New York Adventure Racing Association

The Chef is cooking up something special for this year's Longest Day 24 hour adventure race! The course is coming together, and as much as we were sad to see winter end, we are thrilled to have conditions returning for course scouting.

Come join us in the eastern Adirondacks in late July for a USARA Regional Qualifier and an Adventure Racing World Series North America Series Race!

More info and registration here: https://nyara.org/thelongestday

The Longest Day's first racer update is available on our website! Yes, it's early, but we want you to have information that will help you prepare!

We've received a number of questions about the packrafting in this year's course. You can get a better idea of that (and where to rent packrafts, if needed!) in this update.

Our first cut at the course schematic is in there too. Course scouting remains in process, so the schematic is subject to change as the course is finalized.

But wait, there's more! Free primitive camping will be available race weekend at the host site, Otis Mountain. If you're not a camper, we suggest making other arrangements early as there are limited options in the immediate area.

Access the race communication from the event page here: https://nyara.org/thelongestday

Join us July 25-26th in Elizabethtown, NY - another Adirondack adventure for a third year in a row!

If you're hoping to race the longest day this year and are looking for a packraft. Check out this deal from our friends at Adventure Enablers

Spots for the longest day are starting to fill up and we are very excited about the course this year!

Grab your friends and grab your gear, it's a happy new year!

Registration is open for this year's 24 hour Longest Day Adventure Race on July 25-26. We are returning to the Adirondack Mountains for the 2026 edition of The Longest Day. This year, we will be hosting in a brand new area to Adventure Racing with Elizabethtown, NY being the epicenter.

The 2026 event will feature packrafting. All teams/racers will need to provide their own boats. Because of this change, we have decreased the entry fee from previous years.

Entries will be capped at 80 participants, at which point a wait list will be used to manage any additional entries.

The 2026 race will be a Regional Qualifier race as well as an race.

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Speaking of open registration - don't forget to sign up for our Fool's Rogaine in Northern NJ on March 29th!

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You can find more information and registration pages here: https://nyara.org/events.

Wishing you all a healthy and adventurous 2026!

Photos thanks to and

Can't believe I didn't add this important info to yesterday's announcement of the 2026 NYARA Fools' ROGAINE:
Big upgrade in the maps for this one. We are now using the more robust Caltopo maps, with much more detail than our 2024 and 2025 maps, showing more water features, much more accurate, previously unmapped old trails, and 10' contour lines! -Dan

ANNOUNCING!!!... Yes, the annual NYARA Fools' ROGAINE returns in 2026!
I finally got the permit!... Save the date: Sunday March 29, 2026. Once again in North-Central NJ. 10-Hour event. The 2024 venue did not allow for the classic ROGAINE format, so we had to conduct it as a big loop "trek" with a few ROGAINE-ish sections along the way. Last year's venue restrictions forced us to do it as 3 smaller ROGAINE segments connected by a mandatory, marked route between them. This year it will be a full-on, wide open ROGAINE--but with a few surprise nav choice challenges how to get around the whole megilla.
This one is going to be a doozie! The most challenging, most interesting, most surprising, most scenic, and Yes, most FUN! of the 3 that I have designed and directed.
Most of the course is in wooded sections of NJ that have never before been used for any AR, orienteering, trail running, or mountain biking event. In fact, very few hard-core hikers even know they exist as options to be explored.
This one will probably be the rockiest in the quarter century history of this event. Lots of rocks. Big rocks. ENORMOUS rocks. Rocks on top of rocks. Did I mention rocks?... There will be times you may think you are in the Catskills or Adirondacks. If you try to clear the course, there will be a few times you may WISH you were in the Catskills or Adirondacks!
Stay tuned for registration... Opening soon.
-Dan Brannen, Race Director

Happening Now! Serenity on the Trails - For Ellen.

We are honored to be out here with , , and for this inaugural four mile trail run in the Central Park trails of Schenectady in memory of Ellen Wisnoski. Today's proceeds benefit Second Chance Opportunities, an organization that works to empower individuals in substance use recovery.

We can only imagine the hootin' and hollerin' happening in the Scottish Highlands right now as NYARA's Megan Moir and Shari-berry Hymes take on the Itera lite expedition race. An early "là breith sona" to Megan as she enjoys her pre-50th birthday adventure (race) this week! You can track NYARA-Ubuntu at Itera's live tracking.

(First photo credit to Shelley and Dave. Second photo credit to the live tracking site.)

Longest Day Race Lost and Found! We still have a few items left behind at TLD that are waiting to return home:

Black Kuhl pants
Lupine light and battery
Pair of blue NRS gloves
Single black Rockbros glove

Clothing items were washed and are back to smelling brand new. This is not an incentive to leave things behind at future NYARA events. 😉

DM us to claim what is yours, and we will ship it to you.

TLD Race report from the very friendly faces from Delaware - the Delmarva crew!

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2025 The Longest Day in the Adirondacks, NY.

" ... The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep, ... "
- Robert Frost

You have several options to re-live this year's Longest Day 24 hour adventure race!

Check out the TLD Media link in our bio, where 's photos are now included.

Check out the full race recap video from available also on the Media site or at the direct link in our bio.

Special thanks also goes to and .ash - this year was a new level of coverage and content for us thanks to this stellar crew.