Duct Tape, Mountain Bikes, Bins Of ‘Energy Food’… The Needed Equipment To Race

Written by Stephen Regenold Mar 09, 2014 11:13 p.m. ET

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Last month our sponsored racers on Team YogaSlackers/GearJunkie took first place in the Maya Mountain Challenge, a tough multiday event in Belize. A new video, filmed before the team left for Central America, talks about race prep, taking care of their bodies and their gear. Watch for an inside look at the equipment, food, and physical considerations needed to excel in a challenge that unfurled over hundreds of miles through mountains and jungles in Belize. —Stephen Regenold

Stephen Regenold

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Stephen Regenold is the founder of GearJunkie, which he launched as a nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002. As a journalist, writer, and gear nerd, Regenold has covered the outdoors industry for over two decades, including as a correspondent for the New York Times. A father of five, Regenold and his wife, Tara, live in Minneapolis.