Obstacle Racing Media

11/05/2024

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Jenny Stipp, Dennis McWhorter, Kevin LaPlatney, Chris Mills, Scott Lirgg, Josh Meach

10/30/2024

Our 2024 World's Toughest Mudder preview articles are out!

Once upon a time, the elite contenders were the only athletes entitled to cash and prizes at World’s…

10/28/2024

Spartan recently announced several championships for 2025, including a Super World Championship slated for California via email.

Notably, the scheduled weekend aligns with this year’s OCRWC in Mammoth, CA. With OCRWC moving to spring 2026, there’s a possibility this Spartan event could also be held in Mammoth.

However, it’s worth noting that Spartan has partnerships with multiple venues across Northern and Southern California, so this remains purely speculative. (So hold off on booking flights or hotels just yet!)

09/20/2024

Which company (or individual) is going to launch the next big fitness race?

HYROX and DEKA have created a new category of sport. Who do you think is next big player?

08/28/2024

Take a look at the latest numbers with Savage Race and their plans to increase future attendance.

We closely observe Spartan Race as the dominant force in the obstacle racing industry. With Rugged Maniac ceasing…

08/25/2024

As we posted yesterday afternoon, the women's 15K course had the following finish times: Ulrikke Evensen - 1:15:24, Nicole Mericle - 1:15:45, Alisa Petrova - 1:17:19.

After the award ceremony last night, there was a challenge to those results. There was a meeting held with the athletes and a new photo taken.

However, since this was not announced by World Obstacle - Fédération Internationale de Sports d'Obstacles anywhere, and we did not see a change to the leaderboard, we are still unclear.

We will let you know what officials tell us.

08/23/2024

Trifecta Champs Might Be Coming To The US.

Since 2017, the Spartan West Virginia event has consistently featured a Trifecta Weekend and hosted several championship races. Traditionally, the Beast course is scheduled for Saturday, followed by the Super and Sprint races on Sunday after overnight course modifications.

In 2018, the Spartan Race at the Summit Bechtel Reserve generated significant economic benefits: “In its second year, the Spartan Race held at the Summit Bechtel Reserve brought in $3.6 million in direct impact to the state. When expanded with an estimated $1 million in indirect and induced impact, that figure reaches $4.6 million. That economic activity supported 30 jobs with an annual payroll nearing $1 million and produced $66,400 in state and local taxes.”

In a departure from tradition, the 2025 race at Summit Bechtel will see the Beast held on Sunday, a scheduling approach previously observed only at the Trifecta World Championships in Greece. While the Sparta venue in Greece remains a viable option for future championships, there are considerations for potentially rotating the venue. Given its history of large attendances and proven economic impact, West Virginia could be under consideration as a new location for the Trifecta World Championships in 2025.

08/20/2024

Spartan Race Hawaii had its highest finisher numbers to date last weekend. After years of being held at Kualoa Ranch, this year’s Trifecta weekend took place at Dillingham Ranch.

Here is a history of attendance over the last decade along with some fun photos:

2013 - 4,817
2014 - 2,213
2015 - 2,392
2016 - 7,102
2017 - 5,661
2018 - Hurricane Lane
2019 - 6,672
2020 - Covid
2021 - 4,696
2022 - 7,242
2023 - “Reasons beyond our control”
2024 - 8,229

Anywhere you see words instead of numbers, means the event was cancelled for the reason listed. Bonus points if you know which famous face is in the video receiving an age group award!

The 2025 Trifecta weekend is already on sale for next year.

08/08/2024

Horrible news. Here is as much as I could put together this afternoon.

GoFundMe for Lazar Đukić - https://gofund.me/727bb6acHybrid Fitness Media conversation with Triathlete Max Fennell - https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-amco7...

08/03/2024

Today's 10K Asheville Podium.

Sometimes Spartan hands out plaques, but forgets the thing in the middle with the place on it, so they mail it later.

Today, Spartan gave out the things in the middle, so they'll have to mail out plaques later.

Top 5 Women
🥇 Sabrina Buhagiar - Barrackville, WV - 1:11:03
🥈 Elise McClintic - Lewisburg, WV - 1:12:46
🥉 Kris Swofford - Simpsonville, SC - 1:14:54
4. Sarah Tucker - Nashville, TN - 1:19:38
5. Rachel Watters - Atlanta, GA - 1:21:10

Top 5 Men
🥇 Kevin Thompson - Charlotte, NC - 56:37
🥈 Adam Baylor - Floyds K***s, IN - 58:43
🥉 Samuel Harris - Fleetwood, PA - 59:18
4. Cole Derosa - Fredericksburg, VA - 1:00:35
5. Mike Strobel - Portsmouth, VA - 1:01:47

Special thanks to for today's photos!

07/28/2024

Early this morning, at the end of Europe’s Toughest Mudder, surprised participants by revealing a sign announcing that World’s Toughest Mudder will leave America for the first time and be held in the Midlands in 2025.

The event is scheduled for June, only seven months after WTM 2024 in Florida.

Recently, there have been rumors that some championships hosted by Spartan Race might be moved to earlier in the year to free up the calendar. Today’s announcement confirms this change for World’s Toughest Mudder.

This shift means a shorter ramp-up period for the first event, but subsequent years will have a