Triangle Adventure Racing Team

The Trail Ultra is part of the Odyssey Trail Running Rampage. This weekend we will bring in Fall with three great trail running races, The Trail Half Marathon, the Trail Marathon, and the 40 mile Trail Ultra. These trail race will give athletes the opportunity to run on some of the best trails in the Southeast at a gorgeous state park nestled in the mountains of VA, Douthat State Park. Get together with family and friends this a weekend at Douthat State Park which has a lot to offer, hiking, mt.biking, paddling, fishing, and relaxing.

The race course will be a loop format which will offer challenging uphills, fast downhills and beautiful views at multiple points on the trail. Racers will run along creeks with waterfalls and through Rhododendron covered tunnels engulfing the trails. A loop will have a total elevation gain of 3094′ over 13 miles, with the highest point being 3120′. There will be two aid stations with water, Heed, cola and an assortment of salty snacks and treats on a loop.

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Come join us in our backyard playground!
Are you looking to go just a bit further, go just a bit longer, and go just a bit tougher? Then this Odyssey race is for you! The classic Odyssey Race will take place in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.This Odyssey One-Day Adventure Race will offer a challenging but fun 24 hr course for racers looking to add miles and hours to their race resume, a challenging race for seasoned athletes, but doable for team wanting to step up from a 12 hr or sprint adventure race. As always, Odyssey guarantees a rewarding experience for all!

There will be more details coming as we finalize the race course.

Duration
24 Hours
75 -90 Miles Disciplines:
Trekking/Trail Running
Mountain Biking
Paddling (slow moving & flatwater)
Navigation/Orienteering

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The 2008 USARA GoLite Adventure Race National Championship will consist of 3 person coed teams. Coed teams must qualify at regional qualifying races. Teams must register within 14 days of qualifying and provide a non refundable $400.00 deposit in order to retain their qualifying slot for the national championship race. The remainder of the teams entry fee must be received by October 1, 2008. Total entry fees are $900.00 per team - this includes the post race banquet. If a team fails to register within the 14 days their qualifying slot will roll down to the next finishing team. All race fees are non refundable as a teams acceptance prevents another team from attending. Teams that win a regional qualification race will receive $400.00 from the qualification race to be put towards the teams entry fee into the USARA GoLite Adventure Race National Championship. In addition to the $400.00 regional qualification sponsorship, winning teams will also receive a $100 Zanfel sponsorship as well as a $100 Bulleit Bourbon sponsorship towards their entry into the 2008 USARA GoLite Adventure Race National Championship. For more information go toEvent Type: One Day Adventure Race

www.usaranationals.com

Another classic 100mile MTB race held in the mountains of Va. known for classic and technical singletrack climbs and descents with great support from the promoters!  These are the same guys who produce the Wildnerness 101!

http://www.mtntouring.com/mountain/htm/home/page_home.htm

9th Annual 8HR Adventure Race held right here in our own backyard at Umstead State Park and Lake Crabtree County Park…race features orienteering course…trail running….mountain biking and water related events.  SOLO or Team options are available, special category and reduced entry as always for Public Safety and Military teams.  Presented by Triangle-AR-Team .com.  Registration is now OPEN!!!

http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1513582&assetId=0ecf6e37-b1b9-4fee-9c70-75e4d63e1a7d

So I’m hearing racers at the Swamp Fox use both terms to describe the steering device off the back of some of the kayaks…one thing I do know is whatever they are called they work well. Working meaning they help keep the boat tracked, never gave this much thought as to why but this article details how either option works in aiding your paddling. When hearing both terms used think of a skeg being similar to a surfboard fin sticking out the bottom of the boat…while a rudder is rear mounted and can be dropped or retracted as conditions warrant the need. Check it out! “Paddle Me”:http://www.outdooreyes.com/kayakrudderskeg.php3

Brian finished his second marathon in 3:47:19 (32nd overall)…23 minutes better than last year.

Preliminary results for the RDU-Trailblazer’s are in from the Swamp Fox 12HR Adventure Race, visit our race report section for details:

1st Place- 3 Person, 5th overall, 8HRS 47MINS
Bruce Dale, Dale Long, Rory Avant

1st Place- 2 Female, 10HRS 45MINS
Shelly Fischer, Sheila Whight

All in all we had a very good race….we finished 5th of 45 entries and 1st in the 3 person team category at 8HR 47MIN. The race started out with us plotting UTM points and then going out on foot after them, all the markers had a code which upon completing the course had to be deciphered into a word….we cracked the code pretty quick and started on the boat leg in fourth place..we linked a two person kayak and a solo kayak together and moved pretty well….lost a couple places to some duos in two person boats but otherwise held our own…it was a seriously cool boat leg…even had two dolphins follow us for about a 1/2 mile or so, seemed curious about what we were doing……the boat leg gave way to the bike transition..and we had some options to pursue some bike check-points or ride straight line to another very long 0-course (6 points=10miles) this consisted of us having to triangulate our Checkpoints from known points on the map…while my team-mate plotted…I took up the task of throwing a tomahawk into a board about 6ft away….after 5 or 6 throws…I stuck it and we took off running…..

We made a wise choice in going straight to the running with fresh legs, because we needed it all to push through and keep in contact with the top teams…one marker was up a tree requiring a decent climbing effort..one up a rope ladder…and one required a swim across a 10 foot creek……after clearing the course we set back out on the bikes to collect the bike points and ended up totaling 30.9 miles on the bikes….had a bit of trouble with one point but it didn’t really hurt us in the end as we were able to keep moving fast and took some shortcuts that just made sense to us in looking over the course….I would definitely recommend this race or any of the Kandoadventure series races……and oh yeah..won a set of Maxxis MTB tires during the awards….pretty sweet….

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