NEMO Switchback Ultralight Sleeping Pad Review: New Take on Classic Design
NEMO challenges the gold standard in ultralight sleeping pads with the Switchback Ultralight Sleeping Pad. Is the Switchback better than the Therm-a-Rest Z Lite Sol?
4-Week Fitness: Tough Mudder Launches 30-Day Training Plan
Prepping for a Tough Mudder? Now there’s an official 30-day training program designed specifically to whip you into race shape.
Patagonia Camp Cup: Tick This Adventure Race Off Your Bucket List Now
Head to one of the most beautiful places in the world and compete in a variety of races. The Patagonia Camp Cup offers competitors a myriad of distances on 84,000 acres of private land at the foot of Torres del Paine National Park, one of the world’s most remote destinations.
Adventure Race Gear: The Patagonian Expedition Race Winning Kit
Our contributor and her team share the adventure racing gear it took to win the Patagonia Expedition Race, a rugged 600-km race across Patagonia, Chile.
Adventure at the End of the World: Winning the Patagonian Expedition Race
We talked with the champions of the 2018 Patagonia Expedition Race — 7 days and 600 km across one of the wildest places on Earth.
Vague Path: Your Almost Official Guide to Fell Running
Americans don’t really get Britain’s fell running. Is it mountain running? Is it trail running? Why does it get its own designation? So we asked an expert fell runner to break it down in all its mud and glory.
‘Unrace’ Trail Runs Are Cut for Suffering and Connecting
Friends running in the woods might be a new force to be reckoned with. Unsanctioned community races are booming.
Wanted: Chief Obstacle Tester, Available Immediately
Dream job: Chief Obstacle Tester for Tough Mudder. Location: Atlanta or London. Contract length: 1 day.
Long-Distance Obstacle Course Racing Grows, Especially Among Women
While the popularity of obstacle course racing (OCR) has slowed since its 2010 peak, one area of the sport has grown nearly 40-fold: long-distance OCR events.
Welcome to the House Turned Obstacle Course
For athletes entering the ever-popular obstacle course racing scene, a performance advantage could be a backyard monkey bar away.
Weekend Movie: Barkley Marathons, ‘Where Dreams Go To Die’
The Barkley Marathons is a 100+ mile race with 60,000 feet of elevation gain. Only 15 people have ever finished. It’s where dreams go to die.
Grueling Race Pits Runners Against Largest Ski Jump in US
Athletes raced 400 meters straight up the largest artificial ski jump tower in the U.S. during the Red Bull 400 at Copper Peak in Michigan.
Bear Grylls Competition Turns Survival Into Sport
Bear Grylls wants to turn survival into a sport measured by technology instead of blood loss or hypothermia. Enter the ‘Bear Grylls Survival Challenge.’
Welcome To ‘SwimRun,’ A Grueling New Challenge
Swim, run, swim, repeat. The burgeoning sport of swimrun combines endurance and adventure in an extreme and simple way.
First Time In US, Adventure Racing Worlds Are ‘Cowboy Tough’
Racers from 59 teams will cross 450 miles of rugged ranchlands, mountains, and canyons in the first Adventure Racing World Championship hosted in the United States.
‘The Hardest 400 Meters Of Your Life’
Sprint, or slog, more than 40 stories toward the sky up a 35-degree ski jump for glory… and sheer pain.
Like Pain? Try A New ‘Survival Run’
An all new ‘Survival Race’ is coming to North America for the first time, and it sounds crazy!
Tough Girl! 9-Year-Old Completes Wild Adventure Race
At age 9, Hannah Carter completed a race with three river crossings, miles of technical singletrack biking, exposed rock-scrambling, class III whitewater, and over 3000′ of elevation gain on a team with her father.
‘The Runner’ Seeks Contestants For $1Million Race
If you are ‘shrewd, tough, physically fit, and independent,’ this competition could earn you a fortune.
Videos Give Inside Look At ‘Last Wild Race’ In Patagonia
Ever wanted to tread the wilds of Patagonia? This series of videos, shot during the harrowing Patagonian Expedition Race in Chile, give an intimate look at the hardships and beauty that come with passage through the region.
Extreme Test: Gear For AR World Championships
Nothing punishes gear like adventure racing, and this race is the pinnacle event of the year. This is the gear that excelled over seven rough days in the Brazilian jungle.
Insane! Watch The Gnarliest Race On Earth
You’ve read about the brutal Adventure Racing World Championships in Brazil. Now watch the video.
Swimming With Crocodiles: AR World Series In Brazil
Thirty-two teams converged to trek, paddle, bike, and navigate a 700KM course. After days out there, a group of teams refused to go on — the race directors were forced to fly teams out one by one on a small airplane.
Adventure Race In The City… Recap Of ‘TC Urban Dash’
GearJunkie and Twin Cities In Motion hosted the unique in-the-city adventure race last weekend, the TC Urban Dash, in Minneapolis.
Race Gear: 10 Top Pieces of Kit for Expedition Alaska
To race seven days across the Alaskan wilderness, you need trustworthy gear. We put our faith in these 10 products.
Adventure Race Dog Clears Quarantine, Heads Home
The world famous adventure racing dog is finally joining his new family.
‘Trail Fighter’ Documentary
Film documents mixed martial arts fighter’s transition to trail running.
Adventure Racing Dog Adopted
After following a team through a grueling adventure race, an Ecuadorian stray is going home to Sweden.
Stray Dog Joins Team, Completes Grueling Race
Motivated by love (and a meatball), a stray dog follows an adventure racing team through a daunting course in the Ecuadorian jungle.
Best College Class? University Credit To Film Ultra-Endurance Race
Over the course of five days last summer a student film and production crew followed racers through the Sierra Nevada mountains during the Gold Rush Expedition Race.
'RIG' Race: 190 Miles Across Quebec
190 miles of bushwhacking, trail running, and whitewater puts athletes to a test in Canada.