OCR Passport ! Pittsburg to Ottawa weekend

Early morning on a cloudy Thursday of August, my dreams pick the smell of freshly ground coffee. I can hear Claude making us an Italian threat. “Cappuccino Marco » , she says I wake up. She has been awake for a while already, she even found the time to do a morning run, take care
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Mud Hero Introduces Mud Hero Kids By Adam Kwitko

While Spartan Race has a well-established Junior Spartan Race kids race, many national Canadian competitors held back until now. In 2014, Tough Mudder introduced a very short kid’s course, wasn’t much of a race and was more like poorly attended time trial with no clock. In 2015 Mud Hero, Canada’s leading mud run with 53,000
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Interview with the Creator of Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race | by Isabelle Tanguay

What an interesting interview I had with Rob Dickens, the Chief Operating Officer of Rugged Races LLC, creators of Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race. I have looked at the website and watched videos and I imagined that I would be talking to someone very enthusiastic and passionate, and I was right!! Here is my interview: When
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Two Western Canada Elite Women To Watch At The Montreal Spartan Super

The start of the Canadian Spartan Race season at the Montreal Spartan Super will see two women from Western Canada make the long flight east to face a stacked women’s field. While Western Canada is not known to have the most competitive obstacle course races, Allison Tai and Fay Stenning have made names for themselves

What Happened to Mud Hero Vancouver? By Adam Kwitko

Mud Hero is Canada’s most successful nationwide mud run with their focus on fun rather than hardcore.  Multiple mud pits and obstacles that stress less upper body strength than traditional OCRs has lead Mud Hero to achieve 62% female registration and 74% growth with 53,000 registered in 2014 (30,500 in 2013). If you look at
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Interview with Brian Sharenow, the race director of Badass Dash obstacle race

I had the pleasure of talking with obstacle race. Badass race is held at three Ontario locations: Ottawa (July 12), Georgina (August 1) and Kitchener (September 12). Here is my interview with Brian:   When did Badass Dash started? We did a pilot in Kitchener in the Fall of 2012. The pilot had a great

Race review – inov-8 X-Talon 200: baptism of water

After the technical analysis (see here), it’s now time to put the X-Talon 200 through their paces. I’ve had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in those shoes, including a training run, a winter obstacle race (Polar Hero) and a summer OCR (Battlefrog), so let me tell you what I think. First,
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Technical analysis – inov-8 X-Talon 200: evolution or revolution ?

inov-8 is relatively unknown to the general public, but its products have long been favorites of the CrossFit and fell/trail running crowds. Their X-Talon range is at home on obstacle course race start lines. We’ve been anxiously awaiting the family’s newborn for a few months now; let’s see if the X-Talon 200 lives up to
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Vo2max, MAS and Me and Me and Me

It is a very technical article —I hope not too much — but the second part of this article will make your readers freak out!!! VO2 max, MAS and me and me and me …We’ve all heard the terms of “VO2 max “and “MAS” (Maximal aerobic speed.) As a runner, why should I be interested

Spartan Race Canada East vs. West; a comparison of obstacles | by Adam Kwitko

There’s a reason why your Canadian Spartan Race season pass is separated into eastern or western partitions; Spartan Canada East and West are two completely separate entities. While they may share a name, branding, finisher’s t-shirts and medals, the obstacles and atmospheres are quite different. Start Zone While Spartan Canada West has ancient columns, the
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