This past weekend, I raced the SoCal Spartan in Chino, California. Prado Regional Park was a beautiful venue, the weather was great, and everyone was so excited to kick off the U.S. 2018 racing season for the Spartan Series.
Jon Albon the four-time OCR World Champion has renewed his contract for another year with dryrobe. Albon has been a supporter of dryrobe since 2013 and was one of the first athletes to introduce the UK-based brand to North America.
The course had moderate uphills & downhills with nothing big to be afraid of. After mile 5 there was a long journey through the forest meadows which was actually quite peaceful although there were slight gusts of winds and at times. Occasionally the dust became pretty excessive, forcing many Spartans to power through and run ahead using their hands to cover their eyes as necessary. The final mile was filled with Spartan Race's signature (some may say torturous) obstacles along with muddy hills and cold water.
Mud Run Guide knows that it is you that make us what we are. This week our social media manager wanted to highlight Instagram members; @podiumdreams, Seth Buchwalter, and Nick Ingles as Mud Run Guide Community Members of the Week.
365 Sports the parent company of 5K Foam Fest Canada has teamed up with Make-A-Wish® Canada as its official charitable partner for the Canadian 5K Foam Fest tour in 2018.
Race day on a ski slope in Wisconsin in January, what is your first thought? If you are anything like me, you are picturing knee-deep snow, patches of ice, and needing as many layers as you can comfortably run in. The Abominable Snow Race turned out to be more of a Mud Run than anyone ever expected.
GPS and heart rate tracking technology has been dropping in price (and size) every year. The Vi fitness tracker headphones aim to take this fitness tracking technology seen in many popular watches from companies like Garmin and Suunto, shrink it into a pair of headphones, and add some artificial intelligence to go along with it for good measure. LifeBEAM, the company behind the Vi headphones, provided us with a set of headphones for review.
The USA Obstacle Course Racing announced today that four athletes will represent the United States in the upcoming World Team Challenge in Italy this April. The team includes Kristen Mullen, Cassandra Ohman, Ben Dydyna, and Jared Forman.
Remember when Spartan added in all the age groups into competition for 2018. One group was particularly vocal, the 40-49 age group. Jack Bauer dives in to find out if that age group should really be split into two age groups using data from past races.
Michelle Ford is a true inspiration to us all. I watched in November as she came in third place at World's Toughest Mudder. The entire time that I saw her on the live footage she was smiling, happy and looked like she was having a great time. It was her positive and genuine spirit that made me want to feature her in this article series - not to mention the fact that she is a genuine badass.
