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New York Adventure Racing A is mixing things up once again in 2010.

Press Release / 25.03.2010

New York Adventure Racing A is mixing things up once again in 2010. The Longest Day will now add a midnight start on Friday evening, May 21st to make it an 18-hour event.

For the Longest Day, teams will once again paddle, bike and navigate their way through the Catskills in New York State.

As is becoming tradition for NYARA, the exact venue and locations will be kept secret until just prior to the race. Once again, you will be treated to some new terrain at this year’s Longest Day. The course will reward and delight racers of all ability levels from novice to experienced teams with fantastic terrain and spectacular views. Course design will feature a modified rogaine format which will allow teams to collect optional CPs at their discretion. The team with the most points at the end of the 18-hour race will be crowned TLD champions.

2010's Longest Day race is part of the Checkpoint Tracker National Point Series. We will be combining the co-ed 3 person and co-ed 4 person teams into the "premier" category. This "premier" category will be racing for points.

In addition, the Longest Day is also a USARA Regional Qualifying race. The 1st place coed team from each regional qualifying race will receive a $400.00 sponsorship, provided by the regional qualifying race, to be applied to the teams entry fee for the 2010 USARA Adventure Race National Championship in Pennsylvania.

Race Course Highlights:

<li>Linear/Point to Point Format
<li>Rogaine/score-O style course (equally challenging to novice and top navigators)
<li>Strategic route planning
<li>Pre-plotted maps
<li>Great mountain biking, river paddling and hiking
<li>Scenic while equally challenging terrain
<li>Potential climbing/ropes section (this section will not require any special skills or certification)
<li>Killer post race BBQ