MOMAR 101 Clinic Instructor, Tom Jarecki, reports on yesterday’s clinic session in North Vancouver. This is Tom’s first of three clinics that he is instructing before the Squamish MOMAR.

My dog Buddy and I arrived at the base of Mt Seymour at 7am and went for a 2 hour bike ride to set up the check points (8 of them ranging from 105m elevation to 570m and in one metre of snow) between the Mt Seymour Rd to the east and north and the Seymour River to the west. After greeting the 8 participants shortly after 9am I spent just over an hour going over the basics of MOM adventure racing, demonstrated my race gear and transition setup, and introduced them to Mr Map and Ms. Compass and the engrossing intimacy that they’re capable of. Then we were off – each participant lead the group to their designated check point, keeping track of collecting and catch features and planning their approach from the attack point. Our pace varied from walk in the park strolling to we’re going to win this thing even if it kills us fast downhilling on Neds. What goes on at the clinic stays at the clinic but I can report that all were successful (eventually) finding their check points and that the dog got very, very muddy.