Mountain Running
The unique challenge of Red Bull 400 returns in 2018 with 17 events
Red Bull 400 is the toughest 400m run on the planet, with competitors scaling a dry ski jump, and this year it's expanding to even more events around the world.
As well as the second annual World Championships in Bischofshofen, there'll be 16 more competitions, four more than in 2017, including Whistler Mountain, where forest fires prevented the event happening last season. The first three events of this season are all on May 12, 2018 in Finland, Japan and the USA.
But what is Red Bull 400? The answer is: an unbelievably gruelling 400m run up a ski jump at the wrong time of year for winter sports, in the opposite direction to what the jump's designer originally intended.
Click below to see what happened when journalist Dominique Granger tried the event out for herself:
See below for a full calendar of events in 2018:
Date
Place
Country
May 12
Lahti
Finland
May 12
Copper Peak, MI
USA
May 12
Sapporo
Japan
May 20
Almaty
Kazakhstan
May 26
Chaykovskiy
Russia
June 2
Trondheim
Norway
June 30
Val di Fiemme
Italy
July 14
Whistler Mountain, BC
Canada
July 21
Courchevel
France
July 28
Titisee-Neustadt
Germany
August 11
Strbske Pleso
Slovakia
August 18
Zakopane
Poland
August 25
Bischofshofen
Austria
September 15
Planica
Slovenia
September 15
Park City, UT
USA
October 7
Sochi
Russia
October 20
Engelberg
Switzerland