Adventure Racing with Jeff and Hunter Leininger from Team AR Georgia on the World's Toughest Race

Episode 102 is so much fun. I got to chat with Jeff and Hunter Leininger about adventure racing, the World’s Toughest Race Eco Challenge Fiji and their adventure racing company ARGeorgia.

Jeff and Hunter Leininger are a father-son pair and they talk about how they each got their start in the sport together and separately.  Jeff Leininger is a race director so I ask him to teach me some general stuff about adventure racing. He and Hunter share a lot of information that is super helpful for anybody who is curious about adventure racing. Jeff explains about USARA http://www.usara.com/ which is the United States Adventure Racing Association and ARC which is Adventure Racing Cooperative https://www.arcooperative.org/ which are two resources for people interested in Adventure Racing.  Hunter Leininger holds 4 national records (so far) in adventure racing and he shares what those are and how he got them.  Jeff and Hunter talk about what skills are needed or desired to get started in adventure racing.  Jeff explains what “peanut butter” is in adventure racing and what people might underestimate in adventure racing. Jeff talks about navigation and how to learn that before you tackle adventure racing. Jeff shares what an extreme level of training was required before Eco-Challenge which could be different from smaller local races.  We talk about strategy in adventure racing and what you might experience in a smaller local adventure racing.  Jeff talks specifically about packing for an adventure race and “packing your fears” We talk about their World’s Toughest Race experience and what they are planning for the future.  I ask a super specific question about the cold weather section on the tv coverage of World’s Toughest Race. They share a part of their story that was not on the show.  I ask the very important question of is there a post race party after the World’s Toughest Race.  Jeff and Hunter share the information about the races they put together in Florida and Georgia.

You can find Jeff and Hunter and ARGeorgia at www.ARGeorgia.com or on instagram @ARGeorgia and you can find Hunter directly on instagram @hunterleininger