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Originally Posted by
rjmaiorano 
If you've never done an aerobic endurance sport this will be a very large challenge to prep for, let alone finding teammates that are dedicated to it also. Do you have experience in any competitive sport?
Anyway, building a base of running and biking is a good start. Squash will provide a good cross training and help with footwork sure, but you'll only get better navigating trails by running them. Your speed increases a lot by knowing how and where to run the trail. In long distance adventure racing, however, this may not be as much of an issue. The longer the race, the more it becomes hiking and not running.
Thank you for the response. I am well aware that this is going to be a big challenge, I wouldn't choose to do this if it was easy, I am hoping for the best. Anyways, I used to run half marathons and hike trails, but since dedicating my time towards my degree I have not done any competitive sports other than the odd game of ping pong or basketball.
I have a partner that is willing to race with me, he has done this sort of race in Southern Ontario before, however I will be doing all of the training alone. I will probably start with running or biking 1 hour a day and move on from there.
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mylesmyles It's not quite adventure racing but you may want to start with running an off road ultra marathon (or shorter distancae as a start). It's not quite everything you're looking for but I imagine it would be a good start to prepping your body, and you don't need a team. I'm running
The North Face Endurance Challenge, but there are similar races all over the place, just do a search around where you live as a start.
As for trianing - nothing beats hours on your feet/ bike. Don't worry so much about speed, just getting comfortable moving for long periods of time will prep your body as well as anything.
I was thinking somewhere along the lines of doing regular marathons to start before diving into serious races, the North Face challenge looks promising. I will definitely take in your advice about training.
