It's go time (for us here on the Magnificent crew) and the final month of prep time for all of you brave racers. Jason and Chelsey have arrived in country, and our head of Media will arrive before month's end. And February will be 100% MAGNIficent for us as we put the last year's worth of work and planning into a nice, beautiful and brutal package for you. So dig into this third chat and feel the tingles of excitement (or is that fear?!?) that come with each new day that p

In 2021, Covid changed the world. It also changed expedition adventure racing in NZ.  GODzone, the country’s iconic expedition race, was delayed. When it was finally held in Rotorua, it changed to a supported format to minimize person to person contact and fall in-line with the country's response to the virus.  According to local lore, the RD’s found that relying on each team to provide a support crew to manage all of their own gear transport between TAs (as opposed to the RD

Ok folks here’s the first of a handful of essays putting what’s in our heads down on paper. Jason and I love adventure racing and clearly spend way too much time thinking about it, so we thought we’d share some of those thoughts with you as a means of working to create a transparent, positive, and reflective culture around this sport we find ourselves committed to, both as racers and RDs. We think it’s important to be willing to discuss things–what works and what doesn’t, in

Are you ready to be Magnificent? The Magnificent Race 2026 - Chat 2 It’s been a whirlwind of Adventure Racing for us at the MAGNIficent since our last chat! Here in NZ we had our first official Winter Rogaine in partnership with Meridian Energy, then half of our DNA participated in the World Champs over in Canada, while the other half watched and provided commentary. And then Jason returned from Worlds only to change immediately back into his race directing hat to put on the

The Magnificent Race 2026 - Chat 1 Welcome everyone, or welcome back if you joined us last year for round one.   We're pretty stoked to kick off the journey to the second edition of the Magnificent Adventure Race with our first official newsletter. While we’ve been quietly working in the background since the day after MAG 1 ended, we’re now ready to reveal some of the details about what to expect for MAG 2.  As you’d expect, this year is going to be a whole new race course fi

Are you ready to embark on an exhilarating expedition adventure race in the breathtaking landscapes of New Zealand? Look no further than...