2012 CALLEVA ADVENTURE RACE THE FIFTH EDITION

Race News and Updates



Calleva Adventure Race 2012—Not your ordinary adventure race!

Year four was an incredible hit and sold out well before the deadline! Don't miss out on the most exciting race in the Washington, DC metro area.

For 2012 we will keep two categories: Expert for advance racers and SPORT for strong athletes with limited experience in adventure racing. Both categories will have up to 10 hours to complete the course, but Expert category will include more technical disciplines that require special skills.

Expert category navigation will be on the Pro level and will be used in every discipline of the Expert course: including paddling, mountain biking, and trekking. Mountain biking will include technical single track, gravel roads, paved roads and even some off road riding.

Sport category navigation will be more obvious, but still will require good knowledge of map and compass use. Biking sections will be mostly on gravel roads with some shortcut options through single track. If you are new to the sport, or do not have a good navigator on your team, this category is for you. Sport category will have no paddling this year, but racers must be ready for some other water activities. Get ready!

Teams of 2, 3 and solo racers are welcome for Sport category. Expert category is open for teams of 2 and 4 racers only.



Weather in Poolesville

SCHEDULE (tentative):

August 5th, 2012. Poolesville, MD.
  • 7:30 AM - Registration and Check-In opens at Riley's Lock. All team members must be present for mandatory gear check. Bibs, number for bikes, maps, rules of travel, and give-a-way stuff will be distributed to teams at the end of check-in.
  • 8:00 AM - Mandatory race briefing. All teams and team members must be present.
  • 9:00 AM - Race starts. Location will be announced at the race briefing.
  • 7:00 PM - Official race finish at undisclosed location. Awards ceremony and after race food will be provided there.
  • 8:30 PM - All racers will arrive back to Riley's Lock.

DIRECTIONS:

13015 Riley's Lock Rd. Poolesville MD 20837 Click here to get driving directions from your address!

Registration schedule

  • Early registration before May 31th - $75 per racer
  • Late registration June 1st - July 31st $100 per racer
  • Last week and the race day registration $125 per racer (subject to availability)
    •  No refunds after June 1st. Online registration will close July 31.

    2012 registration will be open in March.

    Every racer must sign the race waiver [.pdf file] and bring it to check-in on the race day. In addition to that every racer that is less than 18 years old must fill and bring to-check in waiver for minors form [.pdf file].

    For volunteer oportunities, please, contact Karen. Middle and high school students can get up to 8 hours of community service for helping us with the race. Every student must be accompanied by adult, number of spots is limited.

    Gear lists are updated for 2011.

    About Prizes

    SPORT category will have the Prime Division of three person Co-Ed and three person female (sorry boys) teams. Expert category will have the Prime Division of four person Co-Ed and four person female teams. Prime divisions will be eligible for the main prizes. All other teams and solo racers will fight for Open Division prizes.

    For sponsors oportunities, please, contact Matt Markoff




                                                                            

    Testimonials

    • Thank you very much for putting on a great race. We had a blast and look forward to the next one.
    • Great race!!! Can not wait to do it again next year.
    • Thank you for the amazing race you put on this past Sunday. Incredible inaugural race!
    • We had a great time. Many many great things to say, amazing group of volunteers (and a lot of them) loved the "real orienteering".

    Aug 2, 2011

    The final race update and check-in info

    The final race update and check-in info is published. Follow this link to access the final update.

    Please forward this link to all your teammates, we don't have all emails.

    We will see you this Sunday.

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