It’s a new race season, and what better way to kick it off than by running a race that: I have never done before and at a venue that has never hosted an OCR before. Top that off with one of the top athletes in the sport being there and the venue also being the host of the upcoming US OCR Championship, you have a great recipe for a hell of a Saturday.
In my humble opinion, a Bad Ass Woman of OCR isn’t just one that stays in the spotlight with epic races all the time, stealing top podium spots, or even breaking speed records. In the case of Lauren Casavant, not only is she fierce in the OCR community, but has also taken her love of being active to the next level with her company PursuEVENTures.
Today, Tough Mudder announced a new offering to their event line-up with the announcement of Tough Mudder 5k. Tough Mudder 5k is set to be an urban version of the event series with ten of the best Tough Mudder obstacles showcased at Nissan Stadium on August 12, 2017.
This morning during a press conference stream live on the Spartan Race social media page, Joe De Sena declared from Shanghai today as Global Spartan Day with coordinated takeovers in major cities around the world. From Times Square to Piccadilly Circus and beyond, ancient Spartans paraded through the streets in more than a dozen cities across the world on February 28, 2017, as part of Global Spartan Day
Spartan Race returned to their old stomping grounds for this past weekend’s Arizona Spartan Race. This year they brought us a Super along with their Sprint, making people’s trifecta dreams that much more attainable.
Bear Grylls Survival Race has canceled their Cambridge/Manchester event in 2017. In a letter put out today the team behind the Bear Grylls Survival Race, not to be confused with the Fuego y Agua Endurance events, has canceled their Cambridge/Manchester 2017 event. However, the company has expanded their London event to include an extra day of racing and preview some of the obstacles for 2018.
Discovery Channel's The Wheel is nearing the end of the season. With only one episode to go Adam Kimble and I break down episode 7. Episode 7 saw another competitor tap out with Lindsay realizing she was at the end of our journey on The Wheel after a powerful dream and message from her late grandfather.
Bonefrog Challenge kicked off their 2017 season making their first stop in Florida over the weekend. Arnel Banawa of OCRTUBE was on hand to capture all the action from this expanding race series. Bonefrog Challenge three distances from a 5k to the eight-mile "Challenge" course with 30+ Obstacles, and the "Tier 1", 11+ mile with 50 obstacles. With all these options there is something for everyone at a Bonefrog Challenge.
If you have been around Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) for more than a year, you probably have seen the advertisements for Hylete. Hylete makes fitness apparel for functional athletes, including most popularly the Crossfit athlete to the OCR athlete.
Last week, Facebook was a blaze with comments after obstacle race company The Urban Trails took over the old BattleFrog Series facebook and other social assets last Wednesday afternoon. BattleFrog ceased operating a few months ago and sold off all the assets. The Urban Trails which held one event in 2015 acquired Battlefrog’s social assets and rebranded the facebook page last Wednesday.
