To complete an expedition-length adventure race every team member needs to be competent in every skill, including navigation. Contrary to popular belief, one should not train for sleep deprivation. It is useful to know what it feels like, but staying up for extended lengths of time is unhealthy. The best strategy is to manage sleep so that the team is not sleep- deprived. We have found that 2-3 hours of sleep every 24 hour period is optimal, but this will vary team to team, person to person.
Most adventure races boil down to foot races.
Although there are a host of disciplines in an advenutre race they are inevitably won on foot. Races are also getting faster and more competitive which means more running. In Raid Ecuador the last foot leg lasted about two days and we ran the last half day of it neck and neck with the second placed team. In distance races we will typically cover 150-200 miles on foot. Q.Describe some of your ultrarunningexperiences.