SEATTLE, March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Oberto is expanding its partnership with Tough Mudder, and will launch heavy support with national TV advertising featuring the men's and women's winners of the 2014 World's Toughest Mudder event.
This past weekend Tough Mudder began their new season with new obstacles, new sponsors and new challenges for participants. As well Spartan Race set sail on the first obstacle racing cruise/race and also took off just outside of a chilly Atlanta.
his past weekend the world of OCR was buzzing from coast-to-coast with the relaunch of Atlas Race, the season opener for BattleFrog Race Series as well as the new extreme endurance event The Brutality making it's debut. In case you missed any of the action we have it all here in our recap.
BattleFrog is headed to ESPN this summer. During their Central Florida race on March 13 and 14th, they will be filming for the BattleFrog ESPN Collegiate Championship. The competition will take place between March 12-15.
In my circle of friends I have often joked with them, "How do you start a fight with a Spartan Racer... Burpees". How many times have we seen on the internet another argument about the proper form of a burpee in a Spartan Race. More than one barstool conversation has become heated over the subject. But until yesterday not many people have had the guts to really put out there what so many in the industry had been thinking, then Pete Rees, the founder of Mudstacle.com published - Why Spartan Are Not Competitive Races – And How That Can Be Resolved.
We in the obstacle racing world are a class of our own. We find joy in the mud, climb walls when not being chased, and overall find pleasure in what many would consider a painful experience. Did I mention we pay to get electrocuted and pummeled by large men (well we use to)? We gave our contributors a task, finish this statement - "You Know You Are an Obstacle Racer When..." This is what they has to say.
OCR Canada announced the launch of it's website. OCR Canada is a not-for-profit organization that will create an informative community and provide support to obstacle course racers through the development of advance opportunities for Canadian athletes. This site will serve as a community hub for all things obstacle course race related in Canada. It will bring together obstacle course racers of all levels from British Columbia to Newfoundland; as well as race directors and fans.
Dryrobe is a UK based company. Surfer Gideon Bright from North Devon UK, took his 30 years as a surfer and created a cover-up to change in parking lots and other public places. Quickly after the initial designs DryRobe picked up traction with those in the triathlon world and most recently in the obstacle racing world.
Shale Hill Obstacle Race Training Center in Benson, Vermont is infamous among many obstacle racers. It has been called obstacle racing's "Field of Dreams". The permanent obstacle course sits on the over 100-acre farm of Rob Butler.
I would say this race was unlike any other Fuego y Agua Survival Run event before it, but unless you have been there before, that means nothing. If you have been there – it means everything.
