September is childhood cancer awareness month. Warrior Dash wants to help raise awareness and money for the cause. Since the beginning of Warrior Dash the company has been in partnership with St. Jude Chidldren's Hospital raising over $14 million dollars
Mud Run Guide has been on the ground since Tuesday at the first US OCR Championships put on by the same team that produces the OCR World Championships. The US Championships has been a joint effort by many of the top obstacle course racing brands in the United States (and beyond).
This year Tough Mudder introduced the 8-hour Toughest Mudder series as part of their road to World's Toughest Mudder. Athletes followed the series around North America and the United Kingdom. In the end of the series, Ryan Atkins locked up the first place position overall with Allison Tai taking the top spot for women and seventh overall in the series.
It is time for first independent US OCR Championships happening this weekend at Y.O. Ranch Headquarters in Mountain Home, Texas. The festivities kick off at the ranch on Friday evening with a welcome dinner before jumping into action with the 3K short course on Saturday and 15K long course on Sunday.
Obstacle races and mud runs have become more and more popular over the past couple of years but still many do not know much about what these crazy people do on the weekends when back in the office describing the weekend. For those with mud runners or obstacle racers in their lives, we have compiled an extensive list of the questions that are left best unsaid on Monday.
Survival Run Canada is making its debut in Squamish, British Columbia tomorrow. This is shaping up to be the longest and possibly most difficult Survival Run to date with a 36-hour cutoff. Squamish is known as an adventure sports mecca, huge gnarly mountains, lakes, and climbing. With multiple returning Survival Run finishers the mens field is shaping up to be a good one.
Survival Run Canada is making its debut in Squamish, British Columbia this week. This is shaping up to be the longest and possibly most difficult Survival Run to date with a 36-hour cutoff this year for the event. Squamish is known as an adventure sports mecca, huge gnarly mountains, lakes, and climbing.
Short walls, small walls, speed walls are one obstacle that you will find at nearly every obstacle race. This training Tuesday we look at this staple obstacle and how to maximize your speed moving through it.
For Those Who Would opens the nomination process for the OCR Humanitarian Award. For Those Who Would, a Richmond, Kentucky-based 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity rooted in the obstacle racing community launched as an organization supporting individuals unable to participate in athletic and physical recreational activities due to debilitating injuries or chronic diseases. "The OCR Humanitarian Award is [...]
It's Monday morning after an obstacle race or mud run or other non-traditional race as you recount your weekend the event whether it be a big race like a Tough Mudder, Spartan Race, or Warrior Dash or one of the smaller or more local obstacle races or mud runs, the question seems to arise for many who take competition seriously, Did you win?.
