Another busy weekend in the world of OCR. Many took to social media over the weekend proclaiming that one race was possibly the hardest regular season OCR ever. That race was BattleFrog at the Mud, Guts, and Glory course over the weekend. As well high praises graced the web after the Spartan Races in both Asheville and Boston.
Last week, NBC announced it would be ordering a new show tentatively called "Spartan Race" and it would be produced by American Ninja Warrior producers A. Smith & Co. Productions. This marks the latest in a series of programming continually pushing OCR into the mainstream media. The announcement was picked up around the internet with mainstream websites such as MSN, USA Today, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter and more.
American Ninja Warrior Superstars Mighty Kacy Catanzaro and Brent Steffensen take Mud Run Guide's Brett Stewart on a tour of their "secret" training grounds, Alpha Warrior in San Antonio, TX. We test out the Salmon Ladder, Devil's Steps, Spider Wall, Warped Wall and more!
Here is the first episode of the OCR Video Blog from Matt "The Mudder" Willis. This week, we are covering a legendary obstacle from the American Ninja Warrior franchise: The Unstable Bridge. Learn the technique needed to fly through this obstacle and hear the crowd shouting "Beat that wall!" (Warped wall tutorial video is coming soon!)
If you have friends who have never run an OCR or Mud Run before and give you the same old "No way, I can't do that" excuse, then share this post with them! Brett takes on the excuses that keep everyone from enjoying obstacle course races and mud runs in an interview with TotallyFIT Radio - and here's a checklist on how to introduce EVERYONE to this awesome sport!
Having raced with the Mud Mulisha crew recently at Tough Mudder, both myself and my husband Ryan were excited that we were able to make it over to Victoria to run a race designed by our team mates. It ended up being a gorgeous day for a race, which made things even more perfect.
As an Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) athlete who typically is better at longer events, I often am asked the question “When are you going to do the Death Race (or insert other similar event)?” The answer is probably never…because it is a different sport. Death Race and events like it such as The Ultimate SUCK, The Brutality, GORUCK Selection, Fuego y Agua and SISU Iron are not OCR events. They fall into a category on their own that lies in a region between OCR and Adventure Racing but closer to the latter.
Rugged Maniac returned to the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA and once again showed that they are making moves to become one of the big players in the OCR world. They staged the event in a familiar venue where Spartan, BattleFrog, and Merrell Down and Dirty have staged races in the past; yet used their imagination to make sure they stand apart from the others.
As the emails started to roll in, our interest was piqued! The advertising for SuperSplash 2015 kept us informed yet teased us as to what to expect at the upcoming event. We had booked our hotel rooms well in advance at Mont Habitant and were excited to head up early and enjoy the town, the food and the beautiful mountainside with lakefront properties.
American Ninja Warrior superstar Evan Dollard breezed through Knockout Round #1, now he's set to face Mark McGarry in KO Round #2. McGarry battled back from a slow start to defeat Scott Wierzycki in Round #1 - can he keep up with his winning ways?
