The Dark Zone: An Adventure Racing Podcast

By Brian Gatens

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The Dark Zone: An Adventure Racing Podcast welcomes you to our world. Come hear from racers, race directors, fans of AR, and everyone in between. The podcast's out there, you pick it up, it's yours, you don't, I got no sympathy for you. (as inspired by Glengarry Glenn Ross)

Episode Date
Dark Zone 95: USARA National Championship Preview with RD's Michelle and Liz Faucher
May 12, 2024
Dark Zone 94: Arthur the King, Mari the Racer and Brennan the Fan - Our Arthur The King Mega Episode
Apr 28, 2024
Dark Zone 93: Nick Hurff - Adventure Racer, Coach, Race Director, and Sports Performance Expert
Apr 03, 2024
Dark Zone 92: Adventure Racer Raf Adametz - The Stoke Is High With This One
Mar 26, 2024
Dark Zone 91: Team Mountain Designs Wild Women - Their Record Setting Win at the Legend Expedition Race
Mar 02, 2024
Introducing The Checkpoint Podcast: A Collaboration between the United States Adventure Racing Association and The Dark Zone
Feb 13, 2024
Dark Zone 90: Team NAWWAL - Not All Who Wander Are Lost and Their Wild Race at Malacara 2023
Jan 23, 2024
Dark Zone 89: Danny Collins and Jason Bettis: Returning RD's for Expedition Ozark 2024 - What They Learned as 1st Time RD's and What Racers Can Expect in 2024
Jan 15, 2024
Dark Zone 88: Santiago Lopez - 2024 ARWS World Championship Race Director, Expedition Racer, and a Human AR Crystal Ball
Jan 08, 2024
Dark Zone 87: Alyssa Godesky - So Many Adjectives - Adventure Racer, Pro Triathlete, FKT Record Holder, Barkleys Racer, Coach, One Water Racer, Podcaster, Human Swiss Army Knife
Dec 17, 2023
Dark Zone 86: Amanda Bohley - A Human "Break Glass In Case A Great Teammate is Needed" Emergency Box
Dec 10, 2023
Dark Zone 85: Arthur the King's Mikael Lindnord - Adventure Racer, Author, and Executive Producer
Dec 03, 2023
Dark Zone 84: Adventure Racer and Race Director Chris Dixon of Australia's Wild&Co. - Big Races, Big Plans, and Big Fun
Nov 25, 2023
Dark Zone 83: Swedish Armed Forces Adventure Team - The 2023 Adventure Racing World Champions
Nov 10, 2023
Dark Zone 82: Mari Chandler of Team Vidaraid – A Storming Massive Comeback to Capture 2nd Place at the ARWS World Championships
Oct 25, 2023
Dark Zone 81: Flash Episode #2 – ARWS Championship - Getting Close To Crowning A Winning Team
Oct 24, 2023
Dark Zone 80: Flash Episode - ARWS Championship Race Updates, Analysis and Predictions
Oct 21, 2023
Dark Zone 79: ARWS World Championship Course Preview with Race Director Stephan Muller
Oct 17, 2023
Dark Zone 78: USARA Nationals 2nd Place Team: The Jesses of Team Grit Adventures and Nationals RD Chris Yager
Oct 08, 2023
Dark Zone 77: Sachiko Tokoro of Team East Wind Recounts NIAR's Faroe Island Adventure Race
Sep 05, 2023
Dark Zone 76: Abby and Brent of Rootstock Racing & Their Deep Dive Into The Endless Mountains Adventure Race Directing Experience
Aug 09, 2023
Dark Zone 75: Javier Barreda - Race Director for La Ruta Madre: Mexico's Toughest Race
Jul 18, 2023
Dark Zone 74: Team Bend Racing - Winner of Rootstock Racing's 2023 Endless Mountains Adventure Race
Jul 01, 2023
Dark Zone 73: Voices of the Volunteers - The Heart and Soul of Adventure Racing
Jun 29, 2023
Dark Zone 72: Flash Podcast - Endless Mountains Day 3 Expert Analysis
Jun 28, 2023
Dark Zone 71: Direct from the Course - The Racers of the Endless Mountains
Jun 28, 2023
Dark Zone 70: Live from Rootstock Racing's The Endless Mountains - The Return of Zoe F.
