Prologue: a Junior Raid Experience

The community here has really come together in a lot of different ways to help make sure Raid Temiscamingue is a success. The latest example is the Junior Raid that served as a fun prologue for teams and a firsthand introduction to the sport for 120 local high school students. While this was not a timed section for the competitive race, it gave racers a chance to be an adventure racing coach for the kids here who have been training all summer.

The concept of the Youth Raid where kids have an opportunity to get a taste of adventure racing in a safe, controlled environment is one that I can see being highly effective at growing the sport as a whole. While it does take quite a bit of coordination with the local community, it would be amazing to see one of our US based race directors give this concept a shot at one of their races.