Today, Spartan Race announced their 2017 Pro-Team. This year members of the Pro-Team include Amelia Boone, Robert Killian Jr., Faye Stenning, and more. This year the Pro-Team finds some new athletes along with more masters athletes to help round out the team.
Today, Tough Mudder announced a new offering to their event line-up with the announcement of Tough Mudder 5k. Tough Mudder 5k is set to be an urban version of the event series with ten of the best Tough Mudder obstacles showcased at Nissan Stadium on August 12, 2017.
This morning during a press conference stream live on the Spartan Race social media page, Joe De Sena declared from Shanghai today as Global Spartan Day with coordinated takeovers in major cities around the world. From Times Square to Piccadilly Circus and beyond, ancient Spartans paraded through the streets in more than a dozen cities across the world on February 28, 2017, as part of Global Spartan Day
Bear Grylls Survival Race has canceled their Cambridge/Manchester event in 2017. In a letter put out today the team behind the Bear Grylls Survival Race, not to be confused with the Fuego y Agua Endurance events, has canceled their Cambridge/Manchester 2017 event. However, the company has expanded their London event to include an extra day of racing and preview some of the obstacles for 2018.
Discovery Channel's The Wheel is nearing the end of the season. With only one episode to go Adam Kimble and I break down episode 7. Episode 7 saw another competitor tap out with Lindsay realizing she was at the end of our journey on The Wheel after a powerful dream and message from her late grandfather.
Bonefrog Challenge kicked off their 2017 season making their first stop in Florida over the weekend. Arnel Banawa of OCRTUBE was on hand to capture all the action from this expanding race series. Bonefrog Challenge three distances from a 5k to the eight-mile "Challenge" course with 30+ Obstacles, and the "Tier 1", 11+ mile with 50 obstacles. With all these options there is something for everyone at a Bonefrog Challenge.
Last week, Facebook was a blaze with comments after obstacle race company The Urban Trails took over the old BattleFrog Series facebook and other social assets last Wednesday afternoon. BattleFrog ceased operating a few months ago and sold off all the assets. The Urban Trails which held one event in 2015 acquired Battlefrog’s social assets and rebranded the facebook page last Wednesday.
Vega® and Tough Mudder officially announced yesterday a new partnership for 2017. Vega will be the official protein shake partner at Tough Mudder and Tough Mudder Half events according to the press release put out yesterday. Vega and their plant-based products will be available at races for athletes to sample.
The teams behind Mud Hero, 5k Foam Fest & OCR World Championships are excited to pound the pavement. Mud Hero Founders Announce Toronto City Hall’s Obstacle Course Takeover 365 Sports Events Inc. is proud to announce the very first Concrete Rush Ultimate Obstacle Challenge taking over Nathan Phillips Square April 28th & 29th.
Since the inception of Survival Run Nicaragua, the extreme endurance event held annually on the island of Ometepe, a component of the race week has been giving back to the local community. The 24-hour extreme endurance event has athletes running over seventy kilometers, completing tasks along the way. Think of it as the most extreme version of The Amazing Race.
