Abu Dhabi Gear – Chocolate #9 Energy Gels
If you like chocolate and have been searching for the best energy gel around, look no further than Chocolate #9.
Abu Dhabi Gear – Chocolate #9 Energy Gels
Swiftwick gives other socks a swift kick
A New Vision for Competitive Adventure Racing
Wild time at the SE Wildwater Champs
2010 North Georgia Adventure Race
Abu Dhabi Gear – Swiftwick Socks
We will be racing exclusively in Abu Dhabi with Swiftwick socks you see here because we believe in them so much.
Nov 24, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The North Georgia Adventure Race is Calling
Checkpoint Zero will be manning a TA on the course. We’ll be serving up hot soup to what are sure to be frozen racers.
Nov 24, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Customer service is not dead – Acme Climbing proved it
Contrary to some experiences that have left a bad taste in my mouth, today I have learned that customer service is not dead.
Nov 23, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Abu Dhabi Gear – The Shirt
Knowing that we are headed to one of the largest sand deserts in the world, we naturally think it’s going to be brutally hot in Abu Dhabi. At this point, the forcast is only showing highs in the upper 80’s, but we want to be prepared for the sun anyway.
Enter the RailRiders Eco-Mesh shirt. Designed [...]
Nov 23, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Minimum requirements to earn Checkpoint Tracker points
In order to receive points for any Checkpoint Tracker Event your Team MUST create a Team profile at CheckpointTracker.com and add that Event to your Team Schedule BEFORE the official Start time as listed on the Event’s Checkpoint Tracker profile.
Nov 23, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Gearing up to cover the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge
Camera’s, batteries, chargers, memory cards, GPS, laptop, earbuds, card reader, solar charger, power inverter…the list goes on and on and on.
Nov 21, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Adventure racing nutrition, for ferrets?
…my ferret had managed to get downstairs, climb into my gear bin, find all these items, drag them back upstairs and proceed to munch on them.
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
A solar charger in every gear box
Highgear SolarPod, at just $50, is a basic solar charger about the size of an iPhone
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Sand in my shoes and a fungal infection?
Having never raced in the desert before, I’ve little to no experience with racing in the sand. Sure, the creeks around Atlanta are filled with sand, and I’ve run through plenty of those, but there’s a big difference between running for an hour, and going for a couple days.
Bit of hill training for Nationals
Seeing as how the USARA Nationals race is being held in Texas this year, the team figured that a good old fashioned Georgia hill run would be excellent preparation. Or maybe we’re just crazy.
This was also my first chance to test out the gps logging capabilities courtesy of MyTracks of my new HTC Hero phone. [...]
Oct 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Checkpoint Zero Wins 2009 Checkpoint Tracker Series
With the 100 points earned for their win at this past weekend’s Bushwhack Adventure Race, the team has wracked up a perfect 400 points for the season.
They beat out over 100 other adventure racing teams from across the United States who competed in 26 different events since January.
For winning the Checkpoint Tracker Adventure Racing Series…presented [...]
Sep 28, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge Prolongs The Pleasure
…we’ve made the race even longer this year, to give you more challenges, more excitement…and loads more vitamin D :-)
Sep 27, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
