Adventure racing

Adventure racing is an endurance competition in which teams navigate a course combining activities such as trekking, mountain biking, and paddling. Events often use checkpoints and require teams to manage route-finding, equipment, and fatigue.

Orienteering: A timed sport in which participants navigate between control points using a map and compass. Teams use map-and-compass navigation to find checkpoints across unfamiliar terrain.
Expedition racing: A long-form adventure race that typically lasts several days and combines multiple outdoor disciplines. This format extends the race across days, making sleep and resupply strategic concerns.
Endurance sport: A sport in which performance depends substantially on sustaining physical effort over time. Adventure racing belongs to endurance sport but spreads effort across several disciplines.
Triathlon: An endurance sport combining swimming, cycling, and running in sequence. Triathlon uses a fixed sequence and standardized course, unlike many navigation-led adventure races.
Checkpoint: A designated location on a route that participants must reach or record during an event. Reaching required checkpoints verifies progress and can determine the permitted route.
Sprint adventure racing: A shorter adventure-racing format that combines navigation with several outdoor activities. Shorter events offer a compact version of the multidiscipline format.
Navigation: The process of determining and following a route from one location to another. Route-finding is a defining skill alongside physical endurance.
Obstacle course racing: A race in which participants run a course containing physical obstacles. Obstacle races emphasize constructed challenges rather than route-finding across varied terrain.
Mountain biking: Cycling on unpaved terrain using bicycles designed for rough trails. Mountain-bike sections add speed, technical terrain, and equipment demands to many races.
Raid Gauloises: A French adventure race founded in 1989 that helped popularize expedition-style multisport competition. Its international events became an early model for long-distance adventure races.

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