Arnel Banawa continues to capture all the action this season on OCRTUBE.com. His most recent video captures all the action of the Spartan Race Sprint in Charlotte, North Carolina. This OCRTUBE.com video captures all the chilly action from the most recent stop on the 2016 Spartan Race Season.
Last year, my favorite Mud Run Guide Editor in Chief and Dirt in Your Skirt owner Margaret Schlachter posted an article about “The Dark Side of OCR: When Hobby Turns to Obsession”. Her article was thoughtful and well written, but it brought up the question in my mind. Where is the line between unhealthy obsession and dedicated athlete?
The game-plan for BattleFrog Series' growth is to be full-steam ahead; during several different occasions with Ramiro he's explained the strategy of developing the entire sport of OCR, and how ESPN commercials and reality competitions, the Bowl Series, and investments in obstacle development (like the MOBs mentioned earlier) coupled with explosive expansion all over North America will create the future of the sport, obstacle course racing as a household term, or OCR 2.0 (my term).
If there was any question as to whether or not the OCR season has jumped off – there isn’t after this last weekend! From coast to coast and across the world, events arrived in full force, even leaving athletes in some areas having to make the difficult decision as to which they would attend! Today we will take a look at some of your tried and true US favorites, as well as a quick peek at an amazing event unlike any other we have seen in Glasgow, Scotland, where they may give you wings, but what you really needed was gills! Read on…
"I’ll never be the tallest or the strongest at a start line, but I promise you that there are few out there will as much heart and will power as me. There are no other option but to complete the course or be dragged off." Jay Flores is this week's Faces at the Races profile.
A first look at some of the obstacles and competition for the upcoming Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge airing in June 13 after American Ninja Warrior on NBC is now on YouTube. Get a first look at all the action, obstacles, competitors and more in this teaser. Some of the obstacles highlighted in the video are the massively oversized slipwall, as well as lots of mud and barbed wire.
You line up for the start of an event that boasts the most obstacles per mile with advertised numbers of 100+. What should you be expecting? Dozens of rigs? Fifty different low crawl obstacles? The large variations in what constitutes an obstacle and what that means to the course may be overwhelming, confusing and even misleading to athletes, new or experienced.
We’re proud to premiere a brand new video from MuckFest® MS, showcasing one of their signature obstacles, Swing Set! This obstacle is a giant standing swing that will launch you into the stratosphere before gravity intercedes and gives you an aquatic spanking.
Terrain Racing’s angry monkey medals invaded Southern California for the first time this weekend with 5k and 10k race distances outside the Storm Baseball Stadium in Lake Elsinore, CA. I’m a fan of this race series, and have run their Flagstaff race for the last two years, so I was eager to have them come to a venue closer to me.
Matty T of Savage Race does it again! Check out the five new obstacles hitting the Savage Race courses this year around the United States. Savage Race continues to push the envelope showcasing obstacles that are no only fun to watch but also just challenging enough that all levels will find them enjoyable. Check out the video below showcasing the new offerings from Savage Race in 2016.
