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A comment on the upcoming Untamed New England race

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Posted by Grant on 2. May 2012 02:26

Seems I'm back to neglecting this blog, but more important priorities are -- well -- prioritized! How about I copy/paste a snippet of an email exchange with a friend of mine about the upcoming Untamed New England race.  He asked me how the 2012 course was looking and my response: ... [More]

Time to get serious!

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Posted by Admin on 14. March 2012 00:47

I'm back from playing in South America.  I'll save the details for a more complete write-up, but the race didn't go according to plan -- particularly when our support crew accidentally drove their car under an overhead sign with our bikes on the roof rack and *bang* that's the... [More]

Out of the office...

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Posted by Admin on 13. February 2012 13:51

I'm down in Ecuador for this race (Untamed Adventure Racing team), will be back end of Feb.  I'm already behind on emails and returning phone calls but it will be a couple weeks before I get back to work, so I appreciate your patience. If you're a team needing to pay for your... [More]

Yes, there will be beer

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Posted by Admin on 7. February 2012 01:43

There was a bit of a commotion the other day when we cleared out our list of sponsors from the previous edition of the Untamed New England race -- sponsors web page is here.  We are in conversations with several different organizations in terms of sponsorship and we didn't want there to... [More]

New England Sells out Fast

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Posted by Grant on 2. February 2012 13:43

Our New England race has sold out -- very quickly.  Full press release is here. Doing the math, to register 50 teams between October 1st and January 31st makes for an average of one team every 3 days.  That's fast!  Way faster than we expected, and faster than we've eve... [More]

2012 Untamed New England Filling Up

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Posted by Admin on 30. January 2012 07:49

Early registration for our Untamed New England race closes at the end of January, so if you know you will race you can save $ by signing up now!  The registered team list is online and I have a couple more registrations to add later today, so our race is approaching capacity very quickly.&nbs... [More]

Adventure race medicine cabinet

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Posted by Admin on 11. January 2012 02:36

It's been an exciting week around here, with some new sponsors and new developments for both our big races (Untamed New England and North Country Endurance Challenge).  But I think I'll discuss something that came up yesterday evening, instead. The Untamed Adventure team usual s... [More]

A New Race for A New Year

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Posted by Admin on 5. January 2012 13:32

I'm making no secret of my intention to post to this blog at least weekly, now that we're starting a new year -- I've gotten out of the habit and need to return to it. It's going to be a busy year for Untamed Adventure and there's no reason I can't scribble a few thoug... [More]

Packraft choices

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Posted by Admin on 28. November 2011 05:26

For anyone else out there wrestling with packraft choices and Untamed New England 2012, you're not alone.  This email question came in from a team: "Do you have any advice on the best places to rent or buy packrafts? Buying one new looks a little expensive." ... [More]

AR World Championships begin for 2011 . . . now!

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Posted by Admin on 1. November 2011 05:12

Be sure to check out the Adventure Racing World Championships for 2011, racing starts in Tasmania a couple hours from when I click "save" on this blog post.  The organizers of the World Championships, GeoCentric, contracted their web coverage software through us, so very exciting to... [More]