What is Adventure Racing

Adventure racing is a popular sport which developed in France and America and has since spread around the world.

There are a number of different formats for both teams and individuals and the main rule is no motor powered sports are included. A race comprises of a number of stages and each stage is a different sport, so you might start the race in a kayak and then change at a transition point to running and perhaps end with inline skating. adventure racing is similar to triathlon or Iron man competitions, but usually longer and harder.

Beginners usually start with sprint races which last a few hours and may include sports such as running, kayaking, mountain biking, inline skating,swimming. In a team race all the team usually take part at the same time and must stay together, incomplete teams at the finish are disqualified. Teams are given a number of check points which they have to pass through so you do need to have some navigation skills.

Some races take place over a weekend, which means racing in the dark and these might include additional tasks such as orienteering, abseiling. climbing.

The ultimate adventure races are expedition type races lasting 5-10 days or more for teams of 4 people one of whom has to be female, sometimes with support crew to move equipment from place to place and sometimes unsupported. The multiple legs will often include additional sports such as horse riding, white-water rafting caving, sailing and other sports. The races are often non stop in that teams will decide themselves when to rest.

Expedition racing is expensive and needs a lot of planning especially if they require travelling to another country.

If you want to learn more about adventure racing you can check out my site at http://internationaladventurers.com.

David Ogden

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How Ice Cream in your Diet Will Help You Lose Weight

Today I thought I'd take a moment to explain the importance of protein and its role in fat loss.

It's very important to balance ALL meals and snacks with carb-rich and protein-rich foods together. A meal with carbohydrates alone is problematic because glucose levels shoot up and then crash down. This can leave you feeling tired, hungry, and weak - and gives your body an easy opportunity to convert that meal to fat.

When protein is included, however, you will not only stay full longer, but glucose levels will stay more consistent, your metabolism will work more efficiently, and you will feel energized for a longer period.

Carbs are digested in about two hours, but proteins take longer to digest. So,when the two are eaten together, protein slows down the digestion of the carbohydrates, and energy from carbs are released more slowly.

In addition, eating carbohydrates with protein means the carbohydrates will be used as energy, sparing the protein for use building and repairing muscle tissues, their primary function.

So, for maximum fat loss, make sure that you include a complete protein source at each snack and meal. All of these reasons above are exactly why you should consider the Protein Freeze product.

There are a lot of healthy carbs, such as oatmeal and fruit. But if eaten alone, you'll run into the same problems explained above. Protein Freeze not only offers 22 grams of very high quality protein, it has just 2 grams of fat and sugar! ... and it tastes absolutely amazing and goes so well oatmeal, fruit, and a variety of other healthy carbs.

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Reasons People Give up diets and Exercise

Many people in the USA are overweight and some more  so than others. Most people know that being overweight is bad for their health. so what are the main reasons that cause their weight loss plans to fail.

There are so many diets around that there should be something that suits anyone, however the truth is it takes discipline to diet and if counting calories and measuring portions is not your cup of tea you are not going to succeed.

Exercise is a time consuming activity especially if you take into account the time to travel to a gym or health club and the costs can quickly add up. Once again discipline comes into play.

To  successfully lose weight you need to set up an an easy routine both for what you eat and when you will exercise, your diet could become quite boring but you need to ensure that you eat less calories that your body metabolism can burn in a day.

To helps with your weight loss routine it can be useful to  have support of friends or acquaintances, this is why clubs such as weight watchers are successful due to peer pressure

People also look for incentives to help them reach their goal, perhaps the promise of a special holiday or gift from a spouse is a good enough incentive

Look out for more weight Loss tips in my next post

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GFC Announces 2009 Adventure Racing Program

The 5th Réunion d’Aventures
will be held from 9 to 15 May 2009

The 5th Réunion d’Aventures will be held from 9 to 15 May 2009. It has become a great
classic and an outstanding event in the world of adventure races.
its format is original:

