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Tim Holmstrom, Event Director/Race Director
Tim Holmstrom has been producing and staging events in Costa Rica for 5 years. As a photojournalist Tim has been covering adventure racing and multi-sport events for over 12 years. He has witnessed the tremendous growth and steady evolution of these races while gathering a vast library of images for magazines, corporate sponsors and race organizations.
For Tim, TCC Panama, Island Run represents an exciting new opportunity to share the captivating beauty of this country with a broader community of runners and those interested in adventure travel opportunities. There is so much potential for creating a wide array of unforgettable adventures in this nation. There are so very few places left in the world to see and walk among indigenous people living lives not unlike the way they lived a century ago. The Embera and Kuna Indians of Panama still carry on their traditional way of life, even in the face of encroaching modern society and visitors from the outside world. Add that to the fact that it is a country with more islands than any other nation in the world and our competitors will soon see that Bocas del Toro is just the beginning.
The new race and format is a part of a natural progression and evolution of attempting to open up these types of events for more and more individuals to enjoy and participate.
Sergio Sánchez, Logistics Director/co Race Director
As a industrial engineering specialized in operation management, he’s been working in logistics in the Coastal Challenge since the beginning, developing a fluid and efficient event. He also has being working in other important events (like mountain bike race and adventure races) such as the Trio Adventure Challenge 2005, Costa Rica Solo Adventure Race 2006, Rios Tropicales Challenge 2005-2006-2007, Guanaride 2007, The Coastal Challenge 2005-2006-2007-2008, among others.
He’s been training since five years old, and competing since ten. He participated on the Costa Rican swimming and triathlon national team, but now it’s all about making hardcore races in Costa Rica and in other countries.
As he said, “it’s all and excuse to be with the nature, and to keep it as sacred as it is, by showing it to the people all around the world and to make them know how sacred it is”.
Andres Vargas: Photographer & Media Director Andres, born in Costa Rica and pampered by the mountains of the Northern Territories, started eating mud before reaching age 1, his cry was heard by Mother Nature before he was able to distinguish her call. And now, after many years of walking barefoot over robust grasslands, feeling the fresh mud slide between his toes, waking to the call of his relatives herding cows and baking bread with the mist of the waking sun, his urge to return to those mountains which saw him grow tall and wiry-haired embraces him and his now inseparable friend, the one that shows the rest what he sees when alone atop the hills smiling goodbye to the sun and greeting the moon, the love of his life.
Andres has been involved in Adventure Racing for several years, his interest in the wild does not solely rest in relaxing on a treetop or lying along the river next to his dog Nisha, but it strives for the cultural encounter, the unforgettable adventure and exploration in every expedition.
At The Coastal Challenge Andres finds the opportunity to capture more than just a race, he finds haven in photographing a fast paced culture, one that seeks rests in storming through the forest, climbing mountains and defying the limits of adventure.
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