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There used to be a competition among competitions in America—a secret war between promoters, clubs and local groups—to see who could put on the toughest race in the U.S.

The rest of the world didn’t really understand, but American riders who participated in Blackwater, the Moose Run, the Check Chase and a few other infamous races considered it a badge of honor just to finish.

Times have changed, however, and now the rest of the world is in on the act. There’s a new breed of racing called, for lack of a better term, “Extreme Enduro,” and these races aren’t designed to be fun for the masses. Several countries host these elite forms of competition that can only be attempted by the best riders in the world, and America has answered with its own version of Extreme Enduros. If you were to combine all of these events with traditional, long-distance races like the ISDE and Dakar, which are challenging in their own right, you could have a series of races that would comprise the ultimate season of torture, endurance and achievement in the dirt bike world. Here’s how the ugliest racing schedule in the world would look.

Geoff Aaron is a Red Bull athlete and usually participates in the Red Bull Hard Enduro races. He loves them, but not everyone has the ability to love them.