16 Jun
UPDATE – Team Nike Beaver Creek won the first annual Adventure Sports Week 2-day Adventure Race.
For this race the team was made up of Mike Kloser, Gretchen Reeves and Jay Henry. Congratulations.
official results
The win was far from easy, however. Nike was pushed hard by Team Life [...]
13 Jun
Just added 20 new pics from our sprawling Adventure Sports Week event in Idaho.
see more on flickr
The Crux and The Crucible Adventure Race starts tomorrow early. Teams hope to finish each of the next 2 days within 14hrs.
Hints from event organizer David Adlard lead us to understand it’s going to be a [...]
12 Jun
We are getting some good press.
Best was The Adventure Blogger, Kraig Becker, giving us a nice shout out on his Gadling travel blog:
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho plays host to Adventure Sports Week 2009 , which got underway this past weekend in beautiful Farragut State Park, located just outside the mountain community. Hundreds of endurance athletes [...]
8 Jun
Jason Wade Heflin of outdoorzy.com has been buzy:
The Outdoorzy Blog is now The Outpost. You can reach the site through the same url – blog.outdoorzy.com. We just gave the site a much needed face lift. The new format is organized way better and allows for more fun features such as polls and ratings.
We’re pretty [...]
7 Jun
Just started to upload my best photos of our big Adventure Sports Week event in Idaho.
see more on flickr
Good FUN so far. Not much sleep.
I was a “leader” for a kid’s Adventure Race, Saturday. (My team finished last after 4.5hrs. But we had a GREAT day.)
It was an honour to assist arguably [...]
28 May
… I’ll be sure to pack some GU for the run and mtb leg, as well as some of GU’s new Chomps, which are like gummy bears, but with lots of calories as we’ll need. …
Gear Junkie – Athlete Interview: Mike Kloser
GU Chomps utilize GU Energy Gel’s proven blend of carbohydrates, amino acids, antioxidants and [...]
25 May
My big AR event is right around the corner – Adventure Sports Week. Contact me if you can come down with me.
May 24, 2009
For Immediate Release…
Danelle Ballangee is scheduled to compete in the “Crux and the Crucible” at Adventure Sports Week 2009!
Adventure Sports Week is a 10 day long festival of [...]
5 Apr
My FARTS Adventure Racing teammate is an advocate of bikes with only one gear ratio.
That’s NUTS.
Or is it?
From an Adventure Racer, Mike:
A single speed will not only make you a stronger rider, it will improve your peddle stroke, improve your bike handling skills and teach you how to use momentum. Over all, your riding [...]
11 Mar
It was just announced that World 24 hour Mountain Bike Champion Rebecca Rusch and Furnace 508 Champion Michael Emde will compete at Adventure Sports Week 2009.
“We’re thrilled to have stars the caliber of Rebecca and Michael racing with us,” said organizer Dave Adlard.
Rebecca, nicknamed “the Queen of Pain,” will be competing in [...]
9 Mar
Reinhold Metzger’s record of 5 days 7 Hours 45 minutes without being resupplied was shattered by Michael Popov. We’ve updated our JMT information page.
Speed record
The speed record for fastpacking the John Muir Trail without resupply (as of 2007) is held by Michael Popov, who completed the trail in 4 days, 5 hours, and [...]
