There exists a growing concern regarding low completion rates as of late. As OCR innovates to challenge veteran racers, events have seen low 100% completion rates. Hillary Greene looks at the 2018 OCR World Championships and the Obstacle Racing industry as a whole.
The team of "Badass Women" I wanted to talk about today are Lisa Stroud and Debi Fish. Both women are badass momma's that have stepped outside of their comfort zone to face physical and mental challenges on course.
Goliathon is a non-profit organization that launched its first event back in 2013. Since then, and in conjunction with another non-profit called Charity Water, they have raised over a quarter million dollars ($250,000+) to help people from developing countries get access to clean, and safe drinking water.
It all started over 6 years ago at a free kickboxing class. There was a woman in there who mentioned she was doing a race in two weeks and asked me if I wanted to do it with her. She said it was a Spartan Sprint and since I’m up for anything I figured why not. I signed up..did the race and just like the tagline says...I KNEW AT THE FINISH LINE! I was hooked.
Spartan Race launched its brand new venue and welcomed thousands of eager racers to test out the dusty unmarred course in the spanking new location of Tejon Ranch, California. While many people were initially unsure of what to expect, us native Californians knew without hesitation that it would be warm, it would be dry and it would be painful in all the best ways.
The past decade has seen incredible growth in extreme physical challenge events. In addition to our beloved Obstacle Course Racing, there’s made-for-television American Ninja Warrior and the oddly mesmerizing CrossFit Games.
Next Saturday adjacent to LAX, the Goodr G.A.M.S. Gets ‘Beastly’ and ‘brings the pain’ to a first-ever OCR G.A.M.S. To celebrate flamingoes, quasi-athletic debauchery, and Amelia Boone - the Queen of Pain.
From young to old, muddy to clean, and everything in between Mud Run Guide is about highlighting all the best aspects of the obstacle course racing industry. Each week we highlight two members of our global community who are rocking it on and off the course.
This past Saturday, Spartan unveiled a new race venue here on the West Coast, namely Tejon Ranch in Lebec, CA, about an hour north of Los Angeles. Being a new location, of course, participants had little idea what to expect from the course.
Spartan continues to push the envelope in the obstacle racing industry with the introduction of "Para Spartan" for adaptive athletes. The inaugural race will take place November 17 in Laughlin, Nevada. The event will feature both an elite and open waves for adaptive athletes and a first for the obstacle racing community.
