For first time and even experienced racers, its strongly suggest that you wear gaiters for as least the trekking portion of an adventure race. If you’re not familiar with gaiters, they’re basically just a wraparound material that covers your ankles and keeps debris out of your shoes.
Wearing gaiters not only keeps pebbles, dirt and twigs out of your shoes but also provide some nice ankle coverage in case you encounter any raspberry bushes, sawgrass or other sharp plants during your race.
For adventure racing we suggest the Mountain Hardwear Trail gaiter, it’s relatively inexpensive and has a low profile so it’ll protect you without impacting your speed in any way.