Jun 25, 2023
Dark Zone 69: USARA Nationals Sneak Peek with GMARA RD Chris Yager and USARA Executive Director Michael Garrison
Jun 14, 2023
Dark Zone 68: The Return of Seegs - Racer, Coach, and Mountain Guide Jen Segger Is Back For Another Round With TDZ
Jun 12, 2023
Dark Zone 67: Paul Steele & John Hardin of the CheNarr Adventure Race
May 31, 2023
Dark Zone 66: Stephan Muller - Race Director for the ARWS World Championship
May 18, 2023
Dark Zone 65: Travis and Mark 'Mace' Macy - Father and Son Adventure Racers and Their Alzheimer's Journey of Love, Adventure, and Hope
May 09, 2023
Dark Zone 64: Adrian Crane - Longtime Racer, Veteran of EVERY Eco-Challenge, ARWS Referee, and Human Story Machine
May 02, 2023
Dark Zone 63: Jennifer Strong McConachie - Author of "Go Far: How Endurance Sports Help You Win At Life"
Apr 18, 2023
Dark Zone 62: Team Bend Racing/Skin Doctor - Expedition Ozark Champions Fresh from the Finish Line
Apr 07, 2023
Dark Zone 61: Flash Episode: Expedition Ozark Just Past the Halfway Point of the Race
Apr 06, 2023
Dark Zone 60: Travis and Mike of Adventure Enablers: Racers, Adventurers, and Aspiring Race Directors
Mar 22, 2023
Dark Zone 59: Team Fear Youth - Molly and Fynn Return to the Show (with a Magness Thrown In for Good Measure)
Mar 12, 2023
Dark Zone 58: Vanessa Cummings - A First Time Racer with Longtime Wisdom (Like Call the RD When You're Going To Be 2 Hours Late)
Mar 05, 2023
Dark Zone 57: Marina LeGree of Ascend Leadership Through Athletics - Empowering Young Women Through Sport
Feb 15, 2023
Dark Zone 56: Mary Foster: What are the Five Foster Rules? Listen to Find Out!
Feb 01, 2023
Dark Zone 55: John Courain of The New York Adventure Racing Association
Jan 15, 2023
Dark Zone 54: Expedition Ozark Race Directors Jason Bettis and Danny Collins
Dec 21, 2022
Dark Zone 53: Kate Geisen - Adventure Racers Who Adventure: The Great Divide Mountain Bike Route
Dec 16, 2022
Dark Zone 52: David Webster of Team ACDC AR: The Biggest First Race Leap Ever?
Nov 25, 2022
Dark Zone 51: Eastern Mountain Wilderness Challenge Winners Earl Blanchard & Michael Dickey - Packrafts, Eight Year Old Socks, and Victory
Oct 23, 2022
Dark Zone 50: Nathan Fa'avae - 7-Time Adventure Racing World Champion with Team Avaya and a Great Ambassador for AR
Oct 05, 2022
Dark Zone 49: Jesse Spangler - Class Is In Session When Racer Jesse Spangler Steps To The Mic
Sep 27, 2022
Dark Zone 48: Flash Podcast - AR World Champs Podium with Craig Cook, Brent Freedland and Jason Magness
Sep 23, 2022
Dark Zone 47: Flash Podcast 2 - USARA Nationals with Team Psyched, Cherubini Brothers, Thisability Racing, and Only Mostly Lost
Sep 17, 2022
Dark Zone 46: USARA Nationals Flash Podcast 1 with Brent Freedland of Rootstock Racing
Sep 16, 2022
The Dark Zone 45: USARA National Championship Flash Podcast with Brent Freedland of Rootstock Racing
Sep 14, 2022
The Dark Zone 44: ARWS World Championship Predictions and Analysis with Craig Cook of AR Live Coverage and Brent Freedland of Rootstock Racing
Sep 13, 2022
The Dark Zone 43: Allen Wagner of Broad Run Off Road - Great Things Grow From Small Beginnings
Sep 05, 2022
The Dark Zone 42: Liz and Michelle Faucher - The Team at Adventure Addicts Racing talks AR Origin Stories, Course Design, and How to Give People a Great Race Experience
Aug 28, 2022
The Dark Zone 41: Yishai Horowitz - 2022 USARA Nationals Race Director/Course Designer Tells All! (Kinda)
Jul 27, 2022
The Dark Zone 40: Katie Ferrington - Her Journey from Racer to Race Director and How AR Prepares One for Life's Challenges
Jul 26, 2022
The Dark Zone 39/USARA FB Live: Rib Mountain Racing - Their Journey to the Podium at The Endless Mountains Adventure Race
Jul 20, 2022
The Dark Zone 38: Igor Dorotic of AR Croatia - Big Course Design, Transitions Aplenty, and the Chance to Relive the Race
Jul 12, 2022
The Dark Zone 37: Lars Bukkehave - Denmark's Great Dane, Champion Adventure Racer, and All-Around Evangelist for AR - Joins TDZ for the First but not the Last Time
Jul 04, 2022
The Dark Zone 36: Team Hunting Bigfoot - The Endless Mountains, Racing Together for the First Time, and Showing Us How It Is Done
Jul 01, 2022
