AR World Championships Race Format Explained
A good explanation (finally) of the world championship race format by the AR World Series guys themselves.  Visit the Adventure World website to read the article. I wish we had this explained to us before the race and wish the racers also had a better explanation.  Not sure if anything would have changed in the overall outcome but it would have made it a much more even playing field. AR World Championships 2010 in Spain! Posted in Race Coverage, Race Result

Ski Weekend
Plenty of snow on top of Aspen Colorado had been experiencing a nice Indian Summer until midday on Friday when we got about a foot of fresh powder.  The trails are no longer dry to run or ride on, the road is a little too wet for road riding and the nordic trails are no where near ready yet.  The only thing  I came up with for some fresh air and exercise was some skinning and skiing. Saturday morning I made the d

Nike 2nd at AR Worlds
Chris Forne at the finish of the 2009 Adventure Race World Championships After a long tough race, Nike Beaver Creek finished in a very respectable second place at the 2009 Adventure Race World Championships.  I have not spoken to anyone from the team so haven’t gotten the story from the source, but it sounds like the final out

Nike Leading AR Worlds…
Mike Kloser coming in from a cold paddle. From reading the latest reports from SleepMonsters and the ARWC site, it appears that Nike Beaver continues to lead the race.  The team came into the last few time cutoffs with very little time to spare (just about giving Mike’s wife a nervous breakdown) but continues t

AR Worlds Update
Mike Kloser, Monique Merrill & Chris Forne charging in Portugal The Adventure Race Worlds Championships have been very difficult to follow.  I honestly have no idea how Team Nike Beaver Creek is doing as far as the race lead is concerned.  The format of the race is very different from other races especially expedition races.  Most checkpoints are optional and if a team actually gets the checkpoin