These words are mine and mine alone, but it felt like there is a very important need to help connect the dots for everyone in the adventure racing community in "Plain English" in relation to: Modern Pentathlon / Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) / World Obstacle (WO) / Fédération Internationale de Sports d’Obstacles (FISO) / International Adventure Racing Association (IARA) / Adventure 1 (A1) / Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) / Olympics (IOC) and more…