Friday, January 12, 2024

The Checkpoint Check-in:

“Tell us about a mistake you’ve made in your AR experience and what you learned from it.”

“Tell us about a mistake you’ve made in your AR experience and what you learned from it.”

We have all been there—that moment when your stomach drops and you realize the mistake you just made. You are in the middle of the woods, it’s dark, you are tired, and hungry, and you have to break the bad news to your teammates.

Or maybe the mistake happened before the race, or after, or with a camera crew right there ready to feed the drama to Bear Grylls.

As we launch the new Checkpoint podcast, we want your stories to be a part of the discussion. Share your AR “Lessons Learned” via a Telbee voicemail dropbox. The first story we want to hear: Tell us about a mistake you’ve made in your AR experience and what you learned from it.

Whether you have a story that fits the monthly topic or something totally different that you think other racers would enjoy listening to and learning from, call in and leave us a message, sharing your story and lessons learned in a few minutes or so.

And be sure to tune in to The Checkpoint podcast dropping soon to all the podcast places.

The Gear Shed

AR discussion board recently discussed the best gps/smart watch for AR. The consensus was Garmin because of AR mode that runs GPS in the background and can’t be accessed during the race. After the race, the GPS data is available for download to analyze all the mistakes that can become stories on the Checkpoint

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News from the Adventure/Endurance World

• Bend Racing Podcast makes the argument for flat pedals to simplify biking.

• Santiago Lopez talks about ARWS World Championship race this year in Ecuador on The Dark Zone: An Adventure Race Podcast.

• The thisABILITY Adventure Podcast dives into the mailbag for Everything You Wanted to Know About Packrafts, and Then Some.

• Belgian Obstacle Racing Federation representative is candid about feeling “abandoned” by World Obstacle.

• Garmin releases its fitness report from 2023.

• Ashworth Awards, A Leader In Sustainable Trail Race Business.

• Study: Cannabis can make workouts more fun, but it’s no performance-enhancer.

• ARWS race in Denmark has to cancel paddle stage due to frozen bodies of water, but reminds racers to remember “good winter cloth and gloves.” Follow the frigid action from their tracking page.