Finishing a race comes with a huge feeling of success and accomplishment, but then it comes to cleaning off the mud after the race it can be tricky. Often a long car ride or flight awaits your post race celebration. Getting clean after the race is not always straightforward. Most of the major race series such as Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and Warrior Dash offer hoses, showers and changing tents for participants.
Welcome to OCR News Weekly. Today is Friday, June 9, 2017. This week the top news stories come from Spartan Race, OCR EC 2017, and the Ninja World.
American Ninja Warrior returns to NBC on June 12, 2017 at 8:00pm eastern time. On the heels of the historic run from Jessie Graff on the Ninja Special USA vs. The World. The Ninja community is buzzing with anticipation as many favorites are back for another year. We have the first look at the ninth season the popular NBC competition television series.
Spartan Race introduces Spartan Open House tomorrow in Tuxedo, New York. The Open House is a 2-hour tutorial on our signature Spartan obstacles. This is taught by certified SGX Coaches, providing you with techniques and training advice to conquer any of our obstacles on race day.
Arnel Banawa of OCRTUBE recently headed over to Germany for the OCR EC (European Championships) over the weekend. He captured all the action from the muddy and hilly course which featured over fifty obstacles. The 17-kilometer course offered challenging obstacles and terrain.
Have you seen those Dryrobe's around the obstacle racing scene and wanted one of your own? Here is your chance! Mud Run Guide and Dryrobe are teaming up for the next five days to offer a lucky participant a chance to win their own Dryrobe. As contributor, Evan Perperis said of the Dryrobe, "it's like being hugged by a carebear".
Spartan Race made the second stop on the Spartan U.S. Championship Tour over the weekend. The 8.5 mile Super proved to be fast and furious for the top athletes. Hobie Call in his last year of competitive racing took first place for men (also winning the master's division at the same time). On the women's side, it was Nicole Mericle, who picked up her first U.S. Championships win.
Monterey, California was the second stop for the Spartan Race U.S. Championship Tour this past weekend. In the women's race, Nicole Mericle pulled our her first U.S. Championship Tour win beating out Lindsey Webster on the last couple obstacles. Alyssa Hawley finished third.
Spartan Race made the second stop of the U.S. Championship Series over the weekend in Monterey, California for the "Golden State Classic". 40-year old Hobie Call took the win over Hunter McIntyre with Robert Killian third and Ryan Atkins forth.
Obstacle races and mud runs are a rite of passage for fitness enthusiasts. Many see pictures of friends jumping over fire or crawling under barbed wire and want to join in on the fun. Before signing up for an obstacle race or mud run many participants want to know just what obstacles they might encounter in their mud run or obstacle race experience.
