OCR

Articles & Training Advice:

How to Train for Your First Mud Run: OCR 101

Should I Wear Gloves for Obstacle Racing? And Other OCR Questions Answered.

Obstacle Course Race Training – Make the Most of your Gym Workouts.

Reebok All Terrain Super Review

An Open Letter to Spartan Racers: LEAVE NO TRACE.

5 Easy Steps to Achieve an Obstacle Course Racer’s Bikini Body (humor)

Spartan Hurricane Heat

HH016 – 2012

2014 Race Season

Oct 25. Men’s Health Urbanathlon, Citi Field – Corona NY
Oct. 18 Shale Hill Haunted Halloween Obstacle Run – Benson VT
Oct 4. GORUCK Light – Mogadishu Mile- Portland
Sept 20. Spartan Race World Championships – Vermont Beast
Sept 13. O2X Summit Challenge – Double Diamond -Sugarbush VT
Sept 6. Tri State Super Spartan – New Jersey
Aug 23. Tough Mudder: The Great NorthEast – Maine
Aug 9. New England Spartan Sprint – Amesbury MA
June. Spartan/Peak Death Race – Pittsfield VT
June 21. New England 5K Foam Fest
May 31. Tough Mudder New England – Mt. Snow, VT
May 3 BoldRDash on the Beach – Narragansett RI
April 27. Reebok Spartan Race Invitational – Canton MA
April Mass Mayhem – Blanford, MA

2013 Race Season

Spartan World Championships – Vermont Beast – Recap, Review, & Pics
Vermont Spartan Charity Challenge – Recap, Review, & Pics
BoldrDash – Yawgoo Valley – Recap, Review & Pics
Run For Your Lives, NH – Recap, Review & Pics
Guest Post: New England Spahtens Run For Your Lives Review
Mud, Guts, & Glory – Recap, Review & Pics
2013 Death Race – Recap & Pics
Run the Apocalypse – Preview Post/ Interview with Race Director Trent McShea
New England Superhero Scramble – Race Recap, Review, & Pics
Spartan Race Citi Field: Obstacle Racing Magazine post
Hero Rush – New York East – Race Recap, Review & Pics
The Future of Obstacle Course Racing/Reviewing a Cancelled event – Obstacle Racing Magazine
Spartan Race NYC Times Square Demo (and thoughts on Reebok partnership) Review & Pics

2012 Race Season:

New England Spartan Hurricane Heat – 016 Race Recap & Pics
New England Spartan Sprint 2012 – Race Recap & Pics
Spears, Logs, & Life – videos of our training course
The 2012 Spartan Ultra Beast – Killington, VT
2012 Rugged Maniac – Massachusetts – Race Recap & Pics
2012 Hero Rush – New York – Race Recap & Pics
2012 Warrior Dash – New Hampshire – Race Recap & Pics

The Early Days: Where it all began

2010 South East Warrior Dash – Georgia – Race Recap & Pics

2011 Carolina Super Spartan – Winnsboro SC – Race Recap & Pics

2011 Myrtle Beach Mud Run – Myrtle Beach, SC – Race Recap & Pics

BadA$$ Moms Monday Series

Janice, Kate, Monique

Amy, Hope, & Kathy

Warrior Wednesday – the not quite moms – Matt & Margaret

Holly, Kim, & Leslie

Tara, Tanya, Katy

Trail Runner Gone Road

What a time to be alive, am I right? I say that both sarcastically and seriously. I don't know about you, but for the last 15 days my thoughts have continuously fluctuated from calm, to concern, to confusion, to fear, and then back again. I'm in disbelief about the world around us right now, … [Read More...]

7 Ridiculous but Real Ultramarathon Problems – and Exercises that can Help

Long before I discovered ultramarathons, I went to school to study exercise science and became a certified exercise physiologist. I've been working in gyms, programming workouts for personal training clients, since 2010. So workout posts are nothing new in these parts. Most of these workouts are … [Read More...]

5 Fun Treadmill Workouts for Trail & Ultra Runners

One of the reasons many runners choose to run on trails is because they love being outdoors. They love the feel of the fresh air in their lungs, sun on their shoulders, and the peacefulness of being surrounded by nature. Yet sometimes, trail and ultra runners have no choice but to hit the … [Read More...]