Inside the Athlete Forum 2016
The first Adventure Racing World Series Athlete Forum was held after the 2016 World Championship in Australia. Moderated by AR World Series Director Craig Bycroft, […]
FAQs
What food should I pack for races?
In short, pack foods you like to eat. My only warning is not to pack tons of sweet foods as you’ll be sick of them […]
What compass should I buy for AR?
All you need is a simple baseplate compass – nothing fancy. A baseplate compass can be placed on your map – you can see through […]
Training programme for AR?
Q: A mate and I are starting out adventure racing and loving it. We are however very uninformed and I would like to know if there is any websites or places I can go to to find a proper training programme.
On buying trail shoes
As I prepare to take my mom, Liz, to buy her first pair of trail shoes, I thought I’d revisit this most frequently asked question – about buying trail shoes. Is there a ‘best shoe’? What should I look for? Where can I go to look for them?
Finding Mr Right
We are now two women in our team. We’re new to this and we’re not fast really but we do enjoy racing. We’d like to find a guy to join our team but how do we find a man, or two, who is not so competitive that we frustrate him, or that he’ll try to be the alpha dog and will frustrate us by trying to push us harder and faster.
Swimming in AR
Although adventure racing is a multidiscipine sport, swimming is rarely included; well, not a swim of any significant distance. Sure, you see adventure racers in YouTube videos swimming – but they’re probably swimming less than 200m – with their backpacks – to cross a small dam or river.