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* Post your race stories today!!!
* Don't forget to tell your friends about ARR!
* Researching an upcoming race? Check here for reviews!
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* New Adventure Races USA 2008 Forum, details here.
* SF Bay Area racers -- The latest on the BAAR Brawl is here.
* What is a Diet? Find out here!
* How about a Mock AR? Read the story!
* SoCal Scout Adventure Challenge by Barrie!
* Untamged Virginia by Jim!
* Genesis Adventures by AdventureSean!
* Baja Travesia by Barrie
* Michigan eXpedition (also by Barrie!)
* Yough Extreme by Steve Elliot
* Big Blue Castaic Lake by Karl
* Central Coast Challenge! by LuckyJ, Barrie, and Louisurfer
* Read Barrie's GREAT account of the Baja Travesia!!
* Check out the Inaugural Checkpoint Zero Race reportfrom Yak!
* Sunflower 24-Hour? Read CP99's story!
* BAAR Brawl Results! Read the comments here!
* Tell your friends about the 2007 Adventure Racing Calendar on our site!
* Check out Jim Weber's Sproute Race Report!
* Read Barrie's great account of the Desert Rage Vail Lake!
* Read Team Backpacker's Big Chill race report!!!
* Planning your 2007 season? Feel free to use the Info forum to find teammates!
* Stories and photos from the Equinox Fast Fifty-- an amazing free race in SD!
* Who says racing can't be fun??? Try these ideas!!!
* Gold Rush reports from luckyj, noalittle, and dolface!
* Check out Team Backpackers Bend or Bust Report!
* Links to Gold Rush, Sunsweet, and AR Nationals!
* Pumpkins in Santa Monica, check out Kathryn's photos!
* Racing in Flagstaff anyone? Read Brian's report!
* ARR Readers: What do you think about having adventure race discussions? Read some thoughts here.
* Louis and Barrie raced at Desert Rage San Diego -- find out what it was like!
* Primal Quest anyone? Reports from David Bogle and Keith Ash.
* Racing in New Orleans with David Bogle!
* Welcome our 700th member! "ccadventure" from the Central Coast Adventure Challenge!
* How about kayaking around Manhattan? Read KB-UK's story!
* 2006 Lake Perry Dusk 2 Dawn
* Going Solo at AR24 and the Ultra O-gaine
* Read about the Rock, Roll, and Rattlesnake 3-day!
* How was the Desert Rage II? Find out here!
* Reports from the Big Blue series at Castaic Lake!!
* ARC Urban Adventure Race & Merrell Outventure Race - Toronto
* Cal Eco at Auburn!!
* Two NGAR Reports (here and here)!!!
* XPD Australia!
* San Diego's Mini AR!! Read the story here!
* Chuckanut 50k trail run!
* Chicot Adventure Race Stories by Chubby Bastardos and Team Backpacker!
* The Big Chill adventure race!
* Read CP99's review of the Bonk Hard Chill!!
* News from the Odyssey One Day Extreme!
* The first Desert Rage of 2006!!! Check out Fygar's report!
* Bay Area Racing! Read the stories from the 2006 BAAR Brawl!!!!
* Read Lejon's Michigan Coast-to-Coastreport!
* 2005 Desert Rage Report by Tommy!
* Storm the Eastern Shore from Team Fantastic Four!
* USARA National Championships report!
* New reports from the Beast of th East!! Stories from Jon and Steph!
* Thunder Rolls story by Jeanne!!!
* Great stories from the Baja Xtreme!!! By Barry, JBencke and Kristine!!!!
* Catfish9's story from the Dillon Sprint Adventure Challenge
* Tennessee's Pickett Race! Read the Smokin' Loons report!
* SVS Finals -- check out the great link from Brandon!
* Tahoe Big Blue 24 Hours ... See how Randy and Team Cyclepathdid it!!
* Adventure racing in Guelph! See Adventure Racing Canada's recap!
* An underground training event in SoCal! Lake Morena!
* Raid the Rock -- Find out more here!
