Tecnu AR's Kyle Peter and photographer Aaron Johnson have given us permission to use some great images of the team to which we've added inspirational messages to recruit newbies to AR via Facebook, websites, etc. Feel free to use these as long as Aaron's photo credit is retained. Click the links to download. If you have other images, witty or inspiration sayings about AR, etc., consider sharing them here to build a list that we could all use to spread the word about AR.
Adventure Racing: The Ultimate Obstacle CourseNo sport demands more suffering and produces more joy than adventure racingNo sport demands more individual effort and teamwork, speed and endurance, mental and physical skill than adventure racingAdventure Racing: Course Design Copyright God
These are totally badass. Nice work.
"Adventure racing...boldly poop where you've never pooped before"
Cool!
I remember the Full Moon in June Adventure Company did a series of posters. They might be willing to share some of the slogans they came up with. I can check.
Awesome!! I want more! If you make more, I'll post more on the Journey Racing site. Thanks for doing these and sharing them!
Yay Mark! Woo! I love your slogan, "Adventure Racing: YOU *can* do this!"
I just saw this slogan on a poster on Facebook and thought it was great. Maybe it fits:
"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn't."
So true.
(Shared from the Facebook page for Tee Major Fitness. I'm not sure if it is "theirs" and if credit would have to be given. Or we could use the concept but come up with our own words in order to make a version that is "ours".)
That quote comes from "Rikki Rogers" according to the GoogleSphere.
Cool. If we gave proper credit, we'd already be one step ahead of Tee Major Fitness :)
Thanks for the feedback. We can crank some more of these out so feel free to share messages and photos that can or have approval to use. These were the "badass" versions. Next up we'll plan to create some "You can do this" versions as Work4Justice mentions. After all, AR is both badass and totally doable. Photos can be emailed to mark@miadventureracing.com (we'll add photo credit to image so provide that if necessary).
That would be great...and would be cool to feature women too! :)
Good to remember. I do have women in the next set.
These are fantastic! Aaron Johnson has some serious talent.
I often wonder if comparing AR to Obstacle course racing in this kind of photo/motivational pic adds to the confusion or takes away from the challenge of AR? I've viewed something similar with local races and when the two are mentioned together I think some people are clueless enough to still think it's the same sport.
Awesome job and hope to see these soon!
The running magazines already calls obstacle racing "Adventure Racing" which is infuriating. They fucking know better.
Then, when you look at The Peak Death Race, and the new Endurance Society, those inevitably get the AR monker as well. It's easy to argue that Peak Death Race is much more "adventurous" than actual AR (getting on a mystery bus 50 hours into the race, wearing adult diapers and tyvek suits at the Explorer's Club in NYC?), but it makes sense to keep these separate in their own category.
Sell AR on it's own merit, separate from OCR...but still accessible to Frank and his CrossFitter buddies who find it by accident when looking for OCR in their area... that is, if your goal is to maximize entries and make money. The public has an insatiable appetite right now for 1-5hr OCRs but many newbies to OCR go as a "team" and stick together. Consider that an average Tough Mudder has 7-10,000 entrants in a weekend, and you should be able to net a few dozen of those folks who also happen to MTB, paddle, run, etc.
I would market a small local race with a photo of a team of hot girls looking at a map together on their MTBs, another photo of them running together, one paddling, and one rapelling.
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Ok, I'll bite. What is the Endurance Society? One web page I encountered is intentionally devoid of any information.