The venue is located on beautiful wooded acreage and provided racers with an absolutely gorgeous multi-elevation terrain that looped in and out of ravines and gullies. It was called the Abominable Course and they offer three seasons to participate in this race –spring, summer and winter. Their slogan: “Unleash your inner Yeti!”
Mudderella, one of the leading female only OCRs announced today new obstacles for the 2016 season. Mudderella is part of the Tough Mudder, Inc. family of brands and is the 5-mile obstacle course challenge designed for women, by women. Mudderella events give women a non-competitive environment to sink their teeth into OCR for the first time or gather a group of friends together for a fun event.
Spartan Race is all about ripping people out of their comfort zones, testing their boundaries, and focusing a spotlight on any holes in an athlete’s training. Nowhere is this more obvious that in their 12h hurricane heat.
OCR superstar, American Ninja Warrior, Team Ninja Warrior, and Spartan Race elite competitor Rose Wetzel-Sinnett is featured in a new ad for Panasonic WINGS Wireless Sport Clip 3D Flex Headphones.
It's been awhile... let's get season 2 started! In this Episode of The #BROCR Review we head to Lake in the Hills for The Abominable Snow Race. This was the first event featuring about 1300 people, 3.5 miles of ice, 25 obstacles, great beer from Crystal Lake Brewing, and one cool Yeti. We talk about [...]
Winter racing has a few extra challenges compared with moderate temperature events. You have to plan how many layers are required based on an estimated time outdoors in the cold. You have to watch the weather to determine departure times so you can arrive at the venue in plenty of time to park and pick up your race kit and you have to hope that there are no road closures, accidents or rambling deer along the way to slow you down. Today, we were fortunate and made the 2 hour journey north with no incidents and with ample time to prepare and meet our fellow racers.
It’s “Trainer Tuesday” and all last night I continued to think about how each and every one of us can be “Trainers/Coaches.” Most reading this piece love to train, race, stay fit, and are crazy passionate about the awesome sport we call OCR. So with this piece today, I’m not going to give you any quick tips on how to improve your running or how to conquer your next obstacle.
Are you coming down to Atlas Race in San Antonio this weekend? Probably not, I hear they’re going to go under soon. They have a short course competition after the main race. I’ll be there!
CIVILIAN MILITARY COMBINE (CMC) ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF EVENT OPERATIONS INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODEL GIVES VENUES MORE CONTROL AS PARTNERS New York, NY (Monday, February 8, 2016) Civilian Military Combine, LLC, best known as CMC, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Circle TPR and TeamWork Event Specialists. CMC [...]
South Africa’s OCR season for 2016 has now officially begun with the start of the Warrior Races! The first Warrior Race was this weekend with almost 7000 participants. We have had a few earlier events, but those were mostly attended by Elite athletes and those in the know, and were more warm ups than true [...]