* How was the Fort Chaffee Challenge in Arkansas? Find outfrom Outdoorboy!!
* Awesome Berryman stories byForward Regression, Brandon, and World MultiSport!!
* Into Thin Air at Tahoe Big Blue by Mats Jansson!!
* Read about Arizona's Gilmore Adventure Race -- Storeis by Rick Eastman, Dave Sewell, and Team Ruination!!!
* Racing in North Carolina? Lisa Randall's Overmountain Extreme Report!
* A Bitton mini-Photo-Report from TRIOBA!
* Muskoka Racing? Find out from Adventure Racing Canada!!
* A race director doing an AR -- check out Rick Eastman's review of the Gilmore Race!
* Read Barrie's review of Mexico's Baja Xtreme 24!!
* Ambush Adventure Sports Cave Run Lake storyby Catfish9!
* Adventure racer Brandon does the Ironman Triathlon in California -- Read his story!!
* Extreme Leave No Trace -- how adventure racers picked up trash at the SMAC!
* Awesome maps and great story! Read KB-UK's UGMAR review!
* The BAAR Brawl revisted? See how the Dirty Avocados did it!!!
* A story from the Bushwhacking Championshipsby Catfish9!
* An Ocean Blue reportfrom Adam, as well as Gordon's review and Cyclepath's story!!!
* Southeast Summer Sprints link from JFarmer!
* Read HipCanucky's excellent P.U.R.E report!!
* A great Driftless Zone review from Team Virabhadrasana/Team Fat Otter!
* The Odyssey Mega Dose recap!!
* From Team Red Energy -- Photos and a storyfrom the SAS Extreme Heat!
* A great story from the Upside-Down Rogaineby Sue!!
* Joe and Lisa's story from the Krista Griesacker Race!
* Check out the reviews from the SMAC 24 Hour Adventure Race by Kenand Sue and Waldo and HipCanucky!!
* Three great stories from the AMBUSH Wild Water Adventure Challenge!!
* A report from the Krista Griesacker Memorial Adventure Race!
* Valuable lessons learned at the Summer Groove! Read Eric's great race report (photos too)!
* A Link to TeamLucky's Scout Adventure Challenge story!
* Starting a race with a 26-mile ocean paddle? Read Barrie'sreview of ExploreCA!
* How was the Summer Groove? Find outfrom Sue Douglas!
* Another Big Blue Report by Jacob!!!
* Big Blue Santa Barbara Link from Jeremy and an Urban Frog reportfrom Paul Daniel!
* Reports from both coasts! Wicked Gorgeand Ultimate White Mountain!
* Hope Furnace story by Catfish9!!
* TRIOBA 12-Hour Mini Photo Reportand Full Race Report by Gregg's Fat Tire Race Team!
* Blue Hills Adventures Spillway Challenge report by CP99!!
* Check out Yuri's great 2005 Lionheart Report!
* Three races from Adventure Racing Canada-- read the story in the International Reports section!
* How was this year's Planet Adventure Sprint? Find out from Ryan Burke!
* Silicon Valley Series 2 -- Three great reports from Brandon, Randy, and Team Cyclepath!!
* Barrie Adsett's Scout Adventure Racereview!
* New Zealand's Peak to Peakadventure race!
* Team Bendon Publishing's Endorphin FixStory!
* How easy is it to measure trekking distance in AR?? Dave's review of the Polar S625x HERE
* Salomon Adventure Challenge story by Team Dead Reckoning / Running Free!!
* Racing for charity! The Cradle of Liberty Adventure Weekend!
* How did the Dirty Avocados do at the Night and Day? Read the story to find out!!!
* New Mexico's Only AR for 2005? The Quest for Fire Story!!!
* Big Blue 24 Hour in Santa Monica, two outstanding reports from Kathryn Tubbs and Karl and Cynthia !!!
* AR in Flower Mound? Read the TeamXPerience Rock Stick Challenge story!
* Check out Grant Sisler's Explore Sweden Race Report!!
* Worth Reading! The Jay Challenge Reportby Jen!
* Team GRAAR: The Infiterra Sports 3 day Coast to Coast Adventure Race Story
* By Sue Douglas: The River Rats Spring Warmup!


* NEW: Email delivery of ARR articles! Find out more here.
* Add photos to your race stories! Check out the posting detailsto find out how!
* Recently finished a race? Share your experiences by posting a message, story, or review here!
* Have a favorite story? Let others know in the Best Stories 1 topic!


And here's what else is new on ARR! (see below for details)

[Dave]

Best Stories links are now active!

I've put a few of the best ones in the Best Stories 2 link in the top menu bar. And, HOPEFULLY, some of the ARR readers will let others know which ones they think are the best -- most humorous, most insightful, most educational, whatever! Now that we're getting so many reports and stories on the site here, it would be really good to have some quick links to the most interesting ones....

Submit your own best stories to the Best Stories 1 link in the top menu!

-Dave

[Dave]

The 2004 Race Calendar is now on-line! To see all the races for 2004 in a graphical layout, go to the ARR calendar at:



http://www.zdap.com/racereports/calendar/index.htm

You can click on the race names to get more information about the particular races -- and for those races that have already passed, clicking on the race name will bring you directly to the race reports!

As always, if you know of a race that isn't on the calendar yet, please let others know about it by posting the race in the Upcoming Races section of this site.

Enjoy!

-Dave

[Dave]

Adventure Race Reports now publishes a syndicated RSS feed!

http://www.zdap.com/racereports/rss.php

If you'd like to have the latest adventure race stories, reviews, and reports automatically presented on your website (or even desktop), you can now use our RSS (XML) newsfeed. The feed consists of all recent postings to the Adventure Races category.

See here for details.

Dave

[Dave]

Registered users can now have pictures / logos appear next to their name in the article postings! This can be especially useful for clubs and race sponsors -- it gives a little bit of "extra publicity" for your organization!



Adding an image ("avatar") is simple. Just click on the Profile tab (top menu bar), and at the bottom of the page you can select an image you want to use. The image can either be on your hard drive (will automatically upload to the site) or on a remote web site. You can change/delete the image at any time, and they'll automatically appear on your articles and postings.

Only two restrictions:
* The image file size must be < 10k
* The image can't be any more than 80 pixels tall or wide

Have fun,

Dave

[Dave]

AR Course Maps

New at ARR! Race directors, you can now post course maps from your favorite adventure races!

Simply upload your course map to Adventure Race Reports using the following link on the posting screen:



Maximum file size is limited ot 3 megabytes, and the map will automatically be copied into a smaller-sized thumbnail suitable for inclusion in your race report. As an example, you can check out Sierra Adventure Sports map for the 2004 Desert Rage I course here, or the series of maps for the 2003 SMAC Sprint here.

Enjoy,

Dave

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Adventure Racing and Multi-Sport Books!
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A new feature to Adventure Race Reports is an Affiliate Partnership with Barnes & Noble.com. The ARR "Bookstore" is under development, but I plan to add only books which are useful to adventure racers and multi-sport athletes. You can preview the ARR Bookstore HERE -- and, if you have any suggestions for books you think would help others learn more about the disciplines involved in AR, let me know!

Visit the ARR Bookstore -- Click here.

Have fun!

Dave

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Printer-Friendly Pages!

A minor addition to the ARR site now includes a "printer-friendly" link on each page! The software to create this function was a little bit complex, but the function is simple. In order to print out a race story or any other article on the site, just click on the icon:



and this will open up a new window with a "clean" version of the article, ready for printing!

Have fun,

Dave

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The Adventure Race Reports LIVE Discussion Window



The Adventure Race Reports site now has a an area for real-time conversations between members! Whether you want to make contact with other readers of ARR, share race stories in real-time, or communicate with teammates, feel free to use the chat area for whatever you'd like.

The discussion window is open to all registered members of the ARR site. Simply sign into ARR, and you can click on the main chat button to begin your session. A new dialog box will come up, and all you have to do is type and then hit Submit. Easy!

Have fun,

Dave

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The 2005 Adventure Racing Calendar

I've been working hard to get every possible adventure-racing event listed on the 2005 Adventure Racing Calendar, and there sure are a lot of things scheduled for this year!! (maybe even more than 2004?!)

You can view the calendar in two formats, graphical (like a wall-calendar) and list (a sorted list of events). Here are the links:

Graphical:
http://www.zdap.com/racereports/calendar/index2005.php

Sorted by Name and by Region:
http://www.zdap.com/racereports/calendar/adventure-races-2005.php

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Email Subscriptions to ARR!



You can now get the latest items posted on the ARR site delivered directly to your email!

Traditionally, to keep track of new articles on ARR, members would have to visit the ARR site and see what new articles have been posted. Now, with the forum subscriptions enabled, it's possible to have all of the new topics (for example, race reports) sent directly to your email address.

Not only that, but members can now also post topics to the ARR site directly by email!

Essentially, this new feature is a "bridge" between the forum website world and the email world. Messages posted on the website are sent to the members on the mailing list, and messages sent out to the mailing list are posted on the website.

To use this new feature, members will now see a Subscriptions link in the main menu bar at the top of each page. Clicking on this link will bring up a page where you can select which mailing list you want to be a part of. From then on, any new topics which are posted (either on the site or by email) will be automatically mailed to you. You can change your subscription settings at any time, simply by clicking the subscribe / unsubscribe buttons.

Have fun!

Dave