ThisABILITY Racing

Realizing Success by Helping Others Realize Theirs

Welcome to thisABILITY Racing! Pushing our limits is what we do and Adventure Racing is how we do it. Focus on YOUR ability, push your limits in whatever way you can, but if you are looking for a way to incorporate all of your outdoor skills into one sport, come along with us. Adventure Racing will have you biking, paddling, and trekking, and maybe even climbing and rappelling with only a map and compass to guide you!

In our personal and professional lives, we love and support people with developmental disabilities. The best way to help them succeed is to focus on what they can do instead of what they can't. And more importantly, they have taught us that this holds true for all of us!

So, get outside and take your adventures to the next level.

USARA Nationals 2022 Race Report

Written by Brent Russell The thisABILITY Nationals team: Brent Russell, Mary Foster, Matt Wilson. Brent was on the 2021 thisABILITY...

Expedition Guarani Adventure Racing World Championship 2022 Race Report

10/5/2022 We did it! Bucket list item achieved! After 167 hours, team thisABILITY finished our first Adventure Racing World Championship!...

Let's Talk Motivation

Expedition Oregon 2022 Commentary 5/13/22 Let’s talk motivation. Why, why, why?!? Every adventure racer has been asked why? Why do you do...

You Decide What You Can Handle

Expedition Oregon 2022 Commentary 5/11/22 Whoa! Anyone else at home wondering if they’d tackle these rapids? Stage 3 of the race is a...

ARWS is Relentless

Expedition Oregon 2022 Commentary 5/10/22 We learned in an earlier post that America’s Toughest Race is even tougher than RD, Jason...

Chicken or the Egg?

2022 Expedition Oregon Commentary 5/9/22 Hi, race fans! This is Andrea Anderson from Team Thisability Adventure Racing. I’m here to...

Volunteers – The Lifeblood of Adventure Racing

As the last teams approach the ARWC finish line, it is a perfect time to thank those who make these races possible. It doesn’t matter if...

“The world breaks everyone and afterward, many are strong at the broken places. “- Ernest Hemingway

Whether you are a top team, a chase-pack team, a short course team or a team that didn’t quite make it to the finish this year, you can...

What Day is it?

Believe it or not, I bet many racers are wondering what day it is right now. Seriously. They have entered the "middle day". In my...

What the Heck are Sleepmonsters?

I imagine this question comes up from friends and families reading these blogs and watching their loved one's dot slowly move across the...

Let’s Talk About Sleep Strategy

I have recently decided that managing sleep is the most dangerous game we play as adventure racers. Unlike most other bodily needs, often...

How do you Eat an Elephant?

There comes a time in the race when dot watchers and racers alike wonder how the top teams can be so far ahead. Teams coming into the TAs...

Feet – Without them, your Team will Fail

The unsung heroes of monster trek legs are the feet. In adventure racing we say, “A team can only go as fast as it can get its slowest...

Traumatic Night Navigation

Chip Dodd of Team ThisABILITY Adventure Racing reflects on the first, traumatic night of ARWC from the perspective of a team navigator....

Mental Toughness is the True Differentiator

There are a lot of ways to train for a long expedition race like Raid Gallaecia. Most think you need to spend a lot of time running,...

Shenandoah Epic 24 Hour Adventure Race Report

The short of it: Despite a HUGE setback, Team thisABILITY came in 2nd place in our 2 person coed division and 7th overall in the...

Two Rivers 36 Hour Adventure Race Report

The 2021 Two Rivers 36 Hour Adventure Race did not disappoint. The following is our race brief. Be forewarned, it is long. We suggest...

Expedition Africa 2019 Rodrigues: Team thisABILITY Race Report

Team Members: Chip Dodd, Team Captain Jenni Soutar Henk Van Aarde Andrea Anderson Race Dates: 9/1/19 - 9/6/19 “Attention! Attention!”...

Expedition Africa Team is Complete

Andrea and Chip have teamed up with two South African teammates to compete in the 2019 Expedition Africa 6 Day World Series Adventure...

2019 Sea to Sea 72 Hour Expedition Adventure Race... Done!

Like the people we know and love who are living with physical and mental disabilities, the best way to view the world is by focusing on...

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