Everyone who is into obstacle course racing knows about the stories of Tough Mudder – the challenge, the now-legendary obstacles, and the camaraderie of the event are all a big part of what OCR is all about. Lots of races have tried to emulate the culture of Tough Mudder, and maybe…
I know I’ve mentioned it before, but one of my favorite races I run every year is the Mud Ninja race here in Ohio. It’s local, it supports autism charities, it’s super-family-friendly, and most importantly it’s super fun! The 2016 incarnation of this race was late last month, celebrating its…
Of all the reasons I have for my love of obstacle course racing, I think the one that really sticks with me the most is its power to change lives. More than any other sport, activity, or what have you, OCR seems to propel people to new things. Naturally, I’m biased,…
This is going to be a slightly different post today, sort of a journal of what I did and felt this weekend. Because a couple of things happened this weekend that were awesome and made me consider my training and lifestyle pretty seriously. And it involves the World’s Toughest Mudder…
I’m now on day 9 of my 21-Day Sugar Detox and things are continuing to go well. I’ve completed two goals thus far – first, just to complete this challenge and get rid of the sugar cravings that were affecting me; and second, to increase the amount of vegetables I’ve…
The Tough Mudder race has been releasing its newest bunch of obstacles via video recently, and there are some doozies coming for us this year! They started the hype in early January with this video: and pumped up the volume a bit with this: And now, videos for all the new…
