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Team EMCubed
Adventure racing can be defined as a nonstop, multi-day,
multi-sport, mixed team event. In many ways it can
be likened to an expedition with a stopwatch.
The goal of the competition is
to be the first team to get all members across the
finish line together. Since a significant part of
the challenge is in the planning and problem solving,
race information is given on a "need to know"
basis only (often you won't even know where the start
line is until the day before the race). By doing so,
the actual problem solving and planning must be done
quickly and efficiently during the competition.
The ideal and simplest race format
would be to drop all of the teams in the middle of
a remote location with gear and a set of maps with
two labels, point A (their location) and point B (the
finish line). In actual practice, each event will
have to make a number of compromises to this format
to ensure safety and to simplify logistics.
Racing
Simply stated, adventure racing
is an opportunity for people to challenge themselves.
It's a chance to push yourself to your limits or,
for the really daring, to redefine your limits. This
challenge is not just limited to elite athletes either.
There is so much more to adventure
racing than just being in shape. Anyone wanting to
challenge themselves can enjoy adventure racing. In
fact, you don't even have to finish a race to reap
the rewards - which is good because less than 25%
of teams finish their first race.
Although the races are designed
to be competitive, you quickly learn you are really
only in competition with yourself. The point is not
how well you did relative to the other teams, it's
whether or not you truly challenged yourself.
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Adventure is an attitude