairs competition at the 2012 Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge.
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Formula 1 star, Mark Webber, has again thrown his support behind the battle to save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction. [...]

Mark Webber's adventure race, the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge, will offer prize money for the first time in 2012, adding an additional lure for the world's best to come to Tasmania for the five-day enduro. [...]

The 2012 Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge will start in Launceston on November 28, with the Formula 1 star heading straight from the final round of the season in Brazil to the island state to pursue his passion for adventure racing. [...]

Mark Webber is confident the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge can go from strength to strength after the returning multisport charity event came to a successful conclusion in Hobart on Sunday. [...]

The Team Iron House combination of Tasmanian Mark Padgett and Hobart-based Brit Mark Hinder have taken the 2011 Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge title after leading the adventure race for most of the five days of competition. [...]

Team Iron House, consisting of two top Tasmanian adventure athletes, Mark Padgett and Mark Hinder, have moved a step closer to victory in the Swisse Mark Webber Challenge after a dominant day in the Hartz Mountains south of Hobart. [...]

Mark Webber might be in India and following the action from afar, but his Team Tasmania, now consisting of ironman great Guy Andrews and triathlete Darren Clarke, were the big movers on the third day of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge. [...]

The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge moves further south for a blast around Bruny Island on day three, with competitors taking on a whistle-stop tour of some of Tasmaniaʼs most beautiful, pristine and wild beaches and rich enchanted forests.
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While F1 ace Mark Webber waved the field goodbye this morning and headed off to fulfill his Formula One commitments overseas, fellow motorsport ace, V8 Supercars driver Rick Kelly and the rest of the field, steeled themselves for a second day of his gruelling charity adventure run, the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge. [...]

The opening day of this year's Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge will see competitors racing around the breathtaking coastline and hills of the Freycinet Peninsula, with a sheer cliff abseil offering the adrenaline 'high' of the day. [...]

Mark Webber left the high-octane world of Formula One far behind today as he tackled the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge in the pristine Freycinet National Park on the opening leg of the five-day adventure run.
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Just ten days after his season-ending victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix, Mark Webber will swap his Red Bull Racing machine for foot, paddle and pedal power when he joins a 60-strong field of athletes at the start of the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge on Wednesday. [...]

The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmanian Adventure Run was one race that the F1 star didn’t even want to win, but he was glad to make it to the finish and see so many others out on the course tackling the 6.5 kilometre challenge.

Mark Webber crossed the line in his own run in 43rd place in a time of 28 minutes 46 seconds, after spending much of his run talking to the other 234 competitors in the field. [...]

Formula One star Mark Webber has launched a new Adventure Run, giving people the chance to compete alongside him on a 6.5km course through the Hobart area in the build up to his fice day Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge [...]

Two more top international teams have signed up to compete in this December's Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge after Renault confirmed French outfit Garmin will race for them in the multi-day wilderness adventure [...]

Pirelli has announced its competing team for the 2011 Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge boasting two of Italy's best elite adventure athletes. [...]

The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge is set to be the most prestigious event on the multisport calendar this year - and while the limited entries are going fast there are still some places available for an adventure of a lifetime [...]

Leading Formula One driver Mark Webber today confirmed the return of the event that carries his name, the Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge, after a three year hiatus, and encouraged international adventure racing enthusiasts to join him in Tasmania for the competition later this year. [...]

The Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge will return in December 2011 and after the launching the event in Hobart this week the F1 star reveals more about the event. [...]