Best of OCR 2014 Winners
Find out who won and who fell short on the initial Mud Run Guide "Best of OCR" for 2014. With over 60,000 votes cast the races were often very close and our community proved they are the strongest in sports.
Ryan Atkins and the Golden Noodle Award
Ryan Atkins shares his tips and plan he used taking on the 2014 OCR Majors.
BattleFrog 2015: More Races, Bigger Prizes, Ranking System and New Pro-Team
BattleFrog has announced new cash prizes, new race structure, new invitational championship, and new BattleFrog Cup Series. 2015 is primed to be a huge year for this race series!
2015 Spartan Race World Championship Location Officially Announced
2015 Spartan Race World Championships, new location, new prize money, new qualification system. Read about all the new changes happening this upcoming season.
Is 2015 Spartan Race World Championships Headed to…Squaw Valley, California?
Much speculation has been placed on the new home of the Spartan Race World Championships in 2015 after Spartan Race announced it would be moving and now we have another piece of the puzzle.
Spartan Race 2015 World Championship Headed to ….
On December 6, 2014 Spartan Race dropped the hint online that the 2015 World Championship Race would not be in Vermont for the upcoming year. Without any words of explanation Spartan Race dropped a photo that had many talking. The meme simply said "2015 World Championship Race is Heading..."
Margaret Schlachter Joins Mud Run Guide
Schlachter, commonly referred to as "the most connected person in the sport of OCR" or "center of the OCR universe" takes on the role of Supreme Editor-in-Chief of Mud Run Guide (mudrunguide.com) on top of her duties as host & producer of Obstacle and Adventure Weekly, co-host on OCR Warrior, founder of Dirt in Your Skirt, subject matter expert & columnist for obstacleracing.About.com, and writer for Mud & Obstacle Magazine.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Mud Run Volunteering
First, while you are getting a discount or free race out of it, if you are planning on volunteering the first half of the day and running the second, you had best be in good shape. A half day of volunteering and a half day of running will be tough on all but the elite athletes. It is often the equivalent of running two or three laps. The volunteers are required to be there way before the first wave and are expected to often be there well past the last wave. If you are volunteering for a full day, expect a 12 – 15 hour work day, with little to no breaks in the work.
