Taking part in the event will be Team Balance Bar, the current championship points leader and last year s New York winner. Team Hi-Tec will also be there, as will Team Fogdog. Both teams are regular top-five finishers. Also taking part will be Playboy magazine s Xtreme Team. The team, made up of three of the publication s models, is looking to place in the Female Division.
Racers come from all across the country to take part in the event.
Lundgren, a 35 year old California native, recalled her trip to the Bronx for last year s competition. You find that people in each area of the country are different and you notice the difference. The popularity of adventure racing has been on the rise over the past several years. When Hi-Tec began its racing series in 1994, there were only four adventure races worldwide. Today there are nearly 500 adventure races taking place each year.