3ROC's Pay-What-You-Want Adventure Race
- Date Sat 16th May 2026
- Time 7:00AM EDT
- Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Price Free
- Races 2 races
- Distances Ultra
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Event summary
Join us for the exhilarating 3ROC's Pay-What-You-Want Adventure Race on Saturday, May 16, 2026, in the vibrant city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny! This semi-urban adventure race is designed for everyone, featuring two exciting divisions: a 6-hour and a 12-hour option. Teams of up to four athletes will embark on an unforgettable journey, biking, trekking, and paddling through Pittsburgh's iconic neighborhoods, picturesque river corridors, and lush parklands while racing against the clock to collect as many checkpoints as possible.
Pittsburgh, with its stunning 3,800 acres of public land and 176 city parks, serves as the perfect backdrop for this adventure. The race encourages both seasoned competitors and newcomers to push their limits in a welcoming and community-oriented atmosphere. Participants will navigate a course that balances challenging navigation with accessible options, ensuring that everyone can enjoy the thrill of the race. Plus, with the unique Pay-What-You-Want entry model, cost will never be a barrier to adventure! So gather your team, prepare for an action-packed day, and get ready to experience the spirit of adventure in Pittsburgh!
Pittsburgh, with its stunning 3,800 acres of public land and 176 city parks, serves as the perfect backdrop for this adventure. The race encourages both seasoned competitors and newcomers to push their limits in a welcoming and community-oriented atmosphere. Participants will navigate a course that balances challenging navigation with accessible options, ensuring that everyone can enjoy the thrill of the race. Plus, with the unique Pay-What-You-Want entry model, cost will never be a barrier to adventure! So gather your team, prepare for an action-packed day, and get ready to experience the spirit of adventure in Pittsburgh!
Organiser's Description
3 Rivers Outdoor Co. is humbled to bring adventure racing back to Western Pennsylvania.
The 3ROC Pay-What-You-Want Adventure Race is a semi-urban adventure race featuring two divisionsa 6-hour and a 12-hour optionwhere teams of up to four athletes will bike, trek, and paddle through Pittsburghs iconic neighborhoods, river corridors, staircases, and parklands, collecting as many checkpoints as possible before time runs out. Few cities are better suited for this challenge: Pittsburgh is home to more than 3,800 acres of public land across 176 city parks, stitched together by rivers, ridge lines, wooded ravines, and hidden corridors that reward smart navigation and bold route choices.
This race offers challenging navigation, rewarding checkpoints, meaningful strategy and route choice, and a welcoming, community-driven atmosphere. The course is designed to be competitive for experienced teams while remaining accessible to newer racers ready to push themselves and learn the sport.
The course is built with teams of all abilities in mind using a modified rogaine format. All teams must complete a designated mandatory route that requires less advanced navigation and is short enough that teams with solid baseline fitness should be able to finish within the time limit. More experienced teams can seek out additional, optional checkpoints designed to challenge the strongest competitors and sharpest navigators.
Because cost should never be a barrier to adventure, the 3ROC Adventure Race team has adopted a Pay-What-You-Want entry model. Aside from any platform processing fees, we are committed to covering the remaining costs of putting on the raceincluding permits, insurance, boats, and logisticsso that everyone who wants to race has the opportunity to do so. Use the Donation option to pay what you want, if you want.
To help control costs and increase participation, racers are encouraged to bring their own boats, if available. Checkpoints on paddle sections will be worth 2x if visited by packraft or paddleboard.
Adventure belongs to everyone. Well see you at the start line.
The 3ROC Pay-What-You-Want Adventure Race is a semi-urban adventure race featuring two divisionsa 6-hour and a 12-hour optionwhere teams of up to four athletes will bike, trek, and paddle through Pittsburghs iconic neighborhoods, river corridors, staircases, and parklands, collecting as many checkpoints as possible before time runs out. Few cities are better suited for this challenge: Pittsburgh is home to more than 3,800 acres of public land across 176 city parks, stitched together by rivers, ridge lines, wooded ravines, and hidden corridors that reward smart navigation and bold route choices.
This race offers challenging navigation, rewarding checkpoints, meaningful strategy and route choice, and a welcoming, community-driven atmosphere. The course is designed to be competitive for experienced teams while remaining accessible to newer racers ready to push themselves and learn the sport.
The course is built with teams of all abilities in mind using a modified rogaine format. All teams must complete a designated mandatory route that requires less advanced navigation and is short enough that teams with solid baseline fitness should be able to finish within the time limit. More experienced teams can seek out additional, optional checkpoints designed to challenge the strongest competitors and sharpest navigators.
Because cost should never be a barrier to adventure, the 3ROC Adventure Race team has adopted a Pay-What-You-Want entry model. Aside from any platform processing fees, we are committed to covering the remaining costs of putting on the raceincluding permits, insurance, boats, and logisticsso that everyone who wants to race has the opportunity to do so. Use the Donation option to pay what you want, if you want.
To help control costs and increase participation, racers are encouraged to bring their own boats, if available. Checkpoints on paddle sections will be worth 2x if visited by packraft or paddleboard.
Adventure belongs to everyone. Well see you at the start line.
Races
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3ROC'S 12-HOUR Adventure Race
Sat 16th May 2026 (7:00AM EDT)
Free
This semi-urban adventure race features a 6-hour division and a 12-hour division. You are registering for the 12-hour option. -
3ROC'S 6-HOUR Adventure Race
Sat 16th May 2026 (1:00PM EDT)
Free
This semi-urban adventure race features a 6-hour division and a 12-hour division. You are registering for the 6-hour option.
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1130 S. Braddock Ave., Pittsburgh, 15218, PA, United States
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