While not exactly adventure racing, it looks like the
Colonial Triathlon
(with a half-iron distance triathlon) will be held in Jamestown in late
September of 2006. This is great news for the local endurance
athlete community and for the
Colonial Triathlon club.
While I'm no real fan of triathlons (with all the "no drafting" and
rules and strict distances and asphalt and no team element and
sometimes very
very uptight racers), I do have many friends who
will be excited to have this event in the area. It does boost the
"outdoor appeal" of the region so I'm all for it! There really
are great places and ways to experience the outdoors in our part of the
mid-Atlantic, and it's cool to see others recognizing it too!
There's an adventure racing group up North that sets up booths at
triathlons to evangelize the sport of adventure racing to the
triathletes. Nothing adversarial, just a little friendly flyer
circulating and information sharing. Maybe this would be the
opportunity to do the same in our neck of the woods . . .