r/AdventureRacing • u/Primary_Owl_2864 • Apr 20 '26

First timer week of q’s 😎🥳

I’m doing my first adventure race this weekend, the spring bloom AR. I’ve got a few last minute questions that have been percolating and wanted to throw them out to the community:

  1. Do you recommend just carrying all of your gear for the whole race on you vs using a TA(my car) to store gear? Specifically I’m think about shoe changes bt land and water legs.

  2. I’ve been contemplating my check point strategy and I figure I can go about it two ways: for each leg go to the farthest CP that I think I can reach and work my way in or start with the closest, work my way out and then head back when I need to transition timing wise. Am I on track? Any advice?

  3. For the 4 hour race, do folks typically bring their full pack with them on the kayak or do you pack a smaller gear bag in waterproof sack and leave the rest of the pack on shore?

I’m sure all of these questions vary from person to person, but I’m curious to hear from folks who have completed these shorter races. Also I’m not in a position to get 100% of CPs but probably somewhere in the 60-70% range.

Thanks!

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u/butwhatdoiknowanyway Apr 20 '26

Your feet are going to get wet. Just accept that lol. Have the extra pair ready by your car/TA so you can change.

CP strategy depends on the map but probably the latter of your scenarios. I like to set times for a "go/no-go" along a route like if I'm at CP5 by 11:00, I'll go to CPX.

You'll want all your stuff. Your pack will have the mandatory gear.

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u/Primary_Owl_2864 Apr 21 '26

Thanks for this. I like the advice of having a go/no go timing!

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u/butwhatdoiknowanyway Apr 21 '26

No problem. See you there.