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What the Hell Happened in OCR this Month?!?! November 2025 edition
Hey All! November 2025 was a light news month overall, but we did still have a few topics to chat about. With the Spartan Beast World Championship in Abu Dhabi being the primary piece of News. This post will highlight the topics and break them down a bit, but if you want the full scoop,…
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What the Hell Happened in OCR this Month?!?! October 2025 edition
Hey All! October 2025 was full of epic races, big announcements, and some community buzz—both good and bad. If you missed my latest YouTube video breaking it all down, check it out below for the full scoop! And below that is a quick bullet-point summary of the key highlights I covered. Check the YouTube video!…
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Spartan’s Cincinnati Ultra 2025: A Mud-Soaked, Hill-Humpin’ Nightmare That Broke Everybody
Last year, I wrote about this little ski hill in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, that snuck up on the Spartan Ultra scene. And later calling it the third-hardest Ultra in the U.S. in 2024, with 7,798 feet of elevation and some heavy carries that had folks straight up crying out on course. But, y’all, this past weekend,…
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PUSHING LIMITS: Tackling the Arizona Monster 300 with Jeff Lippert
What does it take to run 309 miles through the desert? Jeff Lippert, an OCR and ultra-running standout, is about to find out as he prepares for the Arizona Monster 300. The Arizona Monster 300 is not your average race – it’s a grueling 309-mile point to point ultra run through Southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert,…
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NEWSLETTER #5 OCR Crew: Ask A Pro – Sabrina Buhagiar
Check out our Newsletter #5 – From chatting with Sabrina on Spartan Jacksonville, to Trivia of the Week, to This Week in OCR History, and to Media of the Week. We got you covered. Well, well, well, look who decided to join the party, you bunch of hill-climbing, wall-scaling, rig-flowin’, mud-racing lunatics! Welcome to the…
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NEWSLETTER #2 OCR Crew: Community Spotlight – Kevin “Mudman” LaPlatney
Obstacle Wonderland (OW) is an obstacle course race (OCR) that puts on events at their site in Wallkill, New York. In 2025, Kevin “Mudman” LaPlatney joined the OW team as a co-race director. We chatted with him on his experience in OCR, his role as co-race director and what we can expect at their spring…
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THE ROAST of 2024 OBSTACLE COURSE RACING
It’s the end of the year and we’re reflecting on anything and everything that went down in obstacle course racing this year. From Spartan Race flip-flopping on every decision, to Tough Mudder and the biggest OCR event in history, to Savage Race being savage. And so much more. It’s all in play today. And what…
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A Panoramic Adventure of Spartan Race Venues
Those sweet views we get In Real Life at a Spartan Race OCR venue coming to you here on screen through the panoramic pictures of Josh Flora. Josh picked up Spartan Racing just 3 years ago. Starting with the Sprint and just hoping he wouldn’t die! Well. Josh survived that first race and got hooked.…
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Spartan France Rolls out the Royal Welcome: Morzine Ultra WC 2024
Spartan Ultra World Championships happened on Friday and the Spartan European Team added a french twist that knocked it out of the park, or should I say, off of the mountain with this one. Athletes that were there are still hyped up about their experience. And all their friends and fellow OCR racers are feeling…
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Training for a Grand Canyon R2R2R: A Trail Runner’s Guide to Success
Standing on the precipice of The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, gazing out over its vastness, feeling extraordinarily small, leaves you awestruck–let alone if you’re about to test yourself by running from one rim, to the other, and back again. Rim-to-rim-to-rim, also known as R2R2R or R3, is one of Fastest Known Time’s top 10…