Welcome to Topo Adventure Sports!
Topo Adventure Sports (formerly the CMAART.org Message Board) was formed as a community website for adventure sports in and around Ohio. Our main focus is adventure racing, but we're happy to see involvement in any outdoor endurance-based activity. This can include a LOT of possibilities, including mountain biking, orienteering, paddling (canoe, kayak, raft), rappelling, ascending, inline skating, etc.
If you're already involved with these activities, that's great! If not, then maybe you're interested in learning more about them or having someone "show you the ropes". In either case, check out our Message Board. The message board is the heart of the website and is a great place to find local training events, ask questions, find teammates, read race reviews, learn about gear, etc.
FREE Mountain Bike Skill Builder
Are your mountain bike skills in need of a boost? Are they rusty from the winter? Well, this Sunday, April 13, is a great chance to improve. The guys over at Not So Fast Adventures are hosting a FREE mountain bike clinic at Lake Hope State Park. Learn more and register on their website. [Posted: April 8, 2008]
Planet Adventure 24-Hour Challenge
This weekend, the Planet Adventure 24-Hour Challenge is being run over in Story, Indiana. It's part of the Checkpoint Tracker series, so if you're interested, you can follow along on the leaderboards. There are a bunch of regional teams in the race as well as several top teams from other parts of the country. Reading about ongoing races is a great way to get a boost in motivation for your next race! [Posted: April 5, 2008]
Updated 2008 AR Calendar
Check out the freshly updated Adventure Racing Calendar. It contains a comprehensive (as far as we know) list of adventure racers in the local region (Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky). If you know of races that should be added, let us know via the link at the bottom of the calendar page. [Posted: March 19, 2008]
The Lepregaine, Sunday, March 16
On Sunday, March 16, Central Ohio Adventure Racing is hosting The Lepregaine, a 3-hour and 6-hour rogaine event. The event is at Salt Fork State Park over in Cambridge, OH. Go check it out!
The Toad and The Tadpole PHOTOS
Photos are now posted for The Toad and The Tadpole 2007. Check out the web album HERE. There are pre-race photos that were taken of (nearly) every team as well as quite a few action shots throughout the two races. Thanks to our photographer, Vanessa Hill and her sidekick Taylor for all of the great photos!
The Toad and The Tadpole RESULTS
The Toad and Tadpole 2007 Results can be found HERE (in Excel spreadsheet form).
THE TOAD
Congratulations to All-Terrain Females for their victory in the Toad with a very strong showing! Also with an impressive race and coming in second place was Gamera & Godzilla. In fact, those two teams were the only teams to finish the course as described in the pre-race instructions. Those instructions stated that teams needed to obtain at least 4 paddling checkpoints, 2 orienteering points from the first o-course, 12 bike checkpoints, 2 orienteering points from the second o-course, and finish within 8 hours. For the teams that weren't able to complete the course as described, we have ranked you on the basis of minutes per checkpoint (total number of minutes on the course divided by total number of checkpoints obtained). Special mention goes to Rod Sparks who obtained all of the checkpoints on the course except one, but didn't quite make it back to the finish in time -- arriving just 10 minutes late.
THE TADPOLE
Congratulations to Team No Name for their overall victory in the Tadpole! They were the only team to clear the entire course. Also putting in a strong showing was Tim Martin, who came in second place. Third place was a tight one with Team Traction edging out Metzger x 2 by just a minute to claim 3rd!
The Toad and The Tadpole
Thanks again to all racers who made it out to the Toad and Tadpole this past Saturday! We were glad to see all of you there and hope you all enjoyed the course.
We've been recovering from the race ourselves and haven't quite gotten the results fully tabulated. We plan to have them posted sometime on Tuesday (10/23). Also, we'll have photos posted in the next day or two. So, please check back soon! If you'd like, please feel free to post your race reports and comments on our message board.
In the meantime, you can check some of the people that helped us out for the race:
• Adventure-Racer.com provided most of the prizes that we gave away
• Central Ohio Adventure Racing (COAR) provided some of the controls markers and punches
• Central Ohio Orienteering (COO) also provided some of the control markers and punches