Press release from Frank PR:
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji will premiere on Prime Video on Friday, Aug. 14, in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. This 10-episode adventure series, hosted by Bear Grylls and executive produced by Mark Burnett, tells the story of the ultimate expedition race, in which 66 teams from 30 countries race non-stop for 11 days, 24 hours a day, across hundreds of miles of rugged Fijian terrain complete with mountains, jungles and oceans.
Among the contestants are Asheville residents Anne Bailey (Team Unbroken), a clinical pharmacy specialist at the Charles George VA Medical Center, and Michele Hobson (Team Checkpoint Zero), a local physical therapist. Also competing is Bailey’s teammate Gretchen Evans, a U.S. Army veteran and former Asheville resident who trained for the race in Asheville.
Filmed last fall in Fiji, World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji is a battle to the finish for 330 competitors (who form teams of five, including four racers and an assistant crew member); however, the greatest challenges are not the competing teams, but the unforgiving 671 kilometers of terrain which stands between all those competing and the finish line. Viewers worldwide will see the limits of human physical and mental endurance tested like never before.
At its core, World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji is about perseverance. People from all walks of life and every corner of the globe join together to overcome the most incredible obstacles. The challenges lie both within the course itself, and competitors’ equally daunting personal struggles, which are only magnified by the demands of the expedition.
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