This week's episode features highlights from Savage Race in Central Florida as well as a look at Selk'bag USA the wearable sleeping bag, perfect for events like Across the Years & World's Toughest Mudder (Tough Mudder) pit crew.
This week on Obstacle and Adventure Weekly, Margaret takes on Warrior Dash in Arizona along with Brian Burns, a marathoner and triathlete participating in his first obstacle race. Then, we sit down with the product managers for Vibram FiveFingers at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City to learn more about new & upcoming products!
Canada's Toughest (and nicest) Couple - Claude Godbout (2x Spartan World Champion) and her Olympic teammate/boyfriend/OCR World Championships teammate (also a Spartan champ) Marco Bedard bring us inside their lives, training, and more!
On this episode of Obstacle and Adventure Weekly, we get inside the head of Joe De Sena, the CEO of Spartan Race at his home in Pittsfield VT on the eve of the 2014 Spartan Race World Championship. Then, we meet up with the winner of that race, along with the 2014 OCR World Championships, Jon Albon.
Margaret gets to know a couple of the best and brightest new stars in the sport of OCR on the men's and women's side: Reigning World's Toughest Mudder champion Ryan Atkins and Corinna Coffin. Both athletes were runners-up at Spartan Race World Championship, and they both also won those same divisions at the BattleFrog race [...]
We interview The top US finisher in the 2014 Spartan Race World Championship Cody Moat and learn about his background, first race, and tips on balancing work, workouts, racing, and life. Margaret gives us a sneak peek of a potential 2015 Nevada Spartan Super new venue, Eric Acuña gives a 1:00 review of Muscle Ropes
Running is one of the most popular fitness activities in North America, but it's not necessarily practiced in a straight line. While marathons, particularly half-marathons increase in popularity, so does Obstacle Course Racing (OCR), which The Running Event (TRE) will examine in a new Experiential Zone adjacent to the main hall of the Austin Convention Center, Dec. 1-4, 2015.
The principle of Specificity has been a long followed dogma in the field of sports performance. You may then ask the question, “how can I apply this sport-specific training idea to a sport like Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) where I don’t know what the course will look like until sometimes just a day before the event?” I contend that you know a lot more about that race than you probably realize and taking what you do know and applying that can help a lot when it comes to putting together a training program.
Ramiro Ortiz, an experienced business and sports executive, has been appointed chief executive officer of BattleFrog LLC, the obstacle course race series inspired by Navy SEALs. Ortiz previously served as a business consultant to the BattleFrog board of directors and, in that role, performed a thorough analysis of the organization’s operations.
While not a full 6-feet under, 6 Death Racers (or was it 7) were buried alive. Read that again - buried alive. Eulogies from their dear friends wafted through the air as these select finishers were laid to rest in actual plywood caskets laid in the ground, that were nailed shut and even covered by dirt for good measure.
