The adventure racing season begins on January 30th with the Surrey Quest — an Adventure Challenge for Right to Play. This a fun event for all levels of ability and fitness. The challenges are going to be going great and the prize list is awesome.
This is a City of Surrey event that is being produced by Toit Events (Turkey Trot, Chip’s Not Dead, Fall Classic, etc) so you can count on it being well organized and worth putting on your schedule. I’ll be there taking part too so I look forward going head to head against some fellow MOMAR racers!
You can get all the info at www.surreyquest.surrey.ca.
The annual Get Out There Magazine Readers’ Choice survey is now open and it needs your input. Last year, the MOMAR won for Best Adventure Race and Best Post Race Party. It was a nice honour to have that claim to ‘fame’ and we hope to repeat once again.
If you took part in the MOMAR and had a great time, PLEASE take a few minutes to complete the survey and vote for us in those categories!
Click here to vote! You can win prizes too!!!
I just arrived home from the final MOMAR of the season. I’m too exhausted to write up the wrap report or get the results formatted and posted. However, the great Tony Austin, did send me a few great photos so I’ll leave it at that until tomorrow morning. Thanks to everyone from coming out and celebrating the end of our 10th season!!!
The race started with a kayak stage on Comox Lake. Team Helly Hansen VI I & II battle it out.
The fastest racer on the water was John Markez with a split time of 49:50.
Jeremy Grasby heading out of the CP 7 transition gives John Markez a high-five.
Kevin Hodder from Whistler rides Bucket of Blood.
Victorious Secrets Cute C's Dayna Egyed and Penny Rundle from Surrey work the Urban Nav Stage. Nice job on the custom made jerseys!
Curtis Sanders and Tanya Berg of team T-Dot on the techinical trail Off-Broadway
The winner, Jeremy Grasby from Cumberland, crosses the finish line in 4:28:30!
Results to be posted by Monday noon.
On September 15th, 2009 Coast Mountain Sports will launch its first ever online contest for a chance to win a Canadian Rockies Adventure Tour provided by Yamnuska Mountain Adventures.
Entries can be made online at www.coastmountain.com/contest from September 15 to October 27 by successfully completing the contest entry form. Customers also have a chance to gain additional entries using a unique numerical CODE found on their transaction receipt when making a purchase at Coast Mountain Sports during the contest period. This code is then entered into the corresponding field on the contest site.
The prize consists of a trip for two to Canmore, AB which includes return airfare to Calgary, ground transportation to and from Canmore, a six night stay at the Westridge Country Inn, a choice of outdoor pursuits including; hiking, scrambling or rock climbing all led by a professionally trained Yamnuska guide and a $500 Coast Mountain Sports Gift Card.
Maybe a better question, is “who isn’t?”
Here is the List of Registered Racers for Cumberland. I managed to squeeze a few more in to bring the number up to 350, but due to limits on the banquet room capacity, that’s it! Anyone who still wants to race, will remain on the waiting list pending another team dropping out. Racers, please check this list carefully to make sure we have the correct information.
We have racers coming from all over Canada and the USA, as well, as from England, Ireland, and Australia!
It’s great to see 40 teams signed up for the Sport Course too!
Four weeks to go!
With just under six weeks before we are in Cumberland, BC, we are proud to announce the MOMAR is officially SOLD OUT! Oversold to be precise. More than 325 weekend warriors will do battle on the 30km or 50km course as they navigate from checkpoint to checkpoint on bike, kayak, and foot.
If you were planning on racing, but didn’t register, then you can email info@mindovermountain.com to be put on a waiting list.
We are also looking for volunteers and you can sign up via the volunteer page on the website. Space is limited here though too!
Thanks to everyone who signed up to be part of the biggest MOMAR in its 10 year history! It’s going to be one amazing weekend!
Normon Thibault from Frontrunners takes on the rappel (photo by Nick Sopczak)
If you are following the MOMAR on Twitter, you would already know that the photo gallery from the rappelling stage on the Stawamus Chief is now online. Big thanks to photographer Nick Sopczak for harnessing up and taking all the great shots! Check it out here.
