Adventure Racing #25: Staging Your Own Adventure Race

IF YOU'RE GOING TO TRAIN, TRAIN AGAINST OTHER TEAMS! 😁 Yes, you can stage your own adventure race! Whether it will be wildly successful or not is a different question, but this episode will cover how ARonAR hosted an informal training event for a bunch of teams for very little cost, and everyone had a stonking time getting sunburnt, trashed, exhausted and filthy. The teams crossed the finishing line grinning like Cheshire cats, and are clamouring for more. Most importantly, hopefully this episode will help to develop the sport of AR from grassroots level, which ARonAR considers fundamental for sustained growth. The kayaks were supplied by https://www.burnseries.co.uk/ The maps were printed by https://www.bmlprint.co.uk/ 00:00 Intro O0:49 Obstacles to staging a race 03:28 Make it as real as possible 03:57 Invitation only 04:34 A good location 04:57 Find a race base 06:00 Scouting online 07:07 Score vs Linear? 08:19 Choosing CPs 10:55 Photos instead of dibbers 11:39 Orienteering apps 12:22 Logistics 13:19 Water stages 14:49 Planning your route 15:33 GPS trackers 16:49 Map printing 17:26 All costs shared 17:58 Introducing newbies to AR 19:23 Publicising the event 20:16 Example maps 22:45 Prologues 26:43 Post race social Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/aronar   / aronar   Some images courtesy of Legendary Randy Ericksen PODCASTS: There are audio-only versions of all episodes appearing at https://aronar.podomatic.com/ as per requests. Something to absorb when you're out on that run and want to revise your pre-race tips ;) Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS