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	<title>Checkpoint Zero Adventure Racing</title>
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		<title>Frigid fun in Florida at the Swamp Stomp</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/frigid-fun-in-florida-at-the-swamp-stomp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Team Checkpoint Zero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With NGAR done and our limbs thawed &#8212; except for Peter, who froze at the Mandatory Gear Adventure Race in South
Carolina just two weeks prior&#8211; we were ready for a warm but wet race course that certainly awaited us at the Swamp Stomp in Homosassa, Florida. I&#8217;d raced in every edition of the Swamp Stomp, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helly Hansen-Prunesco Wins 2010 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/helly-hansen-prunesco-wins-2010-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[British team Helly Hansen-Prunesco became the first in history to retain the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race title on Monday morning when they crossed the finish line on the Beagle Channel after six-and-a-half days of exhausting non-stop racing through the spectacular wilderness of Chilean Patagonia.
The four Britons, who at one point had to swim a fast-flowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otavalo hard-sell</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/otavalo-hard-sell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning my guide Andres took me to the world-famous Andean market in Otavalo, Ecuador. It was not a Saturday, so the market was much smaller, but still large enough to get a feel for what goes on there. Otavalo and the surrounding area is known for its weavings. What I saw, though, looked like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huairasinchi pre-race briefing reveals stunning Andean course</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/huairasinchi-pre-race-briefing-reveals-stunning-andean-course/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/huairasinchi-pre-race-briefing-reveals-stunning-andean-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One giant loop of Ecuadorian Andes. That&#8217;s what racers competing in the Huairasinchi 2010 adventure race will experience. The start is at 6:30 tomorrow morning in the Northern Ecuadorian town of Cotacachi, and the finish is at Yahuarcocha Lake near Ibarra, the same place teams checked in today. The lake is surrounded by a race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serenity at the Basilica of the National Vow</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/serenity-at-the-basilica-of-the-national-vow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basilica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quito]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Among several stops at churches today in Quito was the Basilica of the National Vow. My guide, Andres, tells me Ecuador is a very religious nation, and from what I&#8217;ve seen so far, I believe it. While in the Basilica, I shot this image of a door with a stained glass window high above. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Andes</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/welcome-to-the-andes/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/welcome-to-the-andes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning my incredible Ecuadoran guide, Andres, drove me around Quito to show me the sights. Our first stop, the Guapulo Overlook, gave me a peek at the terrain here in the Andes. As you can see, it&#8217;s pretty much straight up and down.
Wikipedia has a great article about the Andes, and it merits a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the hecuador is Ecuador, anyway?</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/where-the-hecuador-is-ecuador-anyway/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/where-the-hecuador-is-ecuador-anyway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south america]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you believe everything south of San Diego, Calif., is Mexico or so Mexico-like it may as well be Mexico, you&#8217;ve got some learning to do. There&#8217;s a whole other continent down here, and Ecuador, home to the Huairasinchi 2010 adventure race, is but one of 13 proud nations that call the landmass home.
You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AKALI Project Athena Racing Series</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/san-diego-to-host-first-full-day-of-events-for-inaugural-akali-project-athena-racing-series/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/san-diego-to-host-first-full-day-of-events-for-inaugural-akali-project-athena-racing-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trail Events Catering to All Fitness Levels Planned for May 8]]></description>
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		<title>WPER Field Report &#8211; Day One</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/wper-field-report-day-one/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/wper-field-report-day-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The race started, like all good races, with a bang - this particular bang came from a Chilean policeman’s pistola. ]]></description>
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		<title>Switzerland Leads First Day of Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/switzerland-leads-first-day-of-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/switzerland-leads-first-day-of-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At quarter past noon of Tuesday, February 10, began the 8th version of the Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race, the most demanding adventure race in the world, and that this year will cross Tierra del Fuego and end in Puerto Williams, the world&#8217;s southernmost city.
Yesterday&#8217;s journey was marked by strong winds in the Chilean Patagonia, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s talk about that Equatorial Bulge, shall we?</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/lets-talk-about-that-equatorial-bulge-shall-we/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/lets-talk-about-that-equatorial-bulge-shall-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a little excitement among peak baggers whether Ecuador&#8217;s Mt.Chimborazo is higher than Asia&#8217;s Mt. Everest.
The easiest way to explain this is to take a look at the math. No, wait, that&#8217;s kinda complicated&#8230; so let&#8217;s say this. Earth isn&#8217;t a perfect sphere. It&#8217;s more like a tomato.
If I were at the center of the earth, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So long, Sucres! Bring on the Benjamins!</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/so-long-sucres-bring-on-the-benjamins/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/so-long-sucres-bring-on-the-benjamins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Covering adventure races all over the world is a blast, and I usually like to spend a little bit of money on gifts to take back home to my girls. They miss me when I&#8217;m gone, ya know?
In Mexico, it was pesos. France liked the euro. In Abu Dhabi, the dinar. So what&#8217;s Ecuador got? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a &#8220;Why-d&#8217;rah-SEEN-she?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/whats-a-why-drah-seen-she/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/whats-a-why-drah-seen-she/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huairasinchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuador]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What indeed. When I cover an adventure race, I can usually pronounce the name of the event. But with the AR World Series qualifier coming up this weekend in Ecuador, I&#8217;m  gonna have to practice.
Huairasinchi 2010 is the official name of the race, now in its seventh year.  This edition begins Feb. 13 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Adventure Sports Week</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/2010-adventure-sports-week/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/2010-adventure-sports-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://checkpointzero.com/?p=1093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[3-stage adventure race will test athletes to their limits on some of the world’s most scenic and demanding terrain]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race Course Revealed</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/2010-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race-course-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/2010-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race-course-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://checkpointzero.com/?p=1088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race will begin in less than 24 hours]]></description>
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		<title>AdventureFit Training Program Created for Outdoor Athletes</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/adventurefit-training-program-created-for-outdoor-athletes/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/adventurefit-training-program-created-for-outdoor-athletes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://checkpointzero.com/?p=1077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AdventureFit Training relies on a strength component in conjunction with high-intensity metabolic conditioning. ]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race Preview Video</title>
		<link>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/2010-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race-preview-video/</link>
		<comments>http://checkpointzero.com/2010/02/2010-wenger-patagonian-expedition-race-preview-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Racing News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wenger Patagonian Expedition Race]]></category>

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Checkpoint Zero&#8217;s race coverage will include daily updates, photos, audio reports and updates from race management via Twitter.
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