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Winning Strategies for Trail Runners Back-to-Back Racing Schedule
Craving the thrill (and slight insanity) of back-to-back racing? Whether you’re eyeing a Spartan Trifecta weekend, the Broken Arrow Skyrace Triple Crown, or the legendary Marathon des Sables, multi-stage events blend excitement with elective suffering. But without the right preparation, an epic adventure can quickly turn into a death march. Back-to-back races demand more than…
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Conquer the Ultimate Treadmill Challenge: 15 Minutes at 15% Incline
Do you want to slow the passage of time? Give the 15/15 Challenge a try. 15 minutes may not sound like a long time under most circumstances, but it’s an eternity when you’re running at maximum effort on a treadmill set to 15% incline. The 15/15 Challenge is a brutal, yet effective benchmark test that…
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What’s in the Bucket?!?! Spartan Race Ultra Drop-Bin Data
Alright, so you’re tackling a Spartan Ultra, huh?!?! Well, let me tell ya about this drop-bin, or as I like to call it, the “Oh Lord, help me get through this” bucket. Right around the halfway mark, you get to drop off this bin filled with all sorts of goodies. We’re talkin’ extra fuel, food,…
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R2R2R: RECAP Q&A WITH CHARLES & JESSICA
We continue our series about running Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim (R2R2R) at the Grand Canyon with this little recap Q&A from Charles and Jessica who completed the trek in late April. Before this adventure we chatted with these two about their GEAR choices and how they were preparing for this journey. If you didn’t get to see that…
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TRIP LOGISTICS: GRAND CANYON R2R2R
The Grand Canyon should be on the list for everyone to check out in their lifetime. And for some of us, we’re crazy enough to go a step further and run across it in a day. And we’ve had a few posts the last couple months for you all. But let’s step back a minute.…
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Getting High: 5 Methods to Prep for Altitude Running
Summer is approaching, the racing season already started for many of us. This also means the high country is creeping open for those of us reckless or lucky enough to live in the mountains. If you’re goal races are above about 5,000-6,000′ altitude, it’s time to consider altitude acclimatization. For the readers in obstacle course…
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What the Hell Happened in OCR this Month?!?! April 2024 edition
News: Events Spring is finally here, and the Obstacle Course Racing season is starting to heat up. The end of April came with two big races. Tough Mudder’s first 8-hour Infinity of the year came to Missouri and the fun and difficult course did not disappoint. And then we had Spartan’s first mountainous race weekend.…
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SPARTAN Tri-State New Jersey Ultra Race stats talk
This weekend is the first mountainous heavy Spartan Ultra event of the season. Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon Township, New Jersey is an iconic venue that Spartan has been doing races at for almost a decade now. And in the Spartan racing community, it’s known as one of the toughest Ultra venues in North America.…
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Grand Canyon R2R2R Running – An Introduction
The Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim is unforgettable challenge in one of nature’s greatest wonders, the Grand Canyon.
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R2R2R: GEAR CHECK – CHARLES MACDONALD & JESSICA HODSDON
As we continue our Grand Canyon Rim Running theme, two more obstacle course racing (OCR) athletes are heading out there this weekend for the Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim (R2R2R) challenge. Charles MacDonald and Jessica Hodsdon have been taking part in OCR since 2012 and 2015 respectively. That’s 21 combined years of OCR!?!? We may need to look up…
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R2R2R: RECAP Q&A WITH DUSTIN RUTTER
Dustin’s 25th birthday was this past weekend and he wanted to go out and do something special for it. So he hit up the Grand Canyon crossing, running Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim. A challenging experience where he ran over 45 miles and hit over 12,000 ft of elevation gain. Before this adventure we chatted with Dustin on his…
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Well Folks, Spartan Race Competition is Bleeding
It’s the end of the 1st quarter of 2024 and we dived into some Spartan Racing event numbers. Specifically looking at the competitive waves. And… it’s looking bad. We’ve seen 8 Spartan Venues come into play this 1st quarter. A year-to-year analysis is difficult on several of these due to a number of issues including:…
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What the Hell Happened in OCR this Month?!?! March 2024 edition
What the Hell Happened in OCR this Month?!?! March 2024 edition
