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Rickshaw Run’s Spring Race

One of the newer adventures available for tourists in India is a rickshaw race.  There are several different organized races. The Rickshaw Run is a popular event that takes teams made up of ordinary people from around the world and pits them against each other in a 2,500 mile race for charity.

This will be the first year that a Spring edition of the race will be held. Usually there is Winter Run that begins on New Year’s Day and a Monsoon Run in September.  The Spring Run will be held April 11th – 25th.

Teams are requried to raise at least £1,000 for charity in order to participate in the challenginge course.  Organizers make sure that racers get to experience all the extremes of the Indian subcontinent, from jungles to mountains, from dirt tracks to village streets.

The spring run route takes racers on a winding course from Shilong on the far eastern corner of India to the glamorous beaches of Goa on the western coast.  Goa will be the perfect place to celebrate winning, or even just finishing, the race.  It is a popular party destination, due to its amazing beaches, great food, lively  nightclubs and an abundance of five star hotels Goa — and no doubt the exhausted racers will take full advantage of all the above.

The race vehicles are three-wheeled auto rickshaws with a massive 7HP and a 145.45cc engine.  The top speed of the rickshaws is supposedly 55 mph, though racers on steep descents sometimes exceed that speed.  Because the rickshaws are designed for short distances, racers can expect repairs to be an important part of their two-week experience.

Sixty teams are expected to race, raising money for charity.  Some of the countries represented in the Spring Run include New Zealand, Belgium, USA, Australia, Ireland, Wales, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Due to the emphasis on amateur fun, some race teams are multi-national and only meet each other at the start of the race.

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