2025 Waddling Warriors Adventure Race
- Date Sat 23rd August 2025
- Time 5:00AM CDT
- Location Cassville, Wisconsin
- Price $107.00 - $186.50
- Races 2 races
- Distances Ultra
Event summary
Get ready for an exhilarating day of adventure and camaraderie at the 2025 Waddling Warriors Adventure Race, taking place on Saturday, August 23, 2025, in the beautiful town of Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin! This exciting event offers two thrilling race lengths to choose from: a challenging 14-hour race and a more accessible 7-hour option, making it perfect for both seasoned racers and newcomers alike.
Participants will engage in a unique off-road adventure, combining biking, paddling, and trekking while navigating their way through the stunning landscape using only a map and compass. Teams of 2-4 racers will work together to conquer the course, which remains a surprise until race day, ensuring an unforgettable experience filled with strategy, teamwork, and outdoor survival skills. With a focus on community and support, the adventure racing scene welcomes everyone, making it a fantastic opportunity to bond with friends and fellow racers. Plus, every finish line crossed benefits a Chicagoland charity, including the Morton Arboretum for 2025. Don’t miss out on this chance to challenge yourself while making a difference!
Participants will engage in a unique off-road adventure, combining biking, paddling, and trekking while navigating their way through the stunning landscape using only a map and compass. Teams of 2-4 racers will work together to conquer the course, which remains a surprise until race day, ensuring an unforgettable experience filled with strategy, teamwork, and outdoor survival skills. With a focus on community and support, the adventure racing scene welcomes everyone, making it a fantastic opportunity to bond with friends and fellow racers. Plus, every finish line crossed benefits a Chicagoland charity, including the Morton Arboretum for 2025. Don’t miss out on this chance to challenge yourself while making a difference!
Organiser's Description
Team LadyPenguins Fundraising is proud to host our first event in 2025 - 2 Adventure Race Length Options (14hr or 7hr) headquartered in Cassville, WI!
Adventure racing is an off-road multidisciplinary sport that involves biking, paddling, running/trekking, and other special challenges, all while navigating with a map and compass (GPS is not allowed). It is a team sport in which groups of 2-4 racers must stick together for the duration of the entire event and cross the finish line together. Soloists as well will be allowed for both our planned race durations!
Every race course is different. Teams might do each discipline multiple times throughout a race and the order in which they are required to do them varies from race to race. Most often the official race course is kept a secret until the morning of the race, when racers arrive and are given maps detailing the locations (check points) they must navigate to, which order they must find them in, and which disciplines they will need to do during the event.
Check out the SCOUT REPORT at https://www.waddlingwarriors.com/scout-report-wwar25 for more information & be sure to "Like" and "Follow"@LadyPenguinMud to get secrets and tips about the course!
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Races are measured in hours instead of miles, as the exact route each team takes will be different depending on their navigation. In order to win, a team must reach the most check points in the shortest amount of time. This event will feature course lengths of 7 & 14 hours. Both lengths will be designed with the middle of the pack racer in mind and will aim to give racers a course clear experience. By the same token, seasoned racers could very well post personal bests on these courses!
Adventure racing is unique in that racers must be proficient in may different disciplines, and strength and speed are not the only factors determining the race outcome. Elements of strategy, navigation, route choice, outdoor survival skills, knowledge of local terrain, and teamwork are equally important. Adventure racers are a unique group of people in that the fiercest competitors are often very close friends. The adventure racing community is both welcoming and supportive, and youll often find more experienced racers helping new teams out both on and off the race course.
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Team LadyPenguins Fundraising was founded in 2016 and every finish line crossed benefits a Chicagoland charity. Past charity partners have included the American Cancer Society, Metastatic Breast Cancer Research, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The American Heart Association, The Epilepsy Foundation, & Alzheimer's Association. 2025 partners are in development, but will include new for 2025: the Morton Arboretum!
Adventure racing is an off-road multidisciplinary sport that involves biking, paddling, running/trekking, and other special challenges, all while navigating with a map and compass (GPS is not allowed). It is a team sport in which groups of 2-4 racers must stick together for the duration of the entire event and cross the finish line together. Soloists as well will be allowed for both our planned race durations!
Every race course is different. Teams might do each discipline multiple times throughout a race and the order in which they are required to do them varies from race to race. Most often the official race course is kept a secret until the morning of the race, when racers arrive and are given maps detailing the locations (check points) they must navigate to, which order they must find them in, and which disciplines they will need to do during the event.
Check out the SCOUT REPORT at https://www.waddlingwarriors.com/scout-report-wwar25 for more information & be sure to "Like" and "Follow"@LadyPenguinMud to get secrets and tips about the course!
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Races are measured in hours instead of miles, as the exact route each team takes will be different depending on their navigation. In order to win, a team must reach the most check points in the shortest amount of time. This event will feature course lengths of 7 & 14 hours. Both lengths will be designed with the middle of the pack racer in mind and will aim to give racers a course clear experience. By the same token, seasoned racers could very well post personal bests on these courses!
Adventure racing is unique in that racers must be proficient in may different disciplines, and strength and speed are not the only factors determining the race outcome. Elements of strategy, navigation, route choice, outdoor survival skills, knowledge of local terrain, and teamwork are equally important. Adventure racers are a unique group of people in that the fiercest competitors are often very close friends. The adventure racing community is both welcoming and supportive, and youll often find more experienced racers helping new teams out both on and off the race course.
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Team LadyPenguins Fundraising was founded in 2016 and every finish line crossed benefits a Chicagoland charity. Past charity partners have included the American Cancer Society, Metastatic Breast Cancer Research, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The American Heart Association, The Epilepsy Foundation, & Alzheimer's Association. 2025 partners are in development, but will include new for 2025: the Morton Arboretum!
Races
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Waddling Warriors Adventure Race - 14HR
Incl. $11.50 Fee & Post-Race Shorts
Sat 23rd August 2025 (5:00AM CDT)
$186.50
Disciplines: Trekking/Running Biking Canoeing (canoes provided) Orienteering Team Challenges Distances: Bike: ~60k (35-40 miles) / ~3,000'-3,200' elevation Trek/Land Navigation: ~18k (9-12 miles) / ~800'-1,000' elevation Paddle: ~10k (6-7 miles) Costs: Entry fee includes land use fees, maps, souvenir event apparel, canoes (with needed gear), insurance, and a post race meal and beverages. Racers may be required to purchase local use or parking licenses, additional information to be provided in racer updates *Due to the added costs of providing materials and boat rental to a single racer, there may be an added fee to solo entries. **This is a USARA Sanctioned event so racers must either purchase a single day USARA license ($8) or an annual membership ($35) -
Waddling Warriors Adventure Race - 7HR
Incl. $7.00 Fee & Post-Race Shorts
Sat 23rd August 2025 (10:00AM CDT)
$107.00
Disciplines: Trekking/Running Biking Canoeing (canoes provided) Orienteering Team Challenges Distances: Bike: ~20k (12 - 14 miles) / ~800' - 1,000' elevation Trek/Land Navigation: ~10k (6 - 8 miles) / ~400' - 500' elevation Paddle: ~10k (6 - 7 miles) Costs: Entry fee includes land use fees, maps, souvenir event apparel, canoes (with needed gear), insurance, and a post race meal and beverages. Racers may be required to purchase local use or parking licenses, additional information to be provided in racer updates *Due to the added costs of providing materials and boat rental to a single racer, there may be an added fee to solo entries. **This is a USARA Sanctioned event so racers must either purchase a single day USARA license ($8) or an annual membership ($35)
2025 Waddling Warriors Adventure Race
