Ever wonder how you can own some of your own iconic OCR obstacles? Mud Run Guide has set up a marketplace for races and individuals to buy and sell equipment within the community. As races retire obstacles, introduce the next generation of the obstacle, or ultimately decide to exit the industry, Mud Run Guide now offers a place where you can buy and sell gently used equipment.
The 2016 OCR World Championships is just around the corner. In preparation, we look back at the 2015 (and 2014) championship at some of the signature and most difficult obstacles.
Today Red Frog Events the parent company of Warrior Dash announced today a commitment to St. Jude Children's Reseach Hospital. Red Frog Events will give one percent of the companies profits to the children's research hospital. Since 2009 St. Jude and Red Frog have been partnered and raised 13.5 million for the hospital.
The 2016 Spartan Race Ultra Beast Championship in at Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe, California was one for the books. The terrain was brutal for the athletes as they traversed the 2016 Spartan Race World Championship course twice. If the terrain was not enough to eat up the quads of the athletes the weather added an additional challenge to the day. However for two Canadian athletes the terrain and weather did not slow them down, Marco Bedard and Allison Tai would prove that the weather did not slow them down on their quest to the top of the podium.
Since the beginning of the Spartan Race World Championships in Glen Rose, Texas back 2011 one constant has been the drama of the sport. Over the weekend, this year's Spartan Race World Championships was no exception. The obstacle racing world saw Hobie Call become the first three-time Spartan Race World Champion as well on the women's side the first two-peat champion Zuzana Kocumova. The drama continued as the second and third place women Lindsay Webster and Faye Stenning battled it out in a burpee off finishing eight-hundredths of a second between each other.
As this is #RoadtoTahoe week, I decided to take a look at the race that is the Spartan World Championships shadow, and like Peter Pan’s, it has a personality all its own. The Tahoe Ultra Beast is going to be an event that probably deserves its own weekend, but what better way to showcase the mental imbalance of the racers, than adding it to the already stacked lineup. With two Ultra Beasts in the past 4 weeks (Vermont and Sun Peaks) and with WTM only a few weeks away, it will be interesting to see who shows up, and who shows up to race.
Reebok Spartan Race World Championship is only days away, yesterday we focused on some of the top women to watch going into the race and today the focus shifts to the men's race. This year the men's field is stacked with several men in striking distance of the top place on the podium. Last year Robert Killian Jr. shocked many in the racing community when he beat Ryan Atkins for the top spot, this year the race returns to Lake Tahoe with many of the past competitors headed back to the race as well as other looking to make their mark on the obstacle racing world.
For Those Who Would, in partnership with Mud Run Guide and Obstacle Course Racing World Championships is proud to announce that Allan Ajoy from Miami, Florida is the recipient of the 2016 For Those Who Would OCR Humanitarian Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual within the obstacle racing community who consistently exhibits humanitarian traits off the course.
Spartan Race World Championships is just days away! Professional obstacle racers from around and weekend enthusiasts will converge on the same course this weekend in Squaw Valley in Lake Tahoe, California. With athletes from around the world, all coming to battle it out on the course on Saturday this year's women to watch is truly an international showdown.
Civilian Military Combine stands apart from other obstacle course races because it is a true hybrid obstacle course race (OCR). The CMC heat starts in The PIT™ followed by a five-mile race with 25-plus obstacles. The goal of the event is to find the most versatile and conditioned athlete. Recently, the company relaunched in Brooklyn, New York and tonight the special filmed at the event airs on SNY channel.
