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The Hypothermia Paradox: Feel Cold, Speed Up!

By |June 13th, 2017|

One of the most common environmental challenges in endurance OCRs, especially of the Tough Mudder variety, is cold stress. World’s Toughest Mudder is famous for being a race where a wetsuit is normally required for successful completion of 24 hours on the course. As humans, we have really strange reactions to cold stress, so let’s talk about the best practices for dealing with the cold.

20 Obstacle Racing Hacks for a Better Race Day

By |May 19th, 2017|

Life hacks are popular across the board. In our busy world, looking for ways to increase our experience while decreasing the time and effort is the norm. Mud Run Guide consulted with the obstacle racing community to bring you some of the best hacks to help out for your next obstacle race or mud run. Here are some of the hacks the community has come up with.

Mix Up Your Training to Find Your Fire

By |April 18th, 2017|

Losing the Passion Author's note: I started writing this last year while I was really in some fitness doldrums, and this will be a multi-part series trying to explain how I re-ignited my passion for fitness. First, here's how I lost it. Whether it's your job, friends, relationships, or stuff like your car, phone, house, and [...]

Dr. Redtights Tip: The Importance of Why; Achieving Long-Term Success

By |April 17th, 2017|

When I talk about ultrarunning or obstacle racing to the lay public, a frequent response that I get is a look of shock and awe, then the question: “Why?” Sometimes it comes with some clarification like, “why do you do that to yourself?” or “why do you pay for that?”

WOLFPACK NINJAS – Squad up!

By |January 10th, 2017|

The absolute best way to improve in life is by joining up with positive, like-minded people who are going to push you. That's why the Wolfpack Ninjas have been so successful. They are constantly pushing each other to improve and want to challenge each other to get better. It's this way with work, or training for American Ninja Warrior or being in a band... Squad up with others to get the most out off your training and life! As the wolves say: AROOOO!

Gear Review – Wear Bands

By |January 3rd, 2017|

It’s difficult to begin speaking about a product that has nothing like it on the market. I can’t say – “Hey everyone! Here’s a new version of ‘bleh’ that you can try out in its new and improved form!”. With that, I’m just going to jump into it and tell you all about my experience with Wear Bands. First off, I’ve had this for about 6 weeks now. I’ve put this through some strenuous testing in every possible way I could think of, and I’ve intentionally not been nice to the equipment.

The Best North American Race Series for Improving at OCRWC is…

By |October 25th, 2016|

With the 2016 OCR World Championships (OCRWC) complete athletes are already reflecting on their performances and planning on how to improve for 2017. Several comments have appeared on Facebook reflecting on which races to do to prepare for OCRWC next year. This raises the question, which race series should you fill your calendar with for 2017? That depends on your performance and areas of weakness in 2016.

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Thermoregulation for OCR

By |September 21st, 2016|

The sport of obstacle course racing (OCR) basically prides itself on the races being sufferfests. Heck Scott Keneally’s new documentary about the sport is even titled Rise of the Sufferfests. Some of the most memorable scenes in this movie are the visuals of the participants battling hypothermia after completing the events.

Spartan Strong w/Evan Dollard Ep. 8

By |August 18th, 2016|

Evan heads back to Tempest Academy to continue to hone his free running skills.

Spartan Strong w/Evan Dollard – Ep 5

By |August 16th, 2016|

Our bud Evan "Rocket" Dollard is back with a new episode of Spartan Strong, this time he takes to the El Moro Trails in CA to run some good old fashioned hill sprints, chase a bunny, and work on his pistol squats.

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