The Transition: AR News and Updates
Friday, April 25, 2025
The MAGNIficent with
Team ThisABILITY Racing
Experience The MAGNIficent - ARWS New Zealand with Chip Dodd, Andrea Anderson, Caitlin Thorn, and Nick Hurff from Team ThisAbility. The MAGNIficent Race took place on the rugged terrain of New Zealand's South Island last January 25th - February 2nd 2025.
The Checkpoint Podcast Needs You!!!
The Checkpoint Podcast crew is gathering questions about AR strategy for what hopes to be a couple of mailbag episodes of The Checkpoint Podcast.
Interested in hearing from some of the most experienced and successful adventure racers in the country? Want to ask them what they would do in a certain situation?
Submit questions to info@usara.com for some great insight into what top racers are doing regarding sleep, navigation, food, pre-race prep and packing, international travel, and more!
The Gear Shed: Gear for Adventure Racing
A $35 membership to USARA can help you save extra from ExpertVoice!
REMINDER: A screenshot of the USARA membership from run signup will suffice for joining ExpertVoice. Directions are available on our membership page.
News from the Adventure Race/Endurance World
AR SCHOOL: What’s One Piece of Advice You’d Give a First-Time Adventure Racer?
Adventure at Mechukha – A Celebration of Team Spirit, Endurance & Nature
Truro athletes training for epic world adventure race
How to Raise a Family of GearJunkies
Humans Still Tops: Results of the Human Versus Robot Half Marathon in Beijing
Sign of the Times: Revel Bikes Closes Down Just Days After Debuting New Rides
DOGE Oil Executive Put in Charge of National Park Service
Upcoming USARA Adventure Race Events
Tracking Links by Adventure Enablers
April 2025
Sufferfest in the Styx, FL, Apr. 26, TRACKING LINK
Sun River Scramble, OR, Apr. 26
Sun River Scramble Family Race, OR, Apr 27
Spring Bloom Adventure Race 15 Hour, VA, Apr. 26, TRACKING LINK
Spring Bloom Adventure Race 4 Hour, VA, Apr. 27
May 2025
Cerberus Stage Race, VA, May 2
Rock, Roll and Rattlesnake Challenge, TX, May 3
Eastern Shore Sprint 6-Hour AR, MD, May 3
Mission AR, IN, May 4, *RQ*, EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES 4/19/25
Expedition Oregon, OR, May 17
Rib Mountain Adventure Challenge, WI, May 24
Tug Hill Extreme Adventure, NY, May 31 *RQ*
June 2025
Teton Ogre Adventure Race, ID, Jun. 14 *RQ*
Unbridled Women Adventure Race, Jun. 14
Endless Mountains Adventure Race, VT, Jun. 21
Midwest Championship AR, KS, Jun. 21 *RQ*
Rainier Raid, WA, Jun. 28 *RQ*
Stubborn Mule Adventure Race, Jun. 28 *RQ*
July 2025
Never Summer Adventure Race 24 & 12hr, CO, Jul. 12 *RQ*
Maine Summer Adventure Race, ME, Jul. 12 *RQ*
MNOC Summer Adventure Race, MN, Jul. 12
Pocket Gopher Challenges, MN, Jul. 19 *RQ*, EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES 5/17/25
Bitter Pill Adventure Race, VT, Jul. 26 EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES 4/30/25
August 2025
The Longest Day, NY, Aug. 2 *RQ*
Quarry Mountain Quest, CO, Aug. 9
Waddling Warriors Adventure Race, WI, Aug. 23
September 2025
2025 USARA National Championship, AR, Sept. 12-13
Battle by the Brook, CO, Sept. 20
VentureQuest Adventure Race (4+8 Hour), Va, Sept. 28
October 2025
Wild Driftless Adventure Race, IA, Oct. 4
Central Indiana Adventure (CIA), IN, Oct. 4
Buff Betty Women’s Adventure Race, VA, Oct. 4
Fall Foliage Adventure Race, VA, Oct. 18 *RQ*
La Pine Loop, OR, Oct. 18
La Pine Loop Family Race, OR, Oct. 19
Off Road Rage AR, Oct. 25
November 2025
Off Road Rage Adventure Race, MO, Nov. 8
No Sleep Adventure Race, IN, Nov. 22 EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES 5/31/25
Have an adventure story, race report or an article to share with fellow adventure racers? Send it to social@usara.com for inclusion in the Transition.
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