The Dark Zone 35: Rachel Nolan - Irish Adventure Racer, Bikepacking Champion, and African Donkey Whisperer
Jun 27, 2022
The Dark Zone 34: Zoe F. and Her Thoughts on Adventure Racing, Teamwork, The Endless Mountains and 3rd Grade
Jun 21, 2022
The Dark Zone 33: Rootstock Racing's Brent Freedland: Dotwatcher Extrordinaire - Lessons from Expedition Oregon and the Upcoming Endless Mountains
Jun 14, 2022
The Dark Zone 32: Dave Ashley - Adventure Racer, Veteran, and the First Kidney Donor to climb all Seven Summits
Jun 01, 2022
The Dark Zone 31: Flash Episode - Team Peak Pursuit Straight From Their Finish at Expedition Oregon
May 16, 2022
The Dark Zone 30 - Team Fear Youth - GODZone Finishers, Teenage Fonts of Wisdom, and Overall Great Racers
May 07, 2022
The Dark Zone 29 - Eric Caravella of Packrafting Adventures - Small Boats, Big Adventures and the Growth of a New(ish) AR Discipline
Apr 30, 2022
The Dark Zone 28: Flash Episode - Rootstock Racing Fresh Off Their Win at the Shenandoah Epic
Apr 28, 2022
The Dark Zone 27: Jesse Tubb - Adventure Racer, Active Duty U.S. Soldier, and Founder of G.R.I.T. Adventures
Apr 18, 2022
The Dark Zone 26: Donovan Sims - South African Rugby Player Turned Adventure Racer, Cancer Survivor and an Oracle of Adventure Racing Wisdom
Apr 04, 2022
The Dark Zone 25: Heidi Muller - Adventure Racing World Series CEO, Adventure Racer, RD, and the Most Positive Person on the Planet
Mar 20, 2022
The Dark Zone 24: Jen Segger - They Call Her Seegs: Coach, Racer, and Experienced AR Veteran.
Mar 06, 2022
The Dark Zone 23: Flash Edition: Jason Magness & Darren Steinbach of Team Bend Racing Live from the Finish of AR Panama
Feb 25, 2022
The Dark Zone 22 (2/22/22!) Flash Edition: Darren Steinbach Live From Panama AR with an On The Course Live Update
Feb 22, 2022
The Dark Zone 21 (Blackjack Edition): Barbara Phipps - Racer, Mom, Teammate, and Her Personal Cannonball Into The Deep End of Adventure Racing
Feb 06, 2022
The Dark Zone 20: USARA Executive Director Michael Garrison and The 2022 USARA National Championships
Jan 29, 2022
The Dark Zone 19: Chelsey Magness - Yogaslacking Bend Racing Team Member, Endurance Mama, Adventure Racer, and National Mountain Bike Champion
Jan 26, 2022
The Dark Zone 18: Jay Petervary - Champion Bikepacking Ultra-Endurance Cyclist, Former Adventure Racer, and Dean of Common Sense University
Jan 08, 2022
The Dark Zone 17: Sarah Goldman - Outward Bound Team Member, Expedition Adventure Racer, Coach, and Walking Motivational Speech
Jan 04, 2022
The Dark Zone (Sweet) 16: Shawn Lemaster - RD for 361Adventures.com, Breakdown Bikepacking Route Creator, and All-Around Adventure Guy
Dec 28, 2021
The Dark Zone 15: Dan Staudigel - Bend Racing's Resident Philosopher, Dedicated Teammate, and One Man Hype Squad.
Dec 14, 2021
The Dark Zone 14: Rootstock Racing - The Endless Mountains ARWS Demonstration Race, Working with Others, and Helping to Grow the Sport
Dec 01, 2021
The Dark Zone (Lucky) 13: Mari Chandler - National Champion, International Racer, and Teammate To All
Nov 27, 2021
The Dark Zone 12: Wilo "Mr. Spirit Award Winner" Nater of Team Onyx
Nov 05, 2021
The Dark Zone 11: Darren Steinbach - Bend Racing's 'All I Need Is A Day's Notice' Backup Extraordinaire
Oct 26, 2021
The Dark Zone 10: Richard Sparks - Two Races For The Price Of One
Oct 12, 2021
The Dark Zone 9: Team WEDALI - 2021 USARA National Champions Tell All About Their Race Experience at Nationals, Their Training, and Non-Racing Lives
Oct 05, 2021
The Dark Zone 8: Tim Buchholz: On the Podium at Nationals, Wisconsin Pride, and the Nicest Guy to Ever Pass You In a Race
Sep 28, 2021
The Dark Zone 7: Mike Garrison, Part II - Breaking down Nationals, Telling Tales, and Having Us Book Flights West in 2022
Sep 21, 2021
The Dark Zone 6: Paula Waite: Nationals Race Director, Future Owner of The Clam Lake Tanning Salon
Sep 19, 2021
The Dark Zone 5: Steph Ross: RD, Racer, and the Woman of AR
Sep 07, 2021
The Dark Zone 4: No Sleep 'Til Adventures: Brian and John of No Sleep Adventures
Aug 11, 2021
The Dark Zone 3: AR Story Machine Brian Reiss
Jul 26, 2021
The Dark Zone 2: Shelley McLaughlin
Jul 13, 2021
The Dark Zone 1: Mike Garrison, USARA Executive Director
Jul 02, 2021