What gets you up in the morning? A "Rude Awakening" is when the alarm goes off before sunrise, you don your preferred form of lycra, and head out into the great outdoors to push your body to its limits.

Rude Awakenings started one fuzzy morning when a couple of us headed out to an adventure race together. At the time we were a team but we quickly discovered our diverse talents and interests. So we've decided to bring you details of our adventures, whether it's a one man/woman show, or the full house.

The one thing we all share is the passion that manifests itself in the rude awakening. Its an unexplainable desire to get out of bed for a crazy event that may be painful, frustrating or joyful. But no matter how tough we know we'll always be an alarm clock away from the next rude awakening.

We sincerely hope you will marvel at our achievements, but also encourage you to find your own rude awakening. If you have the seed embedded in you browse our site to find out just which events might interest you. Life's short - enjoy the ride, run, swim, cliff hang... If you would like to receive the odd mail from us keeping you abreast of what's up, please send us a mail

Thamar & Inky 2006