The Untamed Virginia Adventure Race is becoming a classic mid-Atlantic
endurance experience; more an adventure than a race!
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Race Discipline: Mountain Biking
Teams in the Untamed Virginia Adventure Race will mountain bike on
a variety of surfaces: asphalt vehicular roads, gravel jeep roads, and
technical singletrack may all factor into the course. Racers are
required to use a mountain bike -- no road bikes -- , ride with a helmet
at all times, and have a front and rear mounted safety light (full details
in the gear section).
Teams should expect the unexpected, including some portions that may
not be rideable (hike-a-bike) and even
bike-&-tie.
Bike & Tie is where a team has fewer bikes than they have
racers -- the key to
making bike-&-tie work is in the "leapfrogging",
where one teammate rides ahead and drops the bicycle. For example, if
you figure that it is 1 mile from where you are standing to where your
next checkpoint is, one teammate would start on the bicycle, ride 1/2
mile, drop the bicycle and continue on foot. The other teammate would
start off running, find the bicycle 1/2 mile down, and ride to
the checkpoint. If both teammates are of even running and biking abilities
they should arrive at the checkpoint at nearly the same time. If one teammate
is a substantially stronger runner it may make more sense for that person
to have a shorter time on the bicycle.
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