I have also posted up new galleries from Larissa Buijs, Mark Teasdale, and Amber Thom.
We would like to extent a big MOMAR welcome to Coast Mountain Sports who are joining us as our new Title Sponsor! As leaders in outdoor equipment and apparel sales, Coast Mountain Sports is a your best bet to find everything you need for your next adventure race. And with 14 locations in BC and Alberta, you’re bound to find a store close to home.
Coast Mountain Sports is a retailer of some of our other sponsors like Helly Hansen, Ryders Eyewear, and KEEN. Stay tuned for details on their mega prize packages that will be given away at each MOMAR!
I would also like to give thanks to Schick Xtreme3 for their amazing support over the past two years. I’m sure everyone is going to miss loading up on their free supply of razors.
The March edition of the MOMAR eNewsletter has now been sent. In this issue we feature the Big Chop Summer Paddle Series, the MOMAR Training Clinics, and a call for volunteers. Click here to read it today.
Congatulations to Arrowsmith Bikes who will be celebrating their 15th Year in Business. Robin Dutton, owner of the Nanaimo location, has been a long time supporter of the MOMAR as a racer, MC, and bike check shop. This Saturday, March 14th, the will be having a big celebration to honour the milestone. Here’s are some details:
COME BY ON SATURDAY MARCH 14 TO HELP US CELEBRATE 15 YEARS OF ARROWSMITH BIKES. THERE WILL BE DEALS ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING FROM BIKES TO CABLE HOUSING. DISCOUNTS WILL VARY BETWEEN 10% TO FREE! THAT IS RIGHT FREE, WE HAVE LOADS OF FREE STUFF TO GIVE AWAY AND WITH EVERY PURCHASE YOU WILL BE ENTERED INTO A DRAW FOR A NORCO KATMANDU.
460 2980 Island Hwy, Nanaimo, BC
This weekend I’ll be heading over to Vancouver Island for the first Yeti of the season. Although I won’t be racing, I will be helping Marc out with timing and results and then staying up for some fun times at Fat Teddy’s later that night. If you haven’t tried snowshoeing, then you may want to enter the 5km course. There are snowshoes available to rent but you may want to book ahead. All the info can be found at www.theyeti.ca.
Registration has now opened for the 10th season of the Schick Xtreme3 Mind Over Mountain Adventure Racing Series. Yeehaw! And to celebrate, we are giving away free Helly Hansen Cool tech tops to the first 50 people that register for BOTH events!
Sign up quick because this deal won’t last long! Click here to go to the registration page.
MOMAR’s MC, Dave Norona, just posted a great video on YouTube. Check it out here.
Or is it the other way around? For those of you that want to hear the news first when it comes to all things MOMAR, then you will want to set up a Twitter account. What is Twitter you ask?
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
We’ll be using this social media tool heavily during the MOMAR weekends where we can post things like “Gary is lost; he sure misses Todd right now” or “Doug Doyle just flipped his kayak for the ninth time!” Your fans at home can follow the race or even the ones that are there can get updates (twitter can send via text to your phone) from deep inside the course. Maybe we’ll even set up a twitter station at a checkpoint! How cool is that?
Twitter accounts are free and easy to setup. Click here to follow the MOMAR on Twitter.
How great would it be to be mountain biking in California right now? Lina Augaitis is on the kind of road trip that every adventure seeker dreams about. The kind of trip where you and your best buds load up your vehicle with all your toys and head to a new playground every day.
Looking at this photo of Lina (stylishly wearing the MOMAR bike jersey) makes me a bit envious especially with the cold and crappy weather we’ve been having here in BC. What a great feeling she must have looking down into the valley below and ready for gravity to do its thing.
In the coming days, Lina will be entering a six day stage race on the Islands of Guatalope. Check out her blog for more details and regular reports.
Good luck Lina!!!
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