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September 21, 2006
Packed House for Adventure Racing Talk
Last night, I joined organizers of the SF Oyster, Jen and Galen of baarbd.org and fellow racer Adam Chase to discuss adventure racing and specifically the upcoming SF Oyster Urban Adventure Race Oct. 15th.
It was nice to see the room above capacity (30+) for the talk. This is just more data that the sport is growing here in California. The audience was only 1/3 triathlon and/or marathon experienced and about 1/8 had done an adventure race before.
The race organizer, Jason Ornstein gave a great overview of what racers should expect on the course. One important thng to know for the race is that REI will be where all transitions will be made and that the course will resemble a wheel with spoke. Racers will head out on one leg of the race on say a trek or a bike and then return after hiting a few checkpoints to REI before going out again in another format such as skating.
Adam Chase, showed a video before talking one that his brother made to help people visualize the sport in general. He discussed AR in general before introducing Jen and Galen of the local community adventure racing portal baarbd.org sharing their own experience with AR and why they love the sport and most importanltly how people can discover the local AR community through baarbd.org. It was good to add balance to the stage and more voices sharing unique experiences and why each in particular loves the sport.
Adam Chase then picked up his talk again going quickly into the nuts and bolts of doing well in this urban race. His talk specifically emphasized the need for coming to the race to race as a team and knowing each others weaknesses and strengths.
Adam then turned over the floor to me to discussing training. I had prepped and passed out copies of a basic plan of exercize and skill building that was intended to build more confidence then actual physical abilities in the last 3 weeks before the race.
If anyone is looking for tips and help training for this up coming race then send me an email at wgilmore (at) pacwestathletics.com or check out our site for more info about the adventure racing program and other outdoor fitness programs at PacWestAthletics.com
Tonight, I am speaking again with the group at San Carlos REI at 7:00PM. Come and join us if you are in the nieghborhood.
Posted by willisnot at September 21, 2006 12:54 PM
