The Transition: AR News and Updates
Friday, August 14, 2026
USARA Membership
Adventure racing is all about community. Whether taking in the majesty of a mountaintop sunrise with your teammates, joining forces with another team to work through a difficult creek crossing, or sharing stories with old friends and new ones at a post-race meal, adventure racers have always enjoyed and sought out connections with each other. It is this bond that forms between teammates and across teams that makes our sport so special.
We at USARA aim to unite adventure racers across the nation, while providing high standards for events and meaningful support to race directors. Your membership allows us to build this more expansive and interconnected community.
We understand that this support represents an expense to racers, in addition to gear, registration, and travel costs. To assure the community that our organization takes its responsibility as a steward of the sport and its community seriously, USARA is shifting to a nonprofit model of governance so that you can be secure in knowing that every dollar of membership fees collected will go back into the organization to improve event sanctioning, officiating, rankings, the national championship, membership services, media, support for our affiliated race directors, and to otherwise further the development of the sport.
The $50 yearly membership to USARA provides access to discounts at ExpertVoice!
REMINDER: A screenshot of the USARA membership from run signup will suffice for joining ExpertVoice. Directions are available on our membership page.
USARA annual members receive a 30% discount on custom apparel from PACTIMO and up to two free revisions on initial designs. To get started, email us at info@usara.com and we'll get you connected!
MRS Adventure Race Bundles
Racers competing at USARA National Championships can receive a FREE "Adventure Race Essentials" bundle from sponsor MRS packrafts with every packraft purchase.
To claim the free bundle, racers should add both a packraft and the bundle to their cart, and then use code “USARA”, which will adjust the price of the bundle to FREE!
News from the Adventure Race/Endurance World
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Adventure Race Training Podcast: Episode 12—Athlete Imposter Syndrome
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‘Whimsically skedaddling’: Alaskan veteran makes hiking history
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Upcoming USARA Sanctioned Events
Tracking Links by Adventure Enablers
Visit the Community Race Calendar
for More Races
August 2026
After Dark Adventure Race, KY, Aug. 22 (REGISTRATION ENDS 8/17)
Quarry Mountain Quest, CO, Aug. 22
Shenandoah River Adventure Race, VA, Aug. 22
The Big Bear Kids Adventure Race, CA, Aug. 28-30
Creve Coeur 4 Adventure Race, MO, Aug. 29
Unbridled Women Adventure Race, KY, Aug. 29
September 2026
East Fork Challenge, OH, Sept. 12 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/5)
Greenhorn Adventure Race, MD, Sep. 12 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/9)
VentureQuest Adventure Race, MD, Sep. 12 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/9)
Gold Rush Adventure Challenge, CA, Sep. 19 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/12)
La Pine Loop Race Weekend, OR, Sept. 19-20
Blue Hills Adventure Race, MA, Sept. 19 (PRICE INCREASE 8/15)
Moose on the Loose Adventure Race, WI, Sept 19
La Pine Loop Family Race, OR, Sept. 20
Reservoir Ramble, IN, Sept. 20 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/13)
Buff Betty Women’s Adventure Race, VA, Sept. 26 (PRICE INCREASE 8/30)
Coastal Traverse, DE, Sept. 26 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/22)
DASH Adventure Race, UT, Sept. 26 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/20)
October 2026
Central Indiana Adventure (CIA), IN, Oct. 3 (PRICE INCREASE 8/31)
Sleep When You’re Dead, CO, Oct. 3 (REGISTRATION ENDS 9/19)
Wild Driftless Adventure Race, IA, Oct. 3 (PRICE INCREASE 8/31)
Fall Foliage Adventure Race, VA, Oct. 10 (REGISTRATION ENDS 10/9)
USARA National Championships, OR, Oct. 23-24 (REGISTRATION CLOSES WHEN FIELD IS FULL)
Off Road Rage Adventure Race, MO, Oct. 24 (PRICE INCREASE 8/23)
November 2026
Milwaukee Area Fall Frenzy (MAFF), WI, NOV. 7 ((PRICE INCREASE 9/12))
Rocktown Adventure Race, VA, Nov. 7 (REGISTRATION ENDS 10/20)
The Fig, KY, Nov. 7
December 2026
Rib Mountain Adventure Challenge—Winter Edition, WI, Dec. 5
April 2027
2027 Shenandoah Epic, VA, Apr. 10
May 2027
Spring Bloom Adventure Race, VA, May 1 (PRICE INCREASE AFTER 12/31)
Have an adventure story, race report or an article to share with fellow adventure racers? Send it to social@usara.com for inclusion in the Transition.
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