Last week, obstacle racing took one step closer to becoming an Olympic sport in the future. The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), the national federation for Modern Pentathlon announced that the board voted to add obstacle racing into the lazer-run event possibly as soon as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The Wheel is the docu-reality survival show on Discovery Channel. Each week after the show Mud Run Guide catches up with one of the participants Adam Kimble to debrief after the episode and talk about the episode in more detail. This week on The Wheel we talk about Adam's time on "the island" spoke of the wheel, finding food, thinking about his friend Mark and compare some of his experiences to that of his fellow participants.
For the second year, members of the OCR community joined together with Back2Back Ministries to help children in Mexico and spread the OCR message throughout the world. Athletes traveled on the 2nd Annual OCR Orphanage Adventure Trip one of which was OCRTUBE.com's Arnel Banawa who captured the essence of the trip.
Registration is now open for the US OCR Championships. The two-day USOCRC will consist of a 3k short course competition on Saturday, September 2, followed by a 15k standard distance championship on Sunday, September 3. Both distances will feature a Pro Division for qualified athletes, as well as Age Group divisions that will primarily be open to all competitors.
The Wheel, the docu-reality television show on the Discovery Channel aired the second episode on Friday evening. Adam Kimble, one of the participants, is a former Warrior Dash Race Director, ultra-runner, and trans-con runner talks about this week in Mud Run Guide's weekly wrap-up of the episode. This week Adam talks about the wheel turning, what it was like to move locations, and how the travel to the new location was just as much of an adventure as what the audience saw in the episode.
Tough Mudder and SKY Sports recently announced a broadcast partnership brings the United Kingdom and beyond a The Road to World's Toughest Mudder and an hour long World's Toughest Mudder special. The news was first announced by The Drum.
Yesterday, it was officially announced that Spartan Race and the popular online training network had teamed up to create unique Spartan Race specific training on the digital training format. Kevin Donoghue, a coach, athlete, and member of the Spartan Race Pro-Team leads the workouts in the new program. Mud Run Guide talks with Kevin about the new program, who it is for, and why it is a good addition to any Spartan's training routine.
Daily Burn, the leading streaming fitness service offering more than 600 workouts, announces the launch of a first of its kind interactive partnership with Spartan Race. The partnership brings Spartan Race’s official training philosophy, Spartan SGX, to the Daily Burn on demand library, which allows users to work out anytime, anywhere.
Last week Mud Run Guide attended Outdoor Retailers. The largest outdoor retailer buyers show in North America. We caught up with some of the top brands in the industry to see what is new and upcoming for 2017. An annual favorite is visiting the Luna Sandals booth.
365 Sports Inc. and Crazy Canuck Events have announced Tuesday, January 17th that they will be merging their efforts to bring Mud Hero to Canadians nationwide. 365 Sports Inc has acquired 52% of Crazy Canuck Events marking the largest merger in the Canadian OCR industry. Crazy Canucks has been bringing Mud Hero to adults and kids with 6km and 10km obstacle courses coast to coast. Mud Hero continues to be a favorite Canadian obstacle race series.
