I gave a talk on adventure racing today at the annual Virginia Parks & Rec conference. It was a great opportunity to talk with some of the park leadership in the state and evangelize the sport of adventure racing -- my title was "Adventure Racing Is Not For Criminals" so you can gather the angle I was working. I gave an overview of the sport and how the whole thing works; most unindoctrinated people have lots of basic questions so I tried to speak to that without getting into too much detail. I used a lot of great photos from our events, too, so I worked to keep it lively.
I was expecting a lot of tough questions about safety or course design and protected areas, but most seemed curious and had a very positive outlook on the sport (or they kept quiet). It worked out that we may organize an event or two as a result of the talk. Some were in places we've already been looking at, and some were totally new and unexpected which is really exciting . . .