Mud Run Guide has once again partnered with For Those Who Would and the North American Obstacle Course Racing Championships to award the fourth annual For Those Who Would OCR Humanitarian Award. Honoring an individual in the community giving back.
As we roll into this Memorial Day weekend in the United States the obstacle racing community is abuzz with activity with races happening all around the world every weekend. Our community is all over the world and this week's community members of the week remind us how the obstacle racing community truly is a global family.
Sierra Trading Post named the official retail partner of Warrior Dash 2018. Sierra Trading Post is known as the off-price retailer where you can often get amazing deals on some of the top brands in the outdoor industry. Sierra Trading Post will provide the changing tents, photo booths, and be on-site at events with prizes and activities for participants to take part. The full press release below.
Salming Sports is a new shoe company to the obstacle course racing market and North America. The company was originally founded in Sweden in 2001 and in the last two years has been building momentum in the North American market in the road running community. The launch of Salming OT Comp is the first shoe from the company made for the obstacle racing enthusiast.
Have you heard of the Spartan 15 workout? We put our own twist on the workout to be able to take it anywhere your workout or next trail run leaders you.
Spartan introduced today a new format and qualifying events for the 2018 Spartan Team World Championship. The race first debuted in 2017 at the Spartan World Championships weekend in Lake Tahoe with co-ed teams from over twenty countries represented. Spartan looks to build on the momentum of 2017 with a new format and qualifier in 2018.
Arnel Banawa of OCRTUBE.com has been known for years as the guy with the camera making videos of races around the globe. Recently he has been branching out making more travel videos as he traverses around the world. His latest project shows us how some of the best obstacle racers in the world eat.
Top obstacle racers converged on Big Bear, California over the weekend for the third stop of the 2018 Spartan U.S. National Series. The two day even tested the athletes' strength and endurance with over $15,000 on the line in cash and prizes. The top honors went to Ryan Atkins and Rea Kolbl. Atkins bested the rest of the elite men's field by nearly three minutes and Kolbl bested Faye Stenning by nearly a minute to capture the win.
Mud Run Guide community members all over the world are reaching new goals this season and finding new challenges. Each week Bonnie Wilson our social media guru pulls two community members to highlight who made a difference this week. Mud Run Guide is all about community. We are all about showcasing you!
Spartan announced today the launch of the event companies first race in South Africa. The race is set to take place on October 27 outside of Johannesburg. With this announcement, Spartan will now host events on six continents. It was eight years ago today the first event took place outside of Burlington, Vermont.
