Welcome to BentVenture.com!
Southeast Nebraska's Outdoor Fitness Adventure resource!
For most of you this may be your first visit to BentVenture.com, so you might not realize that BentVenture.com is over 140 years old. That’s right! We started this website shortly after we completed our first adventure race… which most people now refer to as the Civil War… and well before Al Gore even thought about inventing the Internet!!
Okay, so maybe we haven’t been around for that long. In fact, this site is brand new! You might even be one of the very first people to visit our site… if so, you just won a prize! Pat yourself on the back. (That’s your prize)
The creators of this site have had many great ideas in the past. Many of those ideas came about while drinking beer… and that is perhaps why those ideas have never seen life. However, the idea to create this website did not come about while enjoying our favorite frosty beverage… it all started while riding on the trails one day.
We wanted to create a resource for runners, bikers, triathletes, adventure racers, and basically anybody into outdoor fitness adventure. A place where you can go to find upcoming events, see results from past events, view pictures of events and trails, find a teammate, get training and nutrition advice, and much much more.
This site will be a continual work in progress, and we want feedback and suggestions so that we can make this site work for people like us… people like you! The ones who refuse to be couch potatoes… who get up, get out, and seek adventure. We will try our hardest to make this website a fun, exciting, and resourceful place to go.
As you already know, it takes a certain type of person to be interested in this type of thing. So, take a look at the Team BentVenture page to learn more about us and why we do it…and feel free to send us an e-mail telling us why you do it.
Check back often to see what changes we have made. Tell your friends about our site and send them this way! And look for Team BentVenture.com at some of the races. We are going to try and compete in as many as we can. We might even host an event… and it will be a BentVenture!
Now get outta here and go do something !!
Goodbye Winter!
Finally spring has arrived! It’s been a long, cold winter, but we survived. For those who braved the snow, ice, and cold temps and stuck to your running and/or biking during the cold months, great job! For the others who didn’t want to risk it or get out in the freezing temps, now is a great time to get started with your routine again. I’m looking forward to seeing you all out on the trails again.
BentVenture has started their race season already for 2008. We competed in the Panama Winter Series in January, February, and March and saw lots of people anxious to get out and race again. Good job to all who braved the frigid temps and competed in this fun series.
The Chadron Adventure Race will be April 26th. If you’ve completed an AR in the past, you already know how much run they are. And if you haven’t tried Adventure Racing before, now is a great time to get involved. These races will test your endurance, orienteering skills, and just about everything else…but they’re a ton of fun! If you have any questions about Adventure Racing or about the gear needed to get started, please feel free to contact us and we’ll try to answer your questions or at least put you in contact with someone who can. Also, don’t forget about our team mate finder page if you need help putting together a team.
Have a great spring and we’ll hopefully see you on the trails or at one of the races soon!
Matt
