So the Rogue is run and done, and it’s time for the traditional post-race wrap up. Congratulations to all those who took on the course. General consensus was that it was a tough but rewarding race. Given the location, surrounding terrain and race HQ facilities, it was hard not to put on a good race. […]
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Rogue Headed to GODZone
So there is no news in announcing that team Rogue will be heading off to the GODZone Adventure Race in New Zealand shortly. The team flies out Tuesday morning with racing set to start Saturday. We will be racing as team #28 with live tracking available here. Additional online commentary can be found at Breathe […]
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Racing in the Name of Science
As some of you may be aware, when I’m not either training for, organising, competing in or writing about adventure races, I have a second life as a medical research scientist, ostensibly to fund my adventure racing habit. As such, team Rogue will be competing at the GODZone expedition race next week in the name […]
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2013 Year in Review
So it’s a little late in coming, but I thought with the 2014 adventure racing season about to kick off in earnest, now is a good time to look back in review on the races that made up 2013. Last year was typified by a lot of tough, rough races for me. After some great […]
Few Are Immune to the DNF
Whilst following the live coverage of the Adventure Racing World Champs in Costa Rica late last year, Breathe Magazine’s Peter Dobos posted this insightful article contemplating those three dreaded letters: DNF. Without going into the particular details of its content, the article did give me pause for thought and ultimately altered my perspective on what […]
2014 Expedition Race Calendar
Since Geocentric Outdoors have taken over management of the world series at the end of 2011, expedition adventure racing has seen a resurgence internationally not matched since the early era of Eco Challenge and Primal Quest. This is evidenced by very competitive world championship races in recent times attracting a plethora of top teams from […]
XPD Spectators Guide
The XPD course is due to be revealed very shortly, and while I unfortunately won’t be racing, needless to say I’m still very excited. As an avid follower of expedition races in the AR World Series, keeping tabs on events is becoming increasingly easier thanks to a combination of social media and live GPS tracking. […]
Active Adventures
With the decision by Geocentric Outdoors to wind up their Adventure Racing QLD (ARQ) sprint series of races at the end of 2008 to focus solely on the longer events like XPD and GeoQuest, the options for sprint races in Queensland looked to be under jeopardy leaving only In2Adventure and Max Adventure with just a […]
AR Map Quality?
The team over at iAdventure have raised an interesting debate in regards to map quality at Adventure Races. The question in debate can be read in full below, but in a nut shell they ask whether Adventure Racing risks becoming too soft if competitors expect the quality of maps common to orienteering and even rogaining? […]
The Urban Rogue
The Rogue is set to go Urban! Introducing an all new race to the 2013 calendar, the Urban Rogue will be a 3 hour metrogaine in the Brisbane CBD and surrounding suburbs. Come experience the city Friday night lights, where you and up to four other team mates will navigate to collect as many check […]
