Coverage of the 2014 Warrior Dash Men's World Championship from Esparto, CA Some of the biggest names in OCR were on-hand including reigning Worlt's Toughest Mudder Champion Ryan Atkins, Hobie Call, Cody Moat, Hunter McIntyre, and Brakken Kraker along with USA Trail 100k record-holder, Max King.
The 2014 Warrior Dash World Championships women's race consisted of some of the best female obstacle course racers like Rose Wetzel, KK Stewart, and Cassidy Watton along with some of the best running talent in the US: Julia Webb, Renée Baillie, and Kimber Maddox. The hilly 5k course was a challenge at the extreme pace set by these ladies - check it out!
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!
Red Frog Events the parent company of Warrior Dash recently laid off one third of their Chicago office according to an article by Chicago Business. On July 21, the company laid off 29 of the 105 current employees in the company. According to the article the company has made recent moves to expand beyond obstacle racing into the world of food and music festivals.
Since Warrior Dash runs races about every other weekend, I hold them to a higher standard. As an established race series with so many events nationwide, Warrior Dash should have most of their problems fixed through trial and error. Chances are if you are reading this, you have done at least one Warrior Dash before, so I will spare some of the details normally associated with a race review instead focusing on aspects specific to the Illinois race, planned for both Saturday and Sunday. Of note, I ran in the competitive wave, so my comments reflect the experience around the first half of Saturday’s race.
This past weekend I headed to compete in the Warrior Dash in Lexington, MO at The Big River Ranch. I was eager to see how this venue was going to create the most bad-ass day possible for its competitors.
Events took place all around the country this last weekend. Get the results from Badass Dash, Battlegrounds, Savage Race, Spartan Race, Warrior Dash and the more extreme SISU Iron.
It has been a few years since my last Warrior Dash in Florence, AZ, which seemed to be a dusty place in the middle of nowhere. I remember the 2-day event with its swinging tires and rusty cars. At the time they had timing chips and really cool live filming of the finishers and updated top finishers. It was a different race with a different vibe. Now it has transformed into a classier course with a less competitive yet more fun vibe.
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.
Savage introduces SavagePro Division in Central Florida with a diving finish. BattleFrog puts the beatdown on elites with new format in Houston, Texas and Southeastern Suck tests the most rugged in the 13 hour challenge.
