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Who are the Rat Race?

Rat Race Adventure Sports is an outdoor sports company committed to helping people get out of the office and into adventure sports so they might challenge themselves to become fitter and feel great. Our range across Kit, Events and the Urban Gym provides total immersion for those who want it, or it simply provides a handrail to those undertaking their first adventure sports challenge.

From your first steps to getting fit with the Urban Gym, to kitting yourself out for an Iron Man or ultra marathon, we have something that can help you get out there. Here are some of the folk working hard and playing hard behind the scenes, using their experiences and creativity to bring inspiration, safety and slick organisation to meeting our customers’ needs.

Rat Race Adventure Sports. From city to summit.

Jim Mee - Rat-in-Chief

Jim Mee - Rat-in-Chief

Jim has a passion for adventure sports - his real love is mountains with Andean, Causacus, Apline and Alaskan peaks ticked off.

Simon Powell - Head of Retail

Simon 'The Scientist' Powell - Head of Retail

Puts his science degree to work to make sure we buy only the best technology and fabrics for the store.

Gary Tompsett - Event Planner

Gary Tompsett - Event Planner

Completion of over 30 mountain marathons are just the start of Gary's endurance exploits.

Stewart Caithness - Event Planner

Stewart Caithness - Event Planner

International orienteer who brings you routes in both town and country with his sense of discovery.

Gary Vallance - Event Planner

Gary Vallance - Event Planner

Gary's frequent ultra marathons and mountain bike leader status means he is our go-to-man for kit testing.

Chris Johnstone - Head of Urban Gym

Chris Johnstone - Head of Urban Gym

His qualifications, such as a Masters Degree in Strength and Conditioning, help you get the results you want from the Urban Gym team.

Paul 'Smudge' Smith - Store Manager

Paul 'Smudge' Smith - Store Manager

The Cytech Level Three bike maintanance badge makes Smudge the man to show you around a bike.

Ian Wilson - Chico Hollin - weeeeeeeee

Ian Wilson - Outdoor Safety Advisor

With an MIA and Level 4 BCU kayak and canoe tickets Ian makes sure that our ropes, wilderness and kayak safety is top notch. Oh and he has kayaked off the 50ft Chico Hollin Waterfall in the Jungle in Ecuador.