The CheNarr Adventure Race and Rogaine is returning for a third year from Hardwin Adventures. The first event is a 10 hour Adventure Race on the Harpeth River, in Narrows of the Harpeth State Park and throughout the Cheatham Wildlife Management Area. The AR will involve trekking, mountain biking and paddling. The second event is an 8-hr Rogaine which is a foot travel only race through the Cheatham. This year the race will be held on March 1st. The primary change from last year to this year is a slight shortening of the Adventure Race. This year's race will start with paddling and we are going to wait until 9 am for it to warm up a bit before getting going. Make sure you dress appropriately as it might be cold on the water!

Here's a primer for those who are unfamiliar with adventure races and rogaines.  Both adventure races and rogaines are navigation-based races. That means that this course is not going to be marked like a typical Hardwin ultramarathon. Racers will be given a map, will need a compass, and will be attempting to find as many checkpoints as possible.  Traditionally in an AR, racers compete in co-ed teams of three or four racers that travel together along the entire course from point to point. For the CheNarr, two person teams, same gender teams and solo racers are also acceptable. A rogaine is a similar event consisting only of foot travel that is also map and compass navigation based. The rogaine will also be a team-based event, but solos will be welcome just like the AR.

For both races, most checkpoints (CPs) are optional. Essentially, whoever makes it back to the start having visited the most checkpoints wins. If there is a tie, finishing time is used as a tiebreaker. There are penalties for being late. Arriving after the race finish time is a penalty of 1 CP, and teams will lose an additional CP for each additional five minutes that pass after the cut-off time. So don’t be late.

Event Schedule:

Schedule for 10-hr AR

6:30 AM – Race Check-in

8:15 AM – Load vans to start

8:45 AM – Arrive at start line

9:00 AM – Race Start

7:00 PM – Race cut-off time – all racers must be finished.

7:30 PM – Awards Ceremony

Schedule for 8-hr Rogaine:

9:30 AM – Race Check-in opens

11:00 AM – Race Start

7:00 PM – Race cut-off time

7:30 PM – Awards Ceremony

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