Hopefully you enjoyed the race as much as we did! Those beaches, those views, those electric fences!! However if you were a little unprepared then it may not have been the enjoyable experience you were hoping for! This is usually down to either a lack of fitness, skills or the wrong gear. The good news … Read more
The festive season can play havoc with our well intentioned training programmes, with Christmas parties and catching up with friends and family, it can be tough to stay on track. What if we put some strategies in place to avoid this happening? How much better will we feel come February when the Spirited Women Adventure … Read more
As women we are so hard on ourselves! This really stood out for us during our adventure race skills weekend in Taupo. What a fantastic group of women, but my goodness women can under-estimate their abilities. What really stood out is how much women talk themselves down and think they can’t do this, or aren’t … Read more
Everyone has heard of the 80/20 rule right? Well I believe that adventure racing is 80% mental and 20% physical. Once you have learnt the physical skills of navigation, kayaking, mountain biking and you have a decent level of fitness of course, then the teams that are going to do well are the teams … Read more
Everyone seems to have the same challenge when it comes to adventure racing- finding enough time to train! If you are a mum with small children or children with a myriad of after school activities, or are working or maybe even both or all three (eeek), you will know exactly what I’m talking about! “How … Read more