[Triangle-AR] which race to start with?

[Don Childrey]

Hi everyone,

Let me throw something in here. I wasn't quite ready to go public with
this info, but this is such a perfect opportunity, I couldn't resist.
Within the the next two weeks I'll be announcing a new adventure race to
be held in the Uwharrie National Forest (less than 2 hours from Raleigh)
on March 11, 2006. It will have a short course - 2 to 3 hours, and a long
course - 6 to 8 hours. Disciplines will include mtb'ing, trekking,
paddling and orienteering. This race should be perfect for first-time
adventure racers, all you'll really need are a bike, a compass and some
navigation know-how.

I also plan to set up some practice courses in the Triangle over the next
few months to encourage more people to get out and try adventure racing.
Like Sean said, joining the triangle-ar mail list is a good move. I'll be
using it to announce the practice courses and other training events, as
well as the debut of the website for the adventure race in the Uwharries.

Have a great day!

Don Childrey
don at childrey.com

> swhight at trimeris.com wrote:
>> Dear Triangle Adventure Racing Team,
>> A friend and I are interested in doing adventure racing.  We do a lot of
>> trail running.  We have some mountainbike experience and have done a
>> little orienteering with the Backwoods Orienteering Club.  We have a lot
>> of questions on how to get started. i.e., which race to start with?
>> Where can we learn to rappel, kayak? And any general tips you are
>> willing to share.  Our major dilemma, as I said is which race to start
>> with?
>> Any information would be greatly appreciated,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sheila and Shelly
>
> [adding triangle-ar]
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't know of any shorter adventure races coming up in the next few
> months, but there are orienteering races and there is the annual soup
> bowl duathlon (x-country run, mtn bike, x-country run).  Orienteering
> will teach you navigation and you can work on you x-country running at
> the same time.  The schedule is:
>
> http://www.treklite.com/bok/schedule.htm
>
> I don't have a link for the soup bowl but you can check out
> http://trianglemtb.com/ as they usually have information in the forums.
>
> Finally, I suggest joining the triangle-ar mail list.  It has been a bit
> quiet but there are some posts for getting together to train.  And
> hopefully in the spring we can put on another training race in the area.
>   Those are great places to start.
>
> /Sean