Light & Motion sponsored team Team DART-Nuun-Sport-Multi is rocking it this week at Raid the North Extreme Race, and they’re looking good to place among the top three teams. The crew is made up of elite athletes who each have an extensive list of participation in long-distance events including triathlons and expedition-style adventure races like Atmosphere Raid the North Extreme. This year’s team will be comprised of Mari Chandler, Matt Hayes, Aaron Rinn, and Cyril Jay-Rayon.

“We have a competitor field with lots of depth and experience this year,” says Race Director Geoff Langford. “In adventure racing there are many game-changing variables that can alter the outcome of the race. Nevertheless, I think we can safely say that WildernessTraverse.com, WEDALI and Dart-Nuun-SportMulti will figure among the strongest teams.”

On the map above Team DART is #10 and currently in 3rd place! Thanks to Facebook we’ve been able to stay up to date with them:

Wednesday July 27:

Team 10 dart-nuun FTM arrived our location(boundry of valhalla provincial park 17k from cp10) at 3:40AM and trek through to cp10. they look great and were in goods psirits. Greatt to see the team in their element. rmember that they have a 1.5hr time credit for late bin and will get a sizable credit for last part of trek. most likely nott enough to over come wilderness traverse’s lead.

Thursday July 28:

Team 10 Dart-nuun FTN got on the water yesterday evening. I had hoped to be there but missed them. They arrived at cp14 shortly after I did. they set up camp and had a great 2 hr sleep (even cyril). The team is looking really strong, They left cp14 at 2:00AM still chasing down wild rose. I here that dart has another time credit for late paddle bin.

More on Dart. Mari was paddling in the back with aaron in front. they paddled out into dark calm water. Matt was his normal sedate self. All the boys are saying that Mari is working them.

Raid the North Extreme, the six-day, non-stop expedition race will take place from July 23 to 31^st, 2011 in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. It will feature four-person co-ed teams from around the world as they navigate more than 500 kilometres of unmarked terrain through the Selkirk, Purcell and Monashee mountains. Teams will face extreme challenges including a rugged wilderness, team dynamics, sleep deprivation and gear failure as they bike, trek, paddle and use ropes to navigate the course. Stay tuned — we’re following the race live this week!