One With Nature
You may have heard of the Eco-Challenge, a highly televised adventure race that was last run in 2002 (Mark Burnett, the producer of Survivor, was its founder). The races are several days long, and involve traversing mountains,
Adventure Racing 101 - Learn to be an AR Idiot
You've scaled Everest, you've climbed a big wall, you've done an Ironman, you're divorced with 2 kids, welcome to the world of adventure racing. No longer the sufferfest of Raid and Eco-Challenge years, ARacing is now available in many
Back to Boobs
On that adventure racing note, news came out yesterday that the Primal Quest adventure race has been cancelled for 2007. and Eco-Challenge no longer in business (Mark Burnett found out he could make a lot more money on Survivor and
LEACH Adventure Race
Adventure racing in Florida is full of cool nicknames for the various races; the Stomp, Howl, Crusher, Scar, and so on. When I heard that there was going to be an addition to the list – The Loxahatchee Eco Adventure Challenge (LEACH) I
Adventure racing 101: A quick-start guide
This is one of the better primers on Adventure racing that I’ve seen. 15 expedition length adventure races and has won both the Eco-Challenge (Borneo not out playing with her new kiwi teammates on Team Merrell/Zanfel Adventure,
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Final Thoughts on Primal Quest
Following the tragedy that occured during the race in 2004, PQ took a year off to reorganize and Maybe race in Borneo like that classic Eco Challenge. and gave adventure racing a legitimacy and exposure that it hasn't seen before
In Which I Discuss Recent Books, and Am Unexpectedly Distracted by
(For those who weren't with me through my very serious period of adventure racing withdrawal after the demise of the Eco-Challenge, the Vendée Globe is a solo, non-stop, unassisted around the world sailing race.
The Friday Essay: Saipan
Xterra’s fifteen daunting races define modern endurance racing, straddling the breach between triathlon’s anal metiusness and adventure racing’s savage gruelathons. Other than Eco-Challenge and the Raid Gauloises, no event is more
Marathon Month
Whenever I get nervous pre-race, I think of time when I was really nervous and how it turned out in the end. Like racing Eco-Challenge, Borneo. It was my first expedition length adventure race (8-10 days) and it was being held in the
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