Time to go school, adventure racers.  The MOMAR Training Clinic Series is back! 

We have a great lineup of clinics this year that includes:

• MOMAR 101 – Navigating the MOMAR
• MOMAR 150 – Mountain Biking the MOMAR
• MOMAR 201 – Advanced AR Training for the MOMAR (2 Day)
• MOMAR 301 – Advanced Navigation for the MOMAR
• MOMAR 305 – Advanced Orienteering and Navigation Techniques

All of the instructors (Sarah Seads, Tom Jarecki, Doug Doyle, John Barron, and Todd Nowack) are long time MOMAR racers except for Magnus Johannson, but he is Canada’s National Orienteering Coach!  We have also partnered with Big Dog Biking in Cumberland who will be teaching the MOMAR 150 bike course. 

Click here for a full clinic description and to register.

We have added a new MOMAR 101 Clinic in Vancouver to the schedule.  The clinic date is July 12th and is taught by veteren MOMAR racer, Tom Jarecki.

It’s great to see so many people taking the 101 clinics again this year especially because navigation plays such a crucial role in your success at the race.  Here’s a brief summary of what the MOMAR 101 will teach you:

MOMAR 101 is for new and experienced Adventure Racers who would like a comprehensive introduction to the adventure racing and navigation skills needed to successfully complete a MOMAR race and other shorter adventure races. This course focus on navigation. This one day course is easy enough for beginning racers, and challenging enough for those who want to polish more advanced racing and navigation skills. Be prepared for plenty of inside racing tips specific to the MOMAR! Limited to 8 participants per clinic.

Click here to sign up and reserve your spot!

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.