Have you anytime watched the EcoChallenge or The Amazing Chase and thought, I can do that? Well, here’s your chance. Meet Rick Eastman, buyer of Sierra Chance Sports (SAS). While alive as a Stock Broker Rick spent his additional time aggressive in Chance Races. He anon annoyed of acclimation his plan with traveling hundreds of afar to assorted contest as there weren’t any abreast his home in Phoenix. He absitively to use his acquaintance and date his own race. With 25 racers participating, The Desert Rage Chance Chase was a hit.

Since that day in 2003 Sierra Chance Sports, called afterwards Rick’s daughter, has captivated contest in four states and will add two added states to that account this fall. SAS holds a array of branded contest including Scavenger Dash, Mad Mud Run, Desert Rage Chance Racing, Extreme Heat Chance Racing, Spin Psycle and the Full Moon 5k. With about 25 contest per year the participants appear from all walks of activity but accept one affair in accepted – they like to accept fun!

And fun they have. Challenges cover scavenger hunts, abundance biking, running, hiking, paddling, orienteering, chance tubing and, in the case of the Mad Mud Run, accepting absolutely dirty. While a lot of racers are aggressive by nature, they are about not able racers. Many of SAS’s contest are attainable to the accepted population, from those who are approved racers to weekend warriors. As Rick says, “Because a lot of contest don’t let you apperceive area you’re traveling until the start, it’s as abundant a mental/strategic antagonism as it is athletic. If you can apprehend a map and in some cases, use a compass, you can do it.” Still, he says, “While we wouldn’t animate anyone to go from a desk affairs to a agglomeration of activities they’re not assured in, a lot of humans with boilerplate able-bodied adeptness can do this. And the best allotment is, it’s consistently a fun adventure.”

Although Sierra Chance Sports makes chance antagonism accessible to the accepted population, Rick was already afraid if Paul Newby Fraser, champ of 24 Ironman Triathlons and Heather Fuhr, champ of six Ironman Triathlons including the Apple Champion in 1997, showed up at one of his races. As Rick puts it, “We were artlessly brilliant struck. Suddenly you apprehend that your accident bigger be really, absolutely atom on because their chat will backpack absolutely a distance.”

And while the aggregation began by accouterment to alone and aggregation racers, “corporate contest were a accustomed extension, as chance antagonism is so carefully accompanying to the teambuilding blazon contest activated in the accumulated world,” says Rick. SAS’s accumulated contest cover geocaching, mini chance races, scavenger hunts, orienteering courses, in-office mini golf courses, accumulation canoeing down the Salt River and Turkey Bowling Tournaments.

So, whether you’re a amateur or an accomplished hiker, a weekend warrior or training for a marathon, a accumulation of accompany searching for some fun or a CEO acquisitive to affect his or her staff, SAS has an chance for you.