Red Deer Spartan Super and Sprint Weekend by Adam Kuhn
mardi, 06 septembre 2016
The Heritage Ranch in Red Deer Alberta was the site of the only double event weekend in Alberta. The Spartan Super took place on Saturday September 3 and the Spartan Sprint took place on Sunday September 4. The Super course was ~12.5 km long with 29 obstacles, and the Sprint course was ~5.2 km with
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X Warrior Challenge by Adam Kuhn
mardi, 30 août 2016
Calgary’s first ever stadium obstacle course race occurred on August 27, 2016 with the inaugural X Warrior Challenge. The event took place at the Stampede Grandstand. During the Calgary Stampede, horses, bulls, and cowboys tear up this arena, but on August 27 the grounds were open to even more wild and ferocious beasts…X Warriors. The X
Calgary Spartan Sprint 2016 by Adam Kuhn
jeudi, 18 août 2016
The Calgary Spartan Race Sprint took place at Wild Rose Motocross Park, which is located right in the heart of Calgary. With a venue located inside the city limits I was a little unsure of the quality of the course that’d I’d be racing on. The Wild Rose Motocross Park is roughly 650 m long
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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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OCR Nutrition by Josh Stryde
samedi, 25 juin 2016
Just like there are many ways to tackle an obstacle, there are many ways to tackle nutrition in preparation for obstacle course racing. Regardless of how you eat, there are few important concepts to keep in mind: 1. In order to train hard on a regular basis and give your body the energy it needs
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Vancouver Spartan Race Sprint 2016: Race Report by Adam Kuhn
mardi, 07 juin 2016
The Western Canada Spartan Race series got underway with the Vancouver Spartan Sprint on June 4 at Mount Seymour Ski Resort. The venue is located on the northern edge of North Vancouver making the race extremely accessible for anyone living in the Greater Vancouver area. The course was extremely well designed providing racers with a complete
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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
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Finding Inner Peace With the Bucket Carry by Josh Stryde
mardi, 08 mars 2016
The thought of the bucket carry used to make me want to throw up. When it comes to bucket carry, most of us have the strength to carry it longer then we actually do. I’ve seen very tiny men and women power through twice the distance of bigger athletes. What gives them the adventage? Although you
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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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