Finishing a race comes with a huge feeling of success and accomplishment, but then it comes to cleaning off the mud after the race it can be tricky. Often a long car ride or flight awaits your post race celebration. Getting clean after the race is not always straightforward. Most of the major race series such as Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and Warrior Dash offer hoses, showers and changing tents for participants.
Welcome to OCR News Weekly. Today is Friday, June 9, 2017. This week the top news stories come from Spartan Race, OCR EC 2017, and the Ninja World.
Haze here, your favorite competitor from Season 1 of American Grit. I have the distinct honor of taking over for Bonnie to bring you weekly reviews of our favorite show, American Grit. I will keep the reviews as unbiased as possible and try to throw in some behind the scene comparisons from my experience in Season 1. This Sunday, June 11th, kicks off the long-awaited return of American Grit!
Finding the right shoes can surely be complicated and Brett is here to make it even more difficult. Seriously, it'd be a helluva lot easier if we well wore the same size & style, were the same height, weight, and all ran exactly the same. How hard is that?
American Ninja Warrior returns to NBC on June 12, 2017 at 8:00pm eastern time. On the heels of the historic run from Jessie Graff on the Ninja Special USA vs. The World. The Ninja community is buzzing with anticipation as many favorites are back for another year. We have the first look at the ninth season the popular NBC competition television series.
I turned our other bud Ed onto the iMETTLE gym in King of Prussia, PA. I’ve been training Ed on and off since he did the Citizen’s Bank Park Stadium Sprint last year. He’s hooked. He was an easy catch. He’s part of the reason why we thought Steve would be easy too. Steve lives really close to iMETTLE.
Spartan Race introduces Spartan Open House tomorrow in Tuxedo, New York. The Open House is a 2-hour tutorial on our signature Spartan obstacles. This is taught by certified SGX Coaches, providing you with techniques and training advice to conquer any of our obstacles on race day.
I was very intrigued when I heard that Nikki Call had achieved two podium spots at BattleFrog last year with two broken arms. At first, I was honestly surprised that someone could push through that much pain and still podium. After chatting with Nikki online and doing this interview with her, I realized that the story of how she both broke arms isn’t what I wanted to tell, but the story of a stay at home mom who strives to be the best she can.
Do you love running? Hate running? or are you like me (and I suspect the rest of the active world) - you love to hate/hate to love running? There's no question about the effectiveness of running on your mental & physical health, no matter how hard many of us try to avoid daily/weekly mileage, running is a huge part of our lives - or, at least it should be.
Arnel Banawa of OCRTUBE recently headed over to Germany for the OCR EC (European Championships) over the weekend. He captured all the action from the muddy and hilly course which featured over fifty obstacles. The 17-kilometer course offered challenging obstacles and terrain.
