The OCR World Championships Will Return to Blue Mountain in 2017 by Adam Kwitko
mardi, 01 novembre 2016
The Obstacle Course Racing World Championships will return to Blue Mountain, Ontario for the second consecutive year on October 13-15, 2017. The 2016 edition of OCRWC saw considerable improvements to the overall quality of obstacles featured on course, including bigger and more impressive structures, many of which were contributed by race series throughout Canada (Dead End Race), the
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The 2016 Montreal Spartan Beast and Ultra Beast had the most vertical gain
jeudi, 11 août 2016
Chances are that by now you’re either sick of climbing Owl’s Head, the venue of the 2016 Montreal Spartan Beast & Ultra Beast, or you’re sick of hearing about how hard it was to climb Owl’s Head. The final race on Spartan’s Eastern Canada circuit ended in style with hot/humid temperatures, a drinking water shortage and 2,075
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Rugged Maniac Calgary by Tanner Farenik
mardi, 02 août 2016
On Saturday July 30th I got to experience my first Rugged Maniac Obstacle Course Race at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB and it was a lot of fun. It doesn’t hurt that it was in my home town and was less than 20 minutes from my house! So here is a little break down of
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Toronto Canada Spartan Race Super by Walter F Hendrick
mercredi, 20 juillet 2016
This was OCR # 2 on the weekend, after doing three laps at the Toronto BattleFrog Xtreme (BFX) on Saturday, and then driving over a hundred miles to the Spartan venue and sleeping in the parking lot. I was nervous about how my body would do at this event after doing three laps the day
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The Barbwire Maze: How to Survive the Barbed Wire Crawl by Josh Stryde
vendredi, 08 avril 2016
Nothing screams OCR more then crawling through a muddy barbed wire maze. A obstacle for some, a great photo op for others. Regardless of where you stand preparing yourself before a race is not a bad idea. If you attended any obstacle courses last year you know the barbwire crawl is becoming more unpredictable than
- Publié dans Entrainement-EN, Josh Stryde
What to expect from Spartan Race Eastern Canada in 2016: Competitive Heat? Venue Changes and more! by Adam Kwitko
dimanche, 21 février 2016
While the dust has settled in regards to the recent Spartan Race Eastern Canada venue shake-up, we have some new details to share with you on the 2016 season regarding the Competitive Heat, the new Parent/Junior Heat and new finisher’s shirts and medals. But first, here’s a brief summery of exactly what those venue and
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OCR World Championships is coming to Toronto, Canada on October 15 & 16, 2016 By Adam Kwitko
mercredi, 04 novembre 2015
Big news out of the independent Obstacle Course Racing World Championships HQ: OCRWC 2016 will take place at Blue Mountain Ski Resort, located two hours north-west of Toronto, Canada. “As obstacle racing grows worldwide, as we saw just in the growth of the numbers of countries represented from year 1 to year 2, having a
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Mud Hero Introduces Mud Hero Kids By Adam Kwitko
dimanche, 14 juin 2015
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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Mud Hero Introduces Mud Hero Urban Toronto By Adam Kwitko
samedi, 09 mai 2015
With Toronto area obstacle course races and mud runs achieving mediocre success when compared with Montreal and Ottawa region events, Mud Hero decided to mix things up by introducing the first offshoot of the classic Mud Hero brand: Urban Mud Hero. Located at Ontario Place and scheduled for Friday May 22nd and Saturday May 23rd
- Publié dans Adam Kwitko, Mud Hero