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Bushwack This! is coming. Be at Cresent Creek Campground Friday the 5th at 8pm sharp for prerace meeting, one racer from each team must attend, race start early Saturday AM. See Matt's final race updates here.
Congratulations to all Women Rock racers who came out on Saturday! Every team finished!!! Huge Thanks!!! for all our sponsors and volunteers who made the race possible. Stay tuned for photos to post soon or check out the ADN for a few race day photos!
Women Rock Prerace meeting: July 8th 6pm at Anchorage Yoga - 36th and Arctic. Please send at least one member from each team.
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New boat options for Women Rock. See gear link for details.
Women Rock race course is being finalized. The 2011 Women Rock Adventure challenge will start on foot, bike, paddle and finish on bikes. Racers will be responsible for dropping of their gear at transition areas the morning of the race. Instructions will be given out at the prerace meeting the week of the race. Only one month away. Its never to early to start thinking of transition areas.
Registration is open for 2011 summer races, beat the price increases, sign up today!
Alaska Adventure Racing is on facebook. Find us on facebook for updates and live race progress on race day.
Snow is melting, summer is on its way. Course details are underway for Women rock (July 9) and Bushwhack This (August 6th).
Bushwack This a success. Thanks to Darren for a great course! Enjoy winter...check back next spring for the 2011 adventure racing season.
Bushwack this! prerace meeting Thursday, August 12th 7:30pm at Anchorage Yoga, 36th and Arctic. Attendance is encouraged, but not mandatory to race.
Bushwack This! Course setting in the works! August 13-14th - Kenai Peninsula, AK.
Women Rock Prerace Meeting - April 21 7:30pm Anchorage Yoga - 36th and Arctic. Bring all your questions, get racing tips, look for a teammate. Attendance is encouraged, but not mandatory to race.
Alaska Adventure Racing's summer 2010 schedule is now posted!!!!! New this year - Friday Night Adventures! 2-4 hour sprint races near Anchorage. Check back for details.
January 14 - The countdown is on for the 2010 Endurance. Meet at 9:30 sharp! with all gear at Prospect Heights Trailhead for prerace meeting, maps handed out at 9:45, race start 10am. Due to problems with the active.com link, race day registration will be available starting at 9am. Bring all race gear to prerace meeting, be prepared to hand off sledding gear (sled, helmet, change of shoes, extra clothes, race food etc) for placement. If dropping more than a sled and helmet please place in a bag or bin with your name on it. Racers may opt to run/walk the sledding leg. See gear list for details. Feel free to contact race director at 529-8985 or 306-9806 with any questions.
January - Anchorage yoga studio joins our team!! Warm up and stretch out after the race with Anchorage Yoga’s Hot Flow and Bikram Yoga classes. www.anchorageyoga.com
January 4th - Race course finalized. Solo category has been added (you may now race as 1, 2, or 3 person teams, there is no relay division) Avalanche gear is not required. Registration is now available using active.com by using this link online registration
December 2009 - January 16, 2010, The Endurance. See link for details. Register soon, space is limited!!! Course details are being finalized. Race HQ to be announced soon.
November 2009 - Winter Race is in the works!!! Join us this January for The Endurance, a 4-8 winter adventure.
August 12 - Racers are back at home recovering from a challenging weekend of canoeing, canoe-whacking, biking, trekking through the Talkeetna Mountains near Sheep Mountain Lodge. Racers lucked out on the weather and were met with cloudy skies that held through the 24 hour race, but drenched the second day stage racers. Stay tuned for race course recap, details on this winters adventure race and 2010 USARA National Championships!!!
Race week...Less than one week until race start, checkpoint placement is underway, grab your two best (or toughest) friends and sign up before Thursday August 6th!!!!!!
June 2009: Race location changed. Race HQ is now Sheep Mountain Lodge, mile marker 113 on the Glen Highway, 60 miles east of Sutton.
May 2009: Registration for the 2009 race is now open!!! Register here.
- Announcing 2 day stage race option. Beginner friendly and loads of fun! See Bushwack this! page for details...
February 2009: Bushwack This! 24 hour Adventure Race date and location set...join us August 8-9 on the Kenai for Alaska's only USARA National Championship qualifier!!!
Brainstorming and scouting begin for the 2009 adventure racing season...stay tuned for details!!!
NEWS BULLETIN: ADVENTURE RACING RETURNS TO SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA!