Gear Review: HYLETE Apex Light Compression Shorts
Hylete has done a great job of providing our crew members gear to review, Evan Perperis gives us his 5-star review on HYLETE Apex Light Compression Shorts
Seven Presents for the OCR Athlete with Too Much Stuff
As athletes, we tend to collect a LOT of stuff we *think* we may need... but once you have all that stuff, what do you really need?
Permanent Facility Spotlight: Newbsanity’s Extreme Ravine
Newbsanity crew after the race and awards ceremony at Extreme Ravine. You may know Newbsanity’s Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) venue Mud Gauntlet really well, but did you also know they have a second course across the street. Their Extreme Ravine venue is not quite a trail race and not quite an OCR, its [...]
Gear Review: HYLETE Prime Polo Shirt
While my ideal life involves me wearing racing clothes every weekend and HYLETE t-shirts and pants every day during the week that is unfortunately not realistic. I often need to look a little more formal whether it being going out to dinner for work or just looking more presentable. Much to my surprise, I found [...]
Lionhearts: Free Fitness For All
To keep Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) going, we need to continue to bring in new athletes into the sport. There is a group called Lionhearts (no relation to the lion logoed Conquer Youth and their kids race series). Let’s look a little deeper at the non-profit Lionhearts that is helping build future racers near Chattanooga, [...]
Kimberly’s 24 Hour Ultra-Mudder
Joey McGlamory and Luccketta at the grave of Kimberly approximately 10 feet from the course. Earlier this year, a member of the World’s Toughest Mudder Community, Charles “Tank” Lukancich unexpectedly lost his wife, Kimberly Lukancich, after more than 20 years of marriage. Without a live World’s Toughest Mudder to dedicate his race to [...]
Six OCR Presents For “Your Family”(…That Are Really Presents For Yourself)
Gift Idea #2: Race-cation: Me: “Honey! I planned a vacation to England!” My Wife: “What race are you dragging us to now??”
Gear Review: MudGear Ruck Socks
Mudgear, long known for making the go-to compression, trail, and no-show running socks has a new Ruck Socks - we put 'em to the test
Gear Review: HYLETE Rep Shorts
After enjoying the Verge II and Helix II shorts, I decided to try two more of HYLETE’s shorts. In the same order that I picked up a pair of the Incline shorts (check Mud Run Guide soon for that review), I also ordered a pair of the Rep shorts. Here’s a couple of thoughts on [...]
Tactical Vest as a Weight Vest?
Cody Milne training in the tactical vest with Spartan and Tough Mudder patches. I own several weight vests including a Harbinger one (read the review here) and a Hyperwear one (read that review here). Both are designed specifically for fitness. However, before I owned either I went with the only weight vest I [...]