- Three team-members who relay each other so that two of them are always in the race
out in nature while the third provides support.
- Three classifications: mixed, men and women.
- Compulsory rest between 6pm and 6am with a bivouac on the spot. The contestants
must plan to meet at 6pm in a place where resting is possible.
- An overall stay lasting one week for 6 days of competition.
- A variety of types of sea and mountain sports which make it a benchmark multisport
competition with an extremely varied series of legs.
- A sublime setting: Réunion, a diamond of natural beauty surrounded by the ocean.
According to their level, the teams may be classified into three different categories:
- “Extreme” for the best
- “Raiders” for the very well prepared contestants
- “Adventure” for the teams with some weak points or a bit of bad luck.

The types of sport on the short list for this 5th competition are: canyoning, walkingorienteering,
mountain bike, ride and run, sea kayak, etc. Details will be given at the end of
November after the definitive reconnaissance. What is already certain is that the contestants
will be going through the remotest parts of this magical island which remain mysterious
because of the extremely rugged features that make some of them impenetrable.

Registration is now open. The registration fee is unchanged at €600 excl. VAT. The number
of teams will be limited to 25 or 30 according to the possibilities that the chosen course will
offer. This limit is required because of the equipment necessary for the race and the
narrowness of certain crossing points. Réunion d’Aventures cannot be a mass competition.
From November on, the organisation will offer the teams a package covering the flight from
France, the support vehicle, the transfers and the accommodation. As always with GFC, the
budget will be very reasonable thanks to the participation of the partners of the event, led by
“Ile de la Réunion Tourisme”, the tourism development board of Réunion.

As in previous editions, Réunion d’Aventures will receive wide media coverage with daily
batches of images sent by satellite to French, European and international televisions and
websites, depending on the nationality of the teams taking part. The best cameramen and
photographers and journalists capable of intense physical input will be on the ground for this
great adventure through the heart of Réunion.

Réunion d’Aventures will henceforth be held every two years.


Oman Adventure will not be held in 2008

In spite of the numerous requests to register and despite the boundless enthusiasm of all the
participants, Oman Adventure is not programmed for December 2008.

GFC organised three editions of this gigantic bike and run race by stages in a fabulous natural
setting. The atmosphere was always very intense, the kind of excitement that leads to
outstanding feats that take us into a different world where time stands still. However, at this
time the conditions are not yet ripe to allow a fourth competition to be held in the Sultanate of
Oman in 2008.
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The second Raid Canéo Nature from 27 July to 8 August 2009

The preparations for the second Raid Canéo Nature are already under way.

The holding of the first Raid Canéo Nature demonstrated the interest of its race concept. The
crossing of France without motorised sports, relying only on nature-sports equipment, makes
it without doubt the biggest new adventure in recent times. After Versailles-Marseille in 2008,
next year’s contestants will be crossing France from East to West. The reconnaissance of the
course will be starting very shortly and the types of sport on the programme will be
announced as soon as possible
.
The first edition was magnificent and heroic. 20 teams finished out of the 34 teams that
signed up, but almost everyone reached Marseille eventually, which was a real exploit in
itself.

In 2009, the principle of the three categories: Extreme, Raiders and Adventure, has been
kept, but with a greater difference between the itineraries. The Extreme contestants do
not want to see the level of difficulty reduced, but the other two categories would like
more time to recuperate. So the 2009 event will be less intense to allow a greater chance
for newcomers to the world of endurance adventure racing.


The Raid Canéo Nature obtained the best media coverage ever achieved in France with –
notably – a daily report on TF1 (the most popular TV channel). We can already say that the
2009 competition will satisfy even more than this year the innumerable fans of exciting and
exemplary human adventures in multisport competitions in a natural setting.
Registration is now open, limited to 40 teams, with the same registration fee as in 2008: €900
excl. VAT per team.

For further information:
Gérard Fusil Consultants
Gfusilcy@aol.com
Reuniondaventure@aol.com
RaidCaneo@aol.com
adapna@laposte.net
www.authentiqueaventure.com