by Jess Evans
June 1, 2018
Adventure Racing Cooperative (ARC) has divided the US into 11 regions to help us (the AR community) set up regional qualifiers, identify races per region, and rank teams in each region. Go to https://www.arcooperative.org/regions to see these regions.
I did a quick review of the races shown on the ARHub website. There is a total of 19 races taking place in June around the US and Canada. Two of the 19 are in Canada, and the rest are spread among 8 of the 11 regions identified by ARC. The Midwest has 5 races in June, by far the largest number of races among the regions. The Great Plains and Appalachian regions are trailing it by having 3 races each.
I am not surprised that the Midwest boasts the most races in June. That region seems to be the hotbed for Adventure Racing, as far as I can tell. I could be bias considering I lived in the Midwest for 22 years and raced nearly monthly in these Midwestern races. I am very grateful for the numerous races in this region, because they gave me a chance to immerse myself in the AR world rapidly.
The goals of ARC are to increase the awareness and the number of races (and racers) in all the regions. Kudos to all the race directors who are working to put on races throughout the US and Canada. This can only be good for our wonderful sport.
