Welcome to Gulf Coast Adventures' new website. This site includes upcoming events, videos, blog, racer forum, and race photos. Enjoy!

  • Lake Charles Adventure Race – Sept. 11, 2010

    Welcome to the 3rd Annual Lake Charles Adventure Race. This event takes place in Sam Houston Jones State Park along the Calcasieu River. With beautiful cypress-lined banks and miles of singletrack, you are sure to have an amazing adventure! Teams of 3 will compete in coed, all-male, all-female, or coed masters divisions. Distances for this [...]

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    Lake Charles Adventure Race – Sept. 11, 2010
  • Biking

    Pro Tips From Eastbank Cyclery

    Jonathan Hebert is a bike mechanic at Eastbank Cyclery in Kenner La. He has been into sports and a bike tech since 1996. “We have a great team at Eastbank Cyclery. So, come by and check out our store. Meet us and let Eastbank Cyclery take care of all your cycling [...]

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    Biking
  • Fontainebleau 4-hour Adv. Race – Oct. 9, 2010

    Welcome to the 7th Annual Fontainebleau 4-Hour Adventure Race, in Mandeville, LA (north of New Orleans). Taking place within beautiful Fontainebleau State Park, this event includes trail riding, marsh and swamp paddling, coasteering along Lake Ponchartrain, and navigating throughout Northlake Nature Center. Teams of 3 will compete in coed, all-male, all-female, or coed masters divisions. [...]

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    Fontainebleau 4-hour Adv. Race – Oct. 9, 2010
  • Fontainebleau 8-Hour Adv. Race – Oct. 9, 2010

    Welcome to the 1st Annual Fontainebleau 8-Hour Adventure Race, in Mandeville, LA (north of New Orleans). Taking place within beautiful Fontainebleau State Park, this daytime event includes trail riding, marsh and swamp paddling, coasteering along Lake Ponchartrain, and navigating throughout Northlake Nature Center and beyond. Teams of 3 will compete in coed, all-male, all-female, or [...]

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    Fontainebleau 8-Hour Adv. Race – Oct. 9, 2010
  • Gallery of Race Photos

    Racers, be sure to check out all of the great pics in the GCAR photo gallery.  You’ll see our staff out on the course at each event snapping photos of your team.  Find them here after each race. Click your event on the green bar to find the pics from the race.
    Link to check out [...]

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    Gallery of Race Photos
  • New Orleans Urban Adv Race – Nov. 13, 2010

    Welcome to the “Racing to N’awlins” Championship! This will be the Gulf Coast Championship event with trophies and prizes awarded to the top finishers for the series, as well as prizes in each category. Not interested in the series? Then, come out and enjoy and single race in the series.
    This event will travel throughout New [...]

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    New Orleans Urban Adv Race – Nov. 13, 2010

Recent Blog Posts

GCAR Poll-We Want to Hear From You!

GCAR Poll-We Want to Hear From You!

Gulf Coast Adventure Racing wants to hear what you think!  Help us to put on the best race series in the new year by giving us your feedback in this poll.  You can vote for as many of the events in the post as you are interested in.  Just click on one at a time [...]

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Teamwork…by Robyn Bennincasa

Teamwork…by Robyn Bennincasa

Adventure Racing is one of the only sports in which you actually have to have your teammates with you, doing exactly what you’re doing, glued to your side at all times.  That’s why Adventure Racing is just as much an interpersonal journey as a physical one.   In the best of times, you will experience moments [...]

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Long Distance Hiking Tips

Long Distance Hiking Tips

Long Distance Hiking Tips
provided by Adventure World Magazine
www.adventureworldmagazineonline.com

The tips below are from Adventure World contributor and long distance hiker, Justin Lichter. We will also be posting sample packing lists from Justin for several regions.
The first day of spring has passed and Old Man Winter’s wrath is starting to give way to spring weather. It [...]

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Hydration 101

Hydration 101

How to Stay Hydrated Before, During, and After Your Runs
Avoid Heat-Related Illnesses When Running
By Christine Luff, About.com Guide
Updated July 10, 2010
About.com Health’s Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board

Staying hydrated is critical to your running performance and, more importantly, for preventing heat-related illnesses. Dehydration in athletes may lead to fatigue, decreased [...]

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Photos and Video from the Baton Rouge Urban Race

Hello Racers! Thank you for coming out to our 2010 Baton Rouge Urban Adventure Race this past weekend. We were certainly blessed with great weather! Photos are posted for the Baton Rouge race. Click on the “Gallery” link at the top of the page and then choose the “Baton Rouge Pics”. [...]

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Dirty Mama’s Take Over the Spillway

Dirty Mama’s Take Over the Spillway

from the Times Picayune
Original Blog posted here:
June 12, 2010
Interview by Eric Trihardboy
New Orleans: In an unprecedented move, the Dirty Mama’s (a subsidiary of Fitbird Fitness, a local triathlon training center) propelled themselves to a “Team Best” finish at the Norco Spillway Adventure Race in New Orleans this past weekend and racked up 187 points as [...]

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Photos and Video from the Spillway Adventure Race

Photos and Video from the Spillway Adventure Race

Hello Racers! Thank you for coming out to our 2010 Spillway Adventure Race this past weekend. It was another wild adventure! Photos are posted for the Spillway race. Click on the “Gallery” link at the top of the page and then choose the “Spillway Pics”. We also made a video [...]

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Spillway Race 2010 – Come and Gone

Just a quick note:
This was my first time back to the Spillway race since 2007 (ironically, the first Adventure race I ever participated in).  2007  was run in April, was cool, raining, and muddy. 2010? What a difference.
8:00am Starting time saw am 84 Degree temp, with a humidity giving us a feels like 93 Degrees [...]

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Adventure Racing 101 (Part 6)

Adventure Racing 101 (Part 6)

Submitted by admin on April 23, 2010 – 8:08 amNo Comment

Teamwork
Adventure Racing is one of the only sports in which you actually have to have your teammates with you, doing exactly what you’re doing, glued to your side at all times. That’s why Adventure Racing is just as much an [...]

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Adventure Racing 101 (Part 5)

Adventure Racing 101 (Part 5)

Submitted by admin on April 21, 2010 – 8:03 amNo Comment
Climbing
You may not have to worry about doing any climbing in the sprint races, but you will more than likely have at least a rappel in the longer races. In expedition and 24-hour races, you may also have to do [...]

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