It’s World’s Toughest Mudder Week 2016! We are days away from the event. Saturday at high noon the race kicks off in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. This week Mud Run Guide is looking at top men, women, and teams to watch as we count down the days. So far this week we have looked at the top men to watch, top women to watch, and today we focus on the team event.
Spartan Race continues to roll out new features for the 2017 season. Last week Spartan introduced the new 2017 redesigned medals offering a totally redesigned medal. Yesterday, Spartan officially introduced the new season passes for 2017. Next season passes will be available for those looking to take on a single trifecta, open heat racers, and [...]
It’s World’s Toughest Mudder Week 2016! We are inching closer and closer to Saturday and the start of the 6th Annual World's Toughest Mudder. Saturday at high noon the race kicks off in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. This week Mud Run Guide is looking at top men, women, and teams to watch as we count down the days. Yesterday we looked at the top men to watch and today we focus on the ladies.
It's officially World's Toughest Mudder Week! Saturday at high noon the race kicks off in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. This week Mud Run Guide is looking at top men, women, and teams to watch as we count down the days. With the $100,000 bonus in the team race and teams of two allowed this year has opened the door in the men's individual race. Many familiar faces are making their way back to the desert, and a few have either gone team or have decided to sit out this year opening the door for a new podium in 2016.
Tough Mudder officially unveiled the new mobile app for 2016 World's Toughest Mudder today. This new mobile app offers participants, crew, and loved ones a new way to track the 24-hour race. The app features live coverage, course map, and live tracking. As well as a viewing guide, event schedule, rules, and hall of fame. Changing the experience for anyone wanting to follow the race.
Allison Tai is an accomplished endurance athlete and obstacle racer. She shares her top tips for the 2016 World's Toughest Mudder in this video. Tai finished second at the 2014 World's Toughest Mudder while stopping to breastfeed her daughter during the race. Tai is the Co-Founder of VanCity OCR a training space for obstacle racers and fitness enthusiasts in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She recently won the Ultra Beast in Lake Tahoe.
Athletes can start booking their travel for 2017 with the announcement today of the 2017 OCR World Championships heading back to Blue Mountain, Ontario, Canada. The fourth edition of the OCR World Championships is set to take October 13 -15, 2017. Pre-registration opens today to allow athletes to reserve their spot (prior to qualifying) in either the age group divisions or pro division.
Marco Bedard showed up in Lake Tahoe with a new company logo on his back - The Northman Race - during his win of the Ultra Beast. Bedard, a former Olympian, has been spending more time behind the scenes these days as a former Race Director for BattleFrog Series and directed the Canadian BattleFrogs this past year including the Montreal race which brought together several race companies to work as one on the event.
Tough Mudder is making it's way to the television soon with the CBS Sports Series showcasing World's Toughest Mudder and Toughest Mudder announced a few months ago. Recently, Tough Mudder inked a second deal with The CW network to have a multi-platform series on both their CW Seed online network as well as the broadcast CW channel in 2017.
A couple months ago Tough Mudder announced a new offering to their lineup of races. The latest addition to the Tough Mudder family is Toughest Mudder and is set to be a stepping stone for those looking to race World's Toughest Mudder. Toughest Mudder is an eight-hour night obstacle race that bridges the gap between the traditional Tough Mudder race and the grueling 24-hour World's Toughest Mudder.
