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Off-Season Training for Canoeing

Off-Season Training for Canoeing

By Caroline Schley
If you live in a four-season climate you will find it difficult to canoe year-round. In order stay in shape during the colder months, there are a variety of off-season activities you should be sure to engage in. There are two different kinds of training you should keep up with: aerobic and anaerobic [...]

Is AR the New Pinnacle of Endurance Sports?

Is AR the New Pinnacle of Endurance Sports?

Jenny Ruff
Metro Sports Boston
adventure racing (ad*ven*ture rac*ing), n. 1. A nonstop, multiday, multisport, team event of strategy where competitors must travel without outside assistance in areas of remote wilderness. 2. An equal-opportunity event for leeches, bacteria-ridden water, foot-rot and other nuisances to attack the human body 3. The original reason behind the question, “Why would [...]

Training for an Adventure Race

Training for an Adventure Race

Courtesy http://blog.outdoorzy.com
By Jason (Wade) Heflin ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅
There are two words you need to remember when training for an adventure race – “Multi Sport”. I will be racing the Oyster Adventure Race in downtown Nashville Tennessee in October. This particular adventure race consists of running, orienteering, biking, and several unlisted events. Over the [...]

Travis Macy’s Tips For Better Performance

Travis Macy’s Tips For Better Performance

Courtesy of Adventure World Magazine
Travis Macy has seen success as a professional adventure racer and world-class trail runner and mountain biker. He grew up in Evergreen, Colorado, ran on the varsity track and cross country teams at CU-Boulder, and now lives in Golden, Colorado. He raced with Team Merrell/Zanfel Adventure Racing at Primal Quest [...]

Dressing For Adventure

Dressing For Adventure

Dressing For Adventure Sport Activities
Courtesy of Adventure World Magazine

We wanted to publish information for those that may just be entering the fantastic world of adventure sports or interested in branching out to enjoy a new sport. The below post is basic information on gear acquisition for each of three disciplines: mountain biking, [...]

Featured Video Post

Featured Video Post

Check out the Mobile Urban Adventure Race video. That was one wild adventure!

Paddling Tips from Sleepmonsters.com

Paddling Tips from Sleepmonsters.com

Pete James put together a great writeup about paddling over at Sleepmonsters.com.
Water sections can provide some of the most exciting and memorable moments in adventure racing, from sea kayaking in the Atlantic Ocean in huge surf to rafting grade IV white-water. Unfortunately it can also provide some of the most mind-numbing and tedious sections. Both [...]

Adventure Racing Tips

Adventure Racing Tips

A few adventure racing tips by Jack Crawford over at Adventure Sports Online

For more training and racing tips check out the original article HERE:
Toughness
Under the pressure of competition, we always break at our weakest links. In the team, it will be your weakest member. In an individual, this can occur at many levels, physically, emotionally, [...]

Doing the Legwork

Doing the Legwork

By Jim Davies.. Via [Sleepmonsters.com]
The broad spectrum of adventure races means that the type of running encountered can vary from short and fast stages to long 20 hour plus mountain sections. These longer stages are often encountered on the expedition type adventure races where running may be confined to the flat and down hill sections, [...]

Bike Maintenance

Bike Maintenance

Pro Tips From Eastbank Cyclery
Jonathan Hebert is a bike mechanic at Eastbank Cyclery in Kenner La. He has been into sports and a bike tech since 1996. “We have a great team at Eastbank Cyclery. So, come by and check out our store. Meet us and let Eastbank Cyclery take care of all your cycling [...]

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