The Mini EcoChallenge  

What is Adventure Racing?
Adventure Racing is one of the newest and fastest growing sports in the United States, although it has been in existence around the world for over 15 years. Adventure racing is a multi-sport activity in which teams of three to five racers negotiate a challenging course over land and water, day and night, for distances of up to 500 miles. It is not the fastest teams that win, but rather the smartest teams. Only through effective communication and collaboration do teams complete and excel in this sport. Team interdependence and role shifting are keys to success. 
 

The Mission
The mission is to provide cutting edge leadership, "followership" and teamwork training based on The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy, which were discovered and forged on the mountains, rivers, jungles, and glaciers of the most remote and inhospitable regions of the world through the sport of Adventure Racing. Robyn Benincasa, World Champion EcoChallenge competitor, and her World Class Team of facilitators will take your corporate team on an adventure they'll never forget!
 

The Mini EcoChallenge
You've seen it on National TV - Now it's your turn (on a much smaller scale, of course)! A Mini EcoChallenge takes the teamwork principles employed by the world's best EcoChallenge Adventure Racers and packages them into a powerful and exciting corporate teambuilding event that is attainable for EVERYONE.

Just as in the internationally renowned EcoChallenge Adventure Race, teams of 4 to 10 people will travel and work together as they chart their course through a series of Adventure Sports Events designed to create a sense of Interdependence, Trust, and Mutual Respect among teammates. Rotating leadership, the ability to ask for help, and the willingness to leave one's ego at the start-line, will be keys to SUCCESS.

All Mini EcoChallenge Adventure Races are customized for the particular teambuilding goals of our clients, the physical ability of the participants (trust us!), and the chosen venue. Call us for suggested locations if your meeting planning is flexible.
 

Robyn Benincasa
Robyn Benincasa was born in Long Island, NY, but spent most of her youth in Tempe, AZ, where she competed at the state and national level in gymnastics, diving, and cross country. After graduating from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Marketing, Robyn accepted a pharmaceutical sales job in the San Diego Territory and earned honors as “Rookie of the Year” in 1990. She was shortly thereafter caught by the triathlon bug , and ultimately went on to complete six Ironman races, with two podium finishes in her age group in Kona, Hawaii. By 1995, however, she was really really tired of triathlon AND wearing panty hose to work, so she embarked on a mission to live her dreams of becoming an adventure racer and firefighter.

In the past 10 years, she has completed over thirteen “expedition length” adventure races (7-10 days, non stop), and has earned World Champion honors in both the Eco-Challenge (Borneo, 2000) and the Raid Gauloises (1998). Ever in search of a way to “spread the luuuuuuv”, Robyn launched her company in 2000, with the hopes of bringing her unique and inspiring perspective on teamwork to the corporate world.

In the past 5 years, her 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy keynotes, training seminars, and outdoor adventure team building challenges have been embraced by Starbucks, Tony Robbins, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Aramark, Honda/Acura, Timberland, Earthlink, and Fast Company Magazine.

She also accepts full blame for inspiring some of her corporate clients to do insane things like climb Mount Kilimanjaro, run their first triathlon, or (gasp!) start their own adventure racing teams. “It’s a tough job”, she says, “But someone’s gotta do it”.

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Napster Rocks with the Mini EcoChallenge in San Diego
The feedback from the Napster team was all positive, as they spent a day with Robyn Benincasa and were challenged from start to finish in our Mini EcoChallenge. The team wanted something that would challenge them and bring them together at a new level. By all accounts, they succeeded. According to Napster's Sherri Cahill, "My team had a FANTASTIC time with Robyn and her team. I cannot "glow" about the event enough! Everyone was wonderful. We were a bit skeptical about Robyn's "keynote" that morning as none of us could fathom why we needed an hour of her talking about her past. But let me tell you, that was one of the highlights! It was a very valuable message for everyone. My executives continued to talk about our day with Robyn all week!!! They even talked about making this an annual event!! So, again, thank you VERY much for everything." Click on the pictures to enlarge and enjoy!

Siemens Medical Solutions - A Testimonial
"AWESOME!!!!! No other way to describe you or the presentation that you gave at our Summit meeting last week. I spent the week listening to a number of people talking about the session, your achievements and how they tied in so well to some of the issues that we are trying to implement on the one hand and overcome on the other. The 8 Human Synergies tied perfectly into the messaging that we had done earlier in the day, and we tied a number of your key messages into the next two team building events we did in the afternoon. You were inspiring for me personally and certainly for my team. No doubt you and adventure racing have approximately 140 new fans." Anthonie Goudemond, VP SMS HR USA