Training Tip: Spartan Ultra Beast, Part 2
Now, the day is here it's time to conquer the Ultra Beast. You’re a 2-4 weeks out time to do a full gear and nutrition check. You want to have everything purchased weeks before the race.
Last Week in OCR: Warriors Dashed, Spartans Sprinted, and BattleFrog Battled to be the F.I.T.test
The obstacle racing season is officially in full swing! With races happening all over the United States and beyond over the weekend below are the top results from some of the races around the country.
Training Tip: Preparing for the Ultra Beast, Part 1
Hello fellow purveyor of the endurance arts. If you’re reading this, then you are wanting to challenge yourself with what can be argued as one of the most difficult Obstacle Course Races in the industry the Spartan Race Ultra Beast.
April 1st OCR News: Spartan Helps Google, Baby Mudder Announced, Team ROC Dominates the Globe
April 1st lots of news from the OCR World. Spartan helps Google with Project Loon, Tough Mudder announces Baby Mudder, All major OCR groups combine.
Last Week in OCR: From Sea to Shining Sea
The obstacle racing season continued to pick up the pace over the weekend with races in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and everywhere in between. Spartan Race Hawaii kicked off their season with a stadium race, the first Bermuda Triple Challenge took place, as well as Atlas Race and BattleFrog in Texas and Florida. In addition to these races the soon to be aired ESPN Collegiate Special with BattleFrog was filmed this past weekend in Florida. Below are the scores and highlights from the weekend.
Race Recap: Spartan Sprint Georgia
Spartan has upped their game this year. If you have not done a Spartan in 2015, expect harder courses and harder obstacles. The Georgia 2015 Spartan Sprint was once again at the beautiful International Horse Park in Conyers. Spartan took advantage of the terrain using rolling hills, thick Georgia clay, and even the steep embankments were they could.
Cruise Recap: The Spartan Cruise
Amy LaPanne a 46 year old mother of 2 from Connecticut won a chance of a lifetime, a trip from Mud Run Guide on the first ever Spartan Race Cruise. She wrote about her experience... I had never won anything in my life.
Race Recap: Atlanta Spartan Race
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.
Weekend Roundup: Tough Mudder Season Begins, Spartan Sets Sail and Takes off in Atlanta
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.
How to Pick a Fight With a Spartan… Let’s talk Burpees
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.
