At the beginning of February, a little over six months after his near-death experience, Cracknell lined up for the Yukon Arctic Ultra, a series of races on foot, on skis or by mountain bike up the freezing trail of the Yukon river in north-west Canada, over distances that range from marathon length to 430 miles. Cracknell elected to race the full 430 miles by mountain bike, and suggested that Discovery join him to record it.
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James Cracknell's Race Across America is on Discovery Channel now.
Thursday 9.30pm there's a show about the Yukon Arctic Ultra race
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/chris-harvey/8373976/James-Cracknell-back-in-the-saddle-after-his-brush-with-death.html
At the beginning of February, a little over six months after his near-death experience, Cracknell lined up for the Yukon Arctic Ultra, a series of races on foot, on skis or by mountain bike up the freezing trail of the Yukon river in north-west Canada, over distances that range from marathon length to 430 miles. Cracknell elected to race the full 430 miles by mountain bike, and suggested that Discovery join him to record it.