Adventure Race training
Adventure racing is a sport of both mental and physical greatness. It is challenging
yourself beyond limits in your own mind. Adventure racing takes training, specialized
gear, and certain skill knowledge. This adventure racing multimedia website is
a collection of articles written by adventure racers for others to learn from.
Adventure racing is a great sport to get into if you really love multiple outdoor
sports such as mountain biking, hiking, paddling either canoe or kayak, rappelling
and orienteering. You can have access to all our training articles about foot
care, mountain biking, gear, climbing skills, hydration and a collection of things
you should think about before your first adventure race.
While
competing in a race does require a certain amount of specialized gear, skills
and knowledge, it also demands an inner determination, drive or "heart"
to bring you through to the finish line. It can sometimes bring out the best in
people, and also the worst aspects as well.
Adventure
Racing can be one of the toughest and most personally challenging sport there
is. Here are some thoughts on the meaning of adventure racing:
What
I have taken from adventure racing is who I am. Women get a sense of their selves
from doing an adventure race--An emotional summit. Find that self-love. Finding
that appreciation for who I am and what I can offer to other people. ~Jenny
Hadfield
I think adventure racing has always captured my attention. It kind
of gets my blood pumping. Someone told me once that you should find something
you are passionate about and go after it 110%. For some reason I really took that
to heart. ~Maggie Moore
Adventure race takes your life to a whole other
level. It's an obsession. It gives you the confidence to achieve your goals. If
you have finished your goal of finishing such a tough task, going for 24 hours
or two days in an race for example, you feel like a lot of your other things you
have to achieve become a lot easier. You can obtain your goals easier. Everything
seems easy compared to an adventure race in a nutshell. ~Mike Meadows
Simply,
it challenges you mentally and physically. ~Joe Amato
One thing I bring
back is that anything is possible. Before I started adventure racing, I never
thought I would be able to come out and do the things I do: Race for 24 hours.
Cover 90 miles. So I take back that almost anything is possible. Next to meeting
my wife and having three beautiful children, adventure racing is probably the
third most special thing that I do. You just can't challenge yourself in this
kind of environment everyday. ~Tom Houston
Why do it? Some people say
that we're "nuts." I get that all the time. It has to do with pushing
yourself--Just wanting to compete. Today, I learned I could be miserable and still
have that mental ability to push through things and still accomplished what I
wanted to do. ~Chad Smith
The Teamwork aspect is what really drew me
to the sport and what I still find attractive about it. It's the biggest challenge
in the sport because you never know from team to team and race to race how your
team dynamics will come into play except that it affects your team wholly. 98%
of your success or failure within a race is dependent on your teamwork-whether
it goes well or bad, How you deal with situations that come up because in every
race something that crops up. But that's also the challenging fun part of the
sport because if you do have really good teamwork and it's really strong, you
can be super competitive and do really well. ~Teri Smith
The
authors of this site are all adventure race athletes of some sort. Sure we're
may not all be the superstars of the sport, but we are out there racing. There
is so much new interest in the sport of adventure racing and so many ways each
of us can improve our racing, we felt the need for a website devoted to sharing
this gained knowledge. Enjoy the many features on training programs, team-building
skills, and race tips that will help get you to the finish line.
Thanks
for visiting our Adventure Racing Training Website. Train Smart, Race Hard
Warning: Adventure racing and its multi-sport components is inherently dangerous
and may cause serious injury or death. You should not depend solely on information
gathered from this website for your personal safety. Your climbing, paddling,
biking, trekking safety depends on your own judgment based on competent instruction,
experience, and a realistic assessment of your abilities. Your use of the information
contained within this website indicates your assumption of the risk of death or
serious injury as a result of adventure racing risks and is a acknowledgment of
your own responsibility for your safety and for receiving proper instruction for
adventure race training.
