I have been the full time bartender at my job for over two years now. I hate to be whiny but people always say "Oh, the bartender, what's His special drink?" And I look around and say "Um, I don't see a Him anywhere". Or another is continually being called the cocktail waitress. Not that there is anything wrong with being a cocktail waitress. It's just the way people assume things. I deal with a lot of sexism.

Jeremy, for me it was the challenge. It's not something everyone does. It's also rougher and more outdoorsy than marathons, tri-athlons. I hate running and biking on pavement. I like to be outside in the wilder areas. You don't have elite athletes in Adventure Races; you have scrappers, those that see the inevitable scrapes and bruises as war wounds.

And when I did my first (and only right now, but not for long) race, I was a single mom, 33, overweight, and not an athlete. I wanted to do something that was a real "WOW." It was actually just a sprint, but still 3hours and 40 minutes of hell. When I finished, I was proud but didn't think I wanted to do it again. Just a few hours and a shower later, I was thinking about maybe doing another.

Tess

For me. Part of it is the adventure and not knowing what is going to happen and what is going to come next. A bigger part is that I'm LAZY. When you are in an adventure race, you CAN"T skip a workout. The team is counting on you. A team will be there with you at the race so you can't backout cause a cool party came up like you can in other races.

Cass