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Terra Firma Adventure Race

Events:

There are 2 races to choose from (SHORTY OR LONGY):

SHORTY: This is a 4-6 hr adventure race course for 2-person teams or solo that is challenging for everyone with little or no experience in adventure racing to successfully complete. The course will contain trekking, non-technical mountain biking, lake paddling and simple navigation with map and compass. You must bring or rent your own bikes, boats, paddles and life jackets. Teams will receive topo maps at the start of the race and UTM coordinates (no GPS units allowed). The course is designed to be completed in 3-4 hrs for the winning teams, with a 6-hr cutoff.

SHORTY CATEGORIES:

• 6 Hr Solo Male
• 6 Hr Solo Female
• 6 Hr 2-Person Female
• 6 Hr 2-Person Coed
• 6 Hr 2-Persoon Male

LONGY: This is an 8-12 hr course for 3-person teams that will challenge you with mountain biking on singletrack trails and roads, paddling, trail/road running, and land navigation. You must provide your own boats, paddles and life jackets. Teams will receive topo maps at the start of the race and UTM coordinates (no GPS units allowed). This is a USARA National Qualifier Adventure Race. The top 4 Coed teams will qualify for the 2012 USARA Adventure Race National Championships. The winning Coed team will receive $400.00 towards their teams entry fee into the 2012 USARA Adventure Race National Championships in New York. The top 4 Male and Top 4 Female teams will also qualify for nationals, but the cash only goes to the Coed division.

 

LONGY CATEGORIES:  

• 12 Hr 3-Person Coed (National Qualifying)
• 12 Hr 3-Person Male (National Qualifying)
• 12 Hr 3-Person Female (National Qualifying)
• 12 Hr 3-Person Coed Masters (each racer 40+)
• 12 Hr 2-Person (if you can't find a 3rd teammate, no awards)
• 12 Hr Solo (with approval, no awards)

REGISTRATION & FEES:
 

• SHORTY: EARLY DISCOUNT BY SEPT 8TH, $100 per person (includes tech shirt) 
• $110 per person Sept 9th thru race day (includes shirt while supplies last)

• LONGY: EARLY DISCOUNT BY SEPT 8th, $130.00 per person (includes tech shirt)
•  $140 per person Sept 9th thru race day (includes shirt while supplies last)

• There is also a $5 per person gate fee. Kids 12 and under are free.
• LICENSE REQUIRED: USARA Membership is required for this event. Annual memberships will be available at check-in for $35, or you may purchase a single event membership for $8 online.  

Race day registration is allowed. 6:00am - 7:15am.   Please call if you are racing the extreme course and you have not registered by 9/17/12 so that we print maps & passports for you.  

RACE ENTRY INCLUDES:

1. Custom tech-shirt to those registered by 9/8/12, (Sept 9th thru race day includes shirt while supplies last)
2. Awards are based on field depth. We will have great giveaways in a racer raffle after the race! Awards will always go at least one deep, or more, depending on the field depth.

• 1 deep for up to 3 entries in category
• 2 deep for up to 5 entries in category
• 3 deep for up to 7 entries in category

       3.  Pint Glass Souvenir Award for All Participants who FINISH! 

Race check in & starting time (Teams can check in at the race site): 

Packet Pickup on site: Friday September 21, 2012 between 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm.
Saturday on site from 6:00 am - 7:15 am. 
Pre race meeting on site is at 7:30 am  
Race start time is 8:00 am. 

Camping:

             RV sites & Tent Camping:  Call ranch at 512-755-1177 for prices and reservations, or check out Reveille Peak Ranch website 

Food:

The pavillion at the ranch will have food available for the weekend. 

Required Gear:

Mountain Bikes & Biking Helmets for each rider (CPSC Certified Bike Helmet), Method of carrying at least 50 oz. of water per person (recommend camelbaks), Food & water. Any boat combination to carry team members (1, 2 or 3 boats) 1 Type III Non-Inflatable Coast Guard Approved life jacket per racer, 1 whistle per racer, 1 working cell phone (GPS disabled), 1 Compass, plus backup compass, 1 UTM Plotter (1:24,000 scale), 1 Space Blanket, 10 feet Duct Tape. Additionally, please be prepared with a bike light for the front of your bike, a blinking red light for the rear of each bike, and 1 headlamp per racer for the trek. 

NO GPS ALLOWED!

Rules: Click Here

 

Refund Policy:

No refunds under any circumstances.  Wait!  Well maybe.  We at terra firma understand that things change, sometimes out of your control and we never want to rip anyone off.  But please understand that we make a considerable investment in shirts, awards, dumpsters, porta potties, land use fees and a host of other expenses to put a race on.  We know your one fee doesn’t effect this number, but if we don’t have a policy and stick to it, where do we ever draw the line?

We think we’ve come up with a pretty liberal policy and hope you agree:

1. cancellations greater than 21 days prior to the event will receive a 90% refund or 100% credit to another race within a year.
2. cancellations within 15-21 days prior to the event will receive a 50% refund or 100% credit to another race within a year.
3. cancellations within 8-14 days prior to the event will not receive a refund but may receive a 50% credit
   towards another race in the same year.
4. cancellations within the last 7 days prior to the event are not eligible for any refund or credit because we’ve already spent your money.
5. alterations to the course, start time, disciplines and venue (to within a reasonable distance) are not
   grounds for a refund/credit, nor is plain ol’ bad weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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