We have asked another athlete, Jayme Frank, to blog on Adventure World about his training, race reports, nutrition, recovery and more. Follow along over the coming months with Jayme as he shares with our readers his tips on what works and what does not from training to competition.

Following a lifetime of basketball that ended when I graduated university I decided to give adventure racing a shot – seems logical right? You can thank Mark Burnett and Eco-Challenge for that. Between 1998 and 2003 I pretty much became an adventure racing addict competing in races from 36 hours to 6 days. I raced across Canada, the US and even into Brazil and Switzerland. Highlights include multiple top finishes in Canada’s toughest race, the Raid the North Extreme, winning the Raid the North Series Championships and competing in the inaugural Discovery Channel Adventure Racing World Championships.

After 6 exhausting, stressful (but totally enjoyable) and very expensive years of racing my mind and body needed a break. That break ended in 2009 when I finally got the itch to get back into competition. This time things would be a little different, gone are the multi-day races and teams; I decided to come back and race in solo sprint style adventure and multisport races (toss in the odd trail race too) on a more local front…for now. Who knows where this next foray into things will take me.

I’ve been back for just over 4 months and have a very busy September coming up. I’ll be racing 3 of the 4 weeks in some great events. I’ll be sure to have some great race reports coming soon!

I’ve also started my personal blog to chronicle my return to racing. Check it out at http://can-i-get-an-encore.blogspot.com