Are you up for a different kind of challenge?

    DANFORTH — Want to see how physically fit you are? Look no farther than the East Grand Adventure Race on Saturday, May 12.
    The race is demanding, but according to Dave Conley, race organizer, “It is not beyond the reach of those who are in reasonably good physical condition.”
    The whole race is 17-plus miles, which includes a 1.5 mile off-trail compass run, a nine-plus mile mountain bike challenge and seven-plus miles of canoeing. Coupled with those tasks, organizers have also added an Iron Man Challenge or two along the way, and a climbing wall challenge in the school’s gymnasium.
    Last year, the Iron Man Challenge task was maneuvering through a bog.
    The seventh annual Adventure Race begins at the Stetson Mountain Wind Farm and finishes at the Baskahegan Stream in Danforth.
    The East Grand Adventure Race is hosted by students in the East Grand Outdoor Education Program and sponsored by Ski Rack Sports of Bangor; the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust and First Wind.
    “The race is designed to get teens and adults outside for some wholesome physical activity, while [negotiating] through the rugged and remote eastern Maine wilderness,” said Conley.
    The East Grand Adventure Race began as a high school competition, which has developed into motivating adults, too.
    Junior/senior relay teams — for those who want to compete, but do not want to finish the entire course — and an adult division have been added to the event.
    The age divisions for this year’s race are: high school boys, girls and mixed pairs; adult men; adult women and mixed; junior/senior division; open division — solo or teams of any size in relay, kayak or canoe.
    Entry fee is $20 per person, which includes trophies, T-shirts, lunch and more than $1,000 in prizes for the youth divisions. Advanced registration is required.
    For more information, call race coordinator Dave Conley at 551-8729.