{"id":14723,"date":"2018-07-20T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T09:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14723"},"modified":"2018-07-20T11:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T09:08:00","slug":"the-red-bull-400-la-tania-invented-this-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/20\/the-red-bull-400-la-tania-invented-this-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Bull 400 &#8211; La Tania Invented This Sport!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14724\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/07\/20\/the-red-bull-400-la-tania-invented-this-sport\/red-bull-400_-courch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?fit=873%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"873,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red Bull 400_ Courch\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?fit=640%2C462&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?resize=640%2C462&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-14724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?resize=640%2C462&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?resize=100%2C72&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Red-Bull-400_-Courch.jpg?w=873&amp;ssl=1 873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Red Bull 400 is one of the toughest races in the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Although at first sight it appears straightforward, the aim of the Red Bull 400 is to run 400 metres as fast as possible\u2026 over a steep climb with a gradient of up to 36\u00b0! <\/p>\n<p>The races take place individually or in teams of 4 (4&#215;100 metres) and the Courchevel event takes place this Saturday 21st July up the Le Praz Ski Jump. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbull.com\/gb-en\/events\/rb400-courchevel\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Official Event Info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However not many people know that La Tania invented this sport way back in 2004. Following the Summer Ski Jumping World Cup Competiton we held a race up the slope &#8211; Sensible Si from South Africa winning (not sure where bro Ollie was that night &#8211; the race did start at 1am after security had drifted away!).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/photos\/2004summer\/UpRace\/IMG_1903.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/photos\/2004summer\/UpRace\/IMG_1904.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/photos\/2004summer\/UpRace\/IMG_1909.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also the big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courchevel.com\/ete\/fr\/fete-de-la-madelon-n163-ev851.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F\u00eate de la Madelon<\/a> in Le Praz this weekend and this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courchevel.com\/ete\/fr\/coupe-du-monde-de-saut-a-ski-et-show-aerien-n163-ev847.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Ski Jumping World Cup &#038; Patrouille de France Aerial Show<\/a> takes place on 10\/11 August 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Bull 400 is one of the toughest races in the world&#8230; Although at first sight it appears straightforward, the aim of the Red Bull 400 is to run 400 metres as fast as possible\u2026 over a steep climb with a gradient of up to 36\u00b0! 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