The participants of this years Checkpoint Challenge got some training in this weekend up at Red Top Mountain.

Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8 team members Jenn Rinderle, Allen McAdams, and Peter Jolles taught the recruits some adventure race survival skills, rapelling, and gave them some orienteering practice on both foot and canoe. This weekend they will get a chance to put their skills to the test in the Midnight Rush Adventure Race put on by the TrailBlazer Adventure Racing Club.

All participants in the Checkpoint Challenge are outfitted with the Race Pro 12 pack from Inov-8. It's the perfect pack for sprint racing featuring 12 liters of storage and Inov-8's patented H2Orizontial Hydration System that puts the 2 liter bladder around your hips for better weight distribution and stability.

The following racers wrote essays explaining why they should be selected as this years Checkpoint Challenge team members: Will O'connor, Christa Gray, Chris Wade, John Franco, Brian Carlson and Naqi Athar.