A relay race. 700 km. No stopping.
You ride as a team of 4, 6 or 8. The course from Mahanaim to Eilat is split into 14 segments, and at any moment at least one pair from your team is on the trail. While one pair rides, the rest drive to the handover point, eat, prep the bikes and try to sleep. Day and night blur together, the landscapes keep changing, and the clock doesn’t stop until the Ink Flag.
Build a team
Four, six or eight friends. The team splits into pairs, and each pair rides together.
One pair on the trail
At any moment at least two riders are on the course, one of them carrying the tracker.
The rest in the car
The resting pair drives to the handover point, eats, preps the bikes and sleeps. Run it well and you get 1.5–2 hours of sleep between segments.
Hand over, keep going
At the end of the segment the whole team takes a photo, the rested pair heads out and the other pair gets in the car. Repeat, all the way to Eilat.
Stories from 2026
This is what it feels like from the inside: what the 2026 riders wrote after reaching Eilat.
You can stick one word on this event: "determination". It started with real fears of mud and rain, went on to a flood in the Arava not seen in 14 years… but also crazy sights of lakes in the middle of the desert, and packed, shining ground. We have never had a finishing rate like this!
“Around 01:15, two headlights start to come closer on the horizon. We're already on the bikes, ready… we take the tracker and shoot off like a rocket! As if it were morning and we'd slept all night. What adrenaline can do!”
“When Johnny realised at segment 6 that he was too sick to go on, it was clear to all of us that we'd carry on with double segments. No question mark. We don't stop until the flag.”
“The fatigue piled up on our last segment, but even riding like zombies, there was no option other than finishing and holding the gap. A tough underground event that doesn't let body or mind stop at the limit.”
“We rode into the wind in the north, through the bushes of the lowlands, and hid under a tree from the rain. Pure joy.”
“Pain became a close friend of all of us on this journey… Elad promised and delivered: "At the 700, anything can happen." A wonderful step out of the comfort zone.”
“What I enjoyed most was a surprising course that started at Mahanaim and ended on Mount Barak. The descent from Dimona with its crazy views, there's nothing like it.”
“Hats off to Neta-Li and her team. What they did is not to be taken for granted. Determination out of this world.”
“Amazing how hard this event is, and how many very strong people are here.”
“We enjoyed every minute all the way to Tel Arad.”
Choose your team size
Team of 4
The classic: two pairs and one car. Simple logistics, lots of riding, little sleep.
Team of 6
Three pairs and more rest between segments. Usually needs two cars.
Team of 8
Four pairs and the most rest. A great way to try the race for the first time without fearing the distance.
NonStop 350
Half the course: Mahanaim to Tel Arad, 7 segments, finishing on Friday. For a first taste, for riders who need to be home on Friday, and for anyone who prefers it a little less brutal.
The whole country, one segment at a time
About 700 km, most of them fast, fun and on beautiful trails: into the hilly Jordan valley from Mahanaim and down to the Sea of Galilee, the climbs of Eilabun and the singletrack that follows, the forests of Ramot Menashe and a fast stretch past the villages of the Sharon.
Then the landscape changes: the Haruvit and Yatir forests, the descent into the Arava (through Dimona in 2026, because of floods), and finally a climb from the Arava into the mountains and a descent to the Ink Flag in Eilat. Every segment has its own character: one with more climbing, another long and flat, and there will always be an argument about who worked harder.
The 14 segments
Every segment with its distance and climbing, from the updated 2026 GPX files (in the Drive folder). In a team of four, the pair that starts rides the odd segments (354 km, 4,049 m of climbing) and the other pair the even ones (354 km, 4,384 m). The 350 course is the first seven segments, to Tel Arad: 369 km and 4,859 m of climbing.
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1
Mahanaim → Kalanit 47 km · 565 m climbing
From Mahanaim junction down into the hilly Jordan valley to meet the Sea of Galilee, the segment’s low point, then west and up to Kalanit.
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2
Kalanit → Kfar Yehoshua 53 km · 687 m climbing
The climbs of Eilabun and the singletrack that follows, across the Lower Galilee to Kfar Yehoshua in the Jezreel Valley.
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3
Kfar Yehoshua → Ometz (Kakun fortress) 57 km · 718 m climbing
From the Jezreel Valley through the HaZorea area and Ramot Menashe, then west to the Kakun fortress national park near Ometz.
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4
Ometz → Kfar Truman 63 km · 600 m climbing
The fast stretch past the villages of the Sharon, based on the QuickSilver route, to Kfar Truman.
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5
Kfar Truman → Haruvit forest 45 km · 399 m climbing
A fairly flat segment heading south out of the center, to the Haruvit forest.
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6
Haruvit forest → Lahav 54 km · 862 m climbing
From the lowlands into the hills of the northern Negev, to Kibbutz Lahav. Finishing here in the morning? There’s a coffee cart at the kibbutz entrance.
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7
Lahav → Tel Arad 50 km · 1,028 m climbing
The segment with the most climbing: the Yatir forest, on a section completely reworked for 2026, to Tel Arad. NonStop 350 riders finish here.
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8
Tel Arad → Dimona 46 km · 742 m climbing
In 2026, because of floods in the Arava, the course was diverted south from Tel Arad to Dimona (instead of Neve Zohar).
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9
Dimona → Idan 61 km · 421 m climbing
Part of the 2026 diversion: from Dimona down into the Arava, rejoining the course at Idan. On the way you cross the Matachim firing zone.
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10
Idan → Paran 66 km · 449 m climbing
Fast, easy tracks to Sapir, then through the Arava to Paran.
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11
Paran → Yahel 40 km · 291 m climbing
Further south through the Arava, to Yahel.
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12
Yahel → Shaharut 43 km · 567 m climbing
A new segment: from Yahel west out of the Arava and up onto the plateau, to Shaharut.
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13
Shaharut → Be’er Ora 54 km · 627 m climbing
A new segment with the highest point in the south, 802 m, then down to Be’er Ora.
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14
Be’er Ora → Eilat 29 km · 477 m climbing
The last and shortest segment, from Be’er Ora to Eilat. From the eastern entrance of the promenade the whole team may ride together to the Ink Flag.
Race rules
Every team is self-reliant
The team runs as a unit that depends only on itself. Everyone on the team rides: no support driver.
At least two on the course
When a team heads out on a segment, at least two riders go, and one of them carries the tracker.
Satellite tracker
One device per team, always with the riding pair, switched on and sending a position every 5–10 minutes, so everyone can follow the map live.
Hand over only at handover points
No swaps in the middle of a segment. A pair may ride several segments in a row, and the handover is always at the end of a segment.
A photo at every handover
At every handover the whole team takes a photo together and posts it to the Telegram group in real time. Proof, and an amazing album at the end.
Ride the whole course
Where the incoming and outgoing pairs share a short stretch, both pairs ride it.
Mechanicals
The car crew may come to help, but no swapping. The pair returns to where it stopped and finishes the segment.
Help only with mechanicals
You may help other teams, but only with a technical problem.
And the most important rule: be good to your friends on the other teams. A word of encouragement to a tired team works wonders, for you too.
From the trail
How to reach Eilat
Every team’s first goal is the Ink Flag. Your position comes second. When you tell people you rode from Mahanaim to Eilat, nobody will ask where you finished.
Ride at a comfortable pace and keep moving. Too fast and you burn yourself or your partner. Too fast without burning out, and the other pair doesn’t get to rest.
After many times on the course, the most recommended split is one segment per pair, in turns.
Be ready on time, a quick photo, and go. Five wasted minutes per handover, times 13 handovers, is more than an hour.
Eat and drink on the drive to the handover, and prep the bike as soon as you finish, not right before you head out. That’s another 20 minutes of rest.
Always keep water and something tasty in the car, wake them on time, not too early and not too late, and say a word of encouragement before they leave.
If both riders have a GPS: one carries the full route and navigates, the other the segment file and calls out how far to the handover.
Since 2013
NonStop700 was dreamed up by two riders from the community, inspired by the “Har LaEmek” relay run. Since 2022 it has been run by the bikepacking community, and every year the course gets better thanks to riders who go out to check it and send fixes.
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2013
The first one: one team of four plus one more rider, and two trackers.
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2016
7 teams of four, 28 riders, from Mahanaim to Eilat without stopping.
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2017
A solo category opened, and 80 riders lined up: 16 teams of four and 15 soloists.
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2020
Teams of six and eight were added so more riders could take part. 16 teams finished, the most since 2017.
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2022
A big course refresh and new live tracking by Small World. 24 teams started, 15 finished.
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2025
The toughest edition yet: hard weather and a 730 km course. 7 teams reached Eilat, and the cup stayed with the Lions of Tzena.
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2026
The course is back to 700 km, with a finish through the mountains to Eilat. Because of floods in the Arava, the course was diverted from Arad to Dimona and back to Idan. In 2027 it returns to the original line from Arad toward Neve Zohar. And a new category is born: NonStop 350.
Register a team for NonStop 2027
28–31.10.2027 · Rosh PinnaPick a category, name your team and write every rider’s name. Rider 1 is the team’s contact and gets the updates.
- 700Team of four · 4 riders
- 700Team of six · 6 riders
- 700Team of eight · 8 riders
- 350Team of four · 4 riders
Need to change something? Register again with the same email or phone and the entry is updated. After registering: order a tracker and sign up for the map (steps below).
Who’s riding in 2027
The teams registered so far, by category. Past years: pick a year to see who rode and who reached Eilat.
Five steps to the start line
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Build a team and sign up
Find 3, 5 or 7 friends and register the team right here: team name, category and every rider’s name. Looking for partners? Ask in the group.
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Book a tracker
From Small World. On the device page scroll all the way right to the event name, so the device is linked to your team on the map.
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Register on the map
Register your team name to appear on the race map. Booking a device alone isn’t enough.
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Join the group
All updates, questions and partner searches happen in the event’s Telegram group.
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Download the route
GPX files for the full course and each segment, plus the handover table with Waze links.
Route files
