USARA Partnership

MYTOPO.COM PARTNERS WITH THE U.S. ADVENTURE RACING ASSOCIATION

BILLINGS, MT – MyTopo.com and the U.S. Adventure Racing Association today announced they have partnered to provide high-quality topographic maps to the adventure racing community. Via the organization’s website, www.usara.com, adventure racing enthusiasts can order custom, waterproof topographic maps at a 10% discount.  In addition, MyTopo.com has agreed to be the official map provider for the prestigious GOLITE USARA National Championship Race, which will take place in Southern California in November, and will be the culmination of the 2006 racing season with regional champions competing in a grueling 24-hour race to compete for a $40,000 prize package.

"The USARA is excited about our partnership with MyTopo.com. This partnership will allow USARA members and national championship competitors access to the best maps available,” said Troy Farrar, President of USARA.

Since 1999, MyTopo.com has been the leading provider of navigation-ready maps.  The company’s innovative, online map design center, allows users to custom center their map any place in the United States.  The map is printed to their specifications (grids, size, title, paper type, and scale) and shipped within 24 hours.  MyTopo works with adventure race directors to overlay race checkpoints and transition areas on a true-to-scale, navigation-ready map. 

MyTopo.com has made maps for many of the top adventure races in the nation, including Primal Quest, the Cal-Eco Series, The Beast of the East, the USARA Championship, The New York Adventure Racing Association Longest Day Race, the Rattlesnake Racing Sidewinder Challenge, to name a few.

“The adventure racing community has embraced our maps for their durability, accuracy, and because they are centered on the course, eliminating the need to carry multiple maps,” said MyTopo.com President Kevin Toohill.   “We are awed by the sport of adventure racing, and enjoy working with race directors to map out the incredible courses on which the sport’s athletes compete.”

MyTopo.com provides maps at cost to adventure race directors and works closely with the director to accurately display key course features, such as checkpoints and transition areas, on the map.  To learn more about the MyTopo.com’s race director discount, call Paige Darden at 877-587-9004. 

The United States Adventure Racing Association’s purpose is to guide and assist race directors and committees in conducting fun, save and fair events, to provide for the health, welfare and safety of participants, spectators, officials and volunteers, and to aid in the continued positive growth of the sport of adventure racing.  For more information, visit www.usara.com.

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