Yancy Culp, the founder of Yancy Camp announced today the Virtual OCR Games on the Yancy Camp website. The OCR Games gives obstacle racing enthusiasts a way to train together and compete in the offseason. Starting today registration is open for the OCR Games.
After six years in business, The Battlegrounds continues to grow in terms of participants (last year’s race included runners from 29 states) and recognition. It is the Missouri's only permanent venue that is an OCR World Championships qualifying race.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) recently announced that it will be the new headline sponsor of the WARRIOR race series at an adrenalin-packed launch, held at the Battlerush Adventure Centre in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Spanning eight events across five provinces annually, with up to 8000 participants per event, the WARRIOR series can rightly stake its claim as South Africa's largest and most challenging obstacle course race.
Those other fifty weeks are the reason that the small independent obstacle race series are critical to the longevity of obstacle racing in North America and beyond. FIT Challenge in Cumberland, Rhode Island is one such event filling the gaps for the obstacle racing enthusiast. The event started in by OCR enthusiast Robb McCoy has continued to be a premier event in New England.
Inov-8 has revamped much of their shoe line in the last couple of years. One steady shoe that has been a workhorse of the company has been the Roclite series. For 2017, the Roclite series has had a facelift and the latest generation of the shoe introduces a more rugged design. Recently, Inov-8 sent along a pair of the 2017 Inov-8 Roclite 305's to test out.
In September, Mud Run Guide posted an article about BattleFrog Series issuing refunds. Since that time Mud Run Guide has received multiple emails, messages, and comments on the article. Mud Run Guide has continued to monitor the refunds. This morning we spoke with Chief Marketing Officer, Kevin Jones, to discuss the status of the outstanding refunds. Jones has personally been working on refunds with the three remaining accountants at BattleFrog for the last three months.
It's Black Friday once again! This year instead of standing in endless lines and racing through human obstacles at your local mall or chain store we have you covered. Mud Run Guide has an array of OCR Black Friday Deals for the OCR enthusiast. You can do all your OCR shopping from the comfort of your home and save a boatload of money with the dozens of quality companies MRG has teamed up with this year.
Yesterday, Spartan Race announced that the 2017 Spartan Race World Championships would be returning to Lake Tahoe for 2017. Today, Spartan Race continues to release information about the 2017 season with the announcement of the 2017 U.S. Championship Series as well as the return of the Spartan Race Age Group Championships.
Alpha Warrior made a splash years ago in the obstacle racing scene only to go silent. However, the company did not go out of business instead they readjusted their priorities and obstacles. Alpha Warrior recently returned to the obstacle racing world in San Antonio, Texas.
World's Toughest Mudder took place in Lake Las Vegas recently. The company debuted some of the new obstacles for 2017 at the event, and Tough Mudder continues to push the envelope on innovative obstacles. Another aspect of the company that Tough Mudder continues to innovate is its coverage.
