Adventure Racing #27: Your First Adventure Race

Many people are intimidated by the apparent complexities of adventure racing. This video hopes to demystify what it's like to take part in a short 6hr race, here in the UK.
Seriously, anyone can compete. In fact, it's much easier than doing a triathlon, a marathon, and arguably even easier than doing a 5k!

The race shown here is an event that was held by https://www.questars.co.uk, well known in UK AR circles, especially for their races held in the south.

I took one of my sons along, and it was his first time ever doing an adventure race. Yes, it was made easier for him as I was there to lead, but as you'll see in the video, there were other teams comprising complete novices who took part in the challenge. 😁

And one last detail that wasn't in the video: we used a compass for about 30 seconds total over the whole 6hrs. The rest of the time we navigated by matching stuff in the world to stuff on the map! 😁

00:00 Intro
01:10 Arriving at the race venue
01:46 Setting up our gear in the transition area (TA)
02:04 The transition box
02:54 Hiring a bike
03:36 Registration
04:50 Explaining the race maps & marking a route
07:12 Dummy checkpoints
08:41 The map legend
10:13 A team of novices prepping for the race
10:37 Emergency supplies at the race shop
11:02 Other details before racing
12:00 The race starts!
12:35 The kayak stage
15:14 The trek stage
17:58 Back in transition
18:35 The bike stage
20:02 The finish line
20:37 Registering our results and the wrap up

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