To make a quick race weekend, part of the Relentless OCR team traveled down to the Atlanta Spartan Sprint the weekend of March 7-8, 2015. Despite the 3+ hours of stop and go traffic on the way there, the trip was totally worth it.
SEATTLE, March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Oberto is expanding its partnership with Tough Mudder, and will launch heavy support with national TV advertising featuring the men's and women's winners of the 2014 World's Toughest Mudder event.
This past weekend Tough Mudder began their new season with new obstacles, new sponsors and new challenges for participants. As well Spartan Race set sail on the first obstacle racing cruise/race and also took off just outside of a chilly Atlanta.
The latest in Extreme Endurance Events - The Gauntlet in Macon, Georgia recently mades it's debut. Our contributor Devin Cas tells the story of this unique event.
OCRSandy travels down to Miami to race the first BattleFrog Xtreme race. Read about his experience in Miami and what the course had in store for the participants.
his past weekend the world of OCR was buzzing from coast-to-coast with the relaunch of Atlas Race, the season opener for BattleFrog Race Series as well as the new extreme endurance event The Brutality making it's debut. In case you missed any of the action we have it all here in our recap.
BattleFrog is headed to ESPN this summer. During their Central Florida race on March 13 and 14th, they will be filming for the BattleFrog ESPN Collegiate Championship. The competition will take place between March 12-15.
In my circle of friends I have often joked with them, "How do you start a fight with a Spartan Racer... Burpees". How many times have we seen on the internet another argument about the proper form of a burpee in a Spartan Race. More than one barstool conversation has become heated over the subject. But until yesterday not many people have had the guts to really put out there what so many in the industry had been thinking, then Pete Rees, the founder of Mudstacle.com published - Why Spartan Are Not Competitive Races – And How That Can Be Resolved.
Marketing Director Brian Townsend for the Canadian based obstacle races Dead End Race and Super Splash 5K Race announced recently that both events will be featuring OCR OBSTACLE CAMS a new service free of charge to all participants.
We in the obstacle racing world are a class of our own. We find joy in the mud, climb walls when not being chased, and overall find pleasure in what many would consider a painful experience. Did I mention we pay to get electrocuted and pummeled by large men (well we use to)? We gave our contributors a task, finish this statement - "You Know You Are an Obstacle Racer When..." This is what they has to say.
