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Always striving to push my limits and see how good my best is.
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- October 22-24, USARA Nationals, Pilot Point TX
- 2009 Fall Sprint; Story Indiana
- 2009 Indianapolis Adventure Race, (2nd Overall)
- 2009 Thunder Rolls 24 Hr AR, (2nd Overall)
- 2009 PA Urban Sprint, (1st Overall)
- 2009 Midget AR, (1st division)
- 2009 Mission 18 Hr AR, (1st Overall)
- 2009 Planet Adventure Sprint, (1st Coed, 2nd Overall)
- 2009 LBL Challenge 24Hr, (5th Coed, 5th Overall)
- 2008 PA Sprint Redux
- 2008 Indianapolis Adventure Race, (1st Coed, 4th Overall)
- 2008 PA Urban Sprint (2nd Coed, 2nd Overall)
- 2008 Infiterra Adventure Rage 30 hr (7th)
- 2008 Odyssey Wild, Wonderful 24 hr; New River Gorge, WV (4th overall)
- 2007 PA Urban Sprint; Indianapolis, IN (2nd coed, 2nd overall)
- 2007 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 24 hr; New River Gorge, WV (1st premier)
- 2007 PA 24-Hour Challenge; Tell City, IN (5th co-ed,7th overall)
- 2007 Sunflower 24 hr; Lawrence, KS (13th overall)
- 2006 Adventure Rage 30Hr; Cadillac, MI (8th overall)
- 2006 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 15-Hr; (1st Male, 4th Overall)
- 2006 PA Sprint; Brown County, IN (2nd co-ed, 3rd overall)
- 2006 PA 24-Hour Challenge; Leavenworth, IN (17th overall)
- 2005 Indianapolis Adventure Race (2nd Division, 3rd Overall)
- 2005 PA Sprint; Valley Branch, IN (2nd Division, 5th Overall)
- 2004 Circle City Sprint - Indianapolis (10th division)
- 2004 PA Sprint; Clark State Forest, IN (1st Division, 2nd Overall)
- 2004 PA 24 Hr Challenge; Owen-Outman Counties, IN (15th Overall)
- 2003 Midwest Fury; French Lick, IN (1st overall)
- 2003 Wild Scallion; Chicago (10th Division)
- 2003 Indianapolis Adventure Race; Long Course (10th Overall)
- 2003 Circle City Sprint - Indianapolis
- 2003 Benchmark Appalachian; Portsmouth, OH (2nd Division, 18th Overall)
- Orienteering & Rogaines
- 2009 ICO Orienteering Meet, Story, IN
- 2009 Conquer the Crossroads Rogaine, (1st, 6hr course)
- 2006 ICO 12 Hour Rogaine - Brownstown, IN (4th overall)
- 2005 Conquer the Crossroads 12 hour Rogaine (1st Overall)
- 2004 Conquer the Crossroads 12 hour Rogaine (3rd Division, 7th overall)
- 2004 Indianapolis Metrogaine (3 hour)
- Running
- 2009 TNT 5k; Horizon Camp, 8th
- 2009 Dances with Dirt; Gnawbone, IN
- 2007 Tecumseh Trail Marathon
- 2003 Tecumseh Trail Marathon
- 2003 River to River Stage Run (Illinois)
- 2002 Chicago Marathon
- 1998-2005 Indianapolis mini marathon
- Cycling
- 2009 Three State Three Mountain Century; Chattanooga, TN
- 2009 Brown County State Park Road Race
- Other
- Downhill skiing since 1990
- Climbing and mountaineering since 1992
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Friday, February 5, 2010
2010 Planet Adventure "Sprint"?
Well, my stern determination to not design/direct any races in 2010 didn't even last to 2010. Sad. But, it will be fun to get involved with this years "Sprint"!
You may have noticed that Planet Adventure has greatly expanded the number of adventure races available in and around the Indianapolis area. In 2010 there will be three "Amazing Adventures", four traditional sprint length races, the always popular Urban Sprint AND the AR boot camp in March. All of these races serve as great "entry points" for first timers and great tune-ups and all around fun for the more experienced racer.
However, with all these short races it got me thinking about what the PA Sprint could or should be. For that reason this year the PA Sprint is growing up a little. It's format is changing and it's getting longer!
In short, the intent is to have the PA Sprint serve as a better stepping stone from the shorter sprints to 24 hour races. Although it is possible to jump right in to longer races (and many have and have great stories to show for it), it's nice to build up to the longer events.
The hope for this years Sprint is to have it be more of a "mini-24" that will better prepare you for PA in June (and any other long race you might have on the calendar this year). As such it will have/be the following:
Got any other ideas about how to make this race a better intro to long racing? I'd love to hear them. For that matter, with all these changes it kind of begs the question as to whether this race should really be called a "sprint". If not, anyone got any ideas?
You may have noticed that Planet Adventure has greatly expanded the number of adventure races available in and around the Indianapolis area. In 2010 there will be three "Amazing Adventures", four traditional sprint length races, the always popular Urban Sprint AND the AR boot camp in March. All of these races serve as great "entry points" for first timers and great tune-ups and all around fun for the more experienced racer.
However, with all these short races it got me thinking about what the PA Sprint could or should be. For that reason this year the PA Sprint is growing up a little. It's format is changing and it's getting longer!
In short, the intent is to have the PA Sprint serve as a better stepping stone from the shorter sprints to 24 hour races. Although it is possible to jump right in to longer races (and many have and have great stories to show for it), it's nice to build up to the longer events.
The hope for this years Sprint is to have it be more of a "mini-24" that will better prepare you for PA in June (and any other long race you might have on the calendar this year). As such it will have/be the following:
- 8-12 hours in length, maybe a little longer (We'll no more as we get the course ironed out)
- No special challenges (traditional longer races generally don't have special challenges that are not related to your movement through the course, by removing them you'll have more time to spend riding, running and paddling!)
- Plotting of points will be required (although there may be some premarked maps, people that are adept at plotting maps will have an advantage)
- Multiple maps, mostly 1:24,000 scale
- Longer legs (probably won't be able to get by with a few gels and a bottle of water any more)
- Harder nav/orienteering section (where possible route selection will be key, and the orienteering specific sections will be more challenging)
- The need for a headlamp (you may actually be racing in the dark!)
- Transitions, but no TA (You'll be transitioning disciplines multiple times, but there will likley be no access to gear at those times. This will hopefully give everyone a better feel for how to handle gear on longer races.)
Got any other ideas about how to make this race a better intro to long racing? I'd love to hear them. For that matter, with all these changes it kind of begs the question as to whether this race should really be called a "sprint". If not, anyone got any ideas?
posted by Garrison at
5:30 PM
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