Spartan announced today the return of the military based "Honor Series" with a new presenting sponsor of USAA. The Spartan Honor Series Presented by USAA brings together some of the best Spartan obstacles and military installations around the country. This year athletes will be able to earn an "Honor Series Trifecta" taking on a Sprint, Super, and Beast at various military bases.
Emails went out this morning that Spartan will be returning to Iceland for the second annual Spartan Ultra World Championships. The 24-hour championship race is slated for Saturday, December 8, 2018. This year the championship will include an elite field, age group awards, team, and open divisions.
Our community members are the backbone of Mud Run Guide. While our founders are off at the Bermuda Triple Challenge soaking up some sun, racers around the world are igniting their obstacle racing season. This week our community members of the week show off their unique workout apparel and brave the elements at the Spartan Greek Peak race last weekend.
World OCR, the Fédération Internationale de Sport d’Obstacles (FISO), recently announced the founding of its legal home in Switzerland. World OCR (FISO) is the recently renamed IOSF (International Obstacle Sports Federation) which has been working for years to establish itself as the governing body for the sport of obstacle course racing.
This week on Training Tuesday, ERock the fitness director at Tough Mudder brings us through a 10-minute at home cardio workout. This workout is the perfect addition to any training program or if you need a quick break in the middle of the day a short and intense workout to get your body moving. This interval training bodyweight workout requires ZERO equipment.
Over the weekend, socials started to buzz with a few posts online about the famed Death Race returning in 2018. For the past couple of years, the precursor event of Spartan Race had laid dormant. While those close to the race always hypothesized the race would one day make a return. That wish is now a reality.
Mud Titan and Tactical Titan are small Florida based obstacle race series which has been around the industry since 2012. The races are run by Mike Nelson. This year the company expects over 6,ooo participants from its four events in 2018.
Recently, Spartan inked a new multi-year partnership with BODYARMOR, one of the fastest goring sports drink companies. The new partnership begins immediately and will continue through the 2019 season offering participants BODYARMOR beverages at all U.S. events.
Weekly at Mud Run Guide, we are amazed at the amount of sheer awesomeness emanating from the obstacle racing community. With the obstacle racing season underway in more and more of North America and beyond the incredible stories continue to come across our desks. The stories of the accomplishments in the Mud Run Guide community continue to inspire our social media manager, Bonnie Wilson.
Amelia Boone was recently featured in a short documentary following her journey back into ultrarunning after over a year of recovering from injuries. Check out the beautiful short documentary shot by Billy Yang Films and get inspired by the most influential woman in the obstacle racing world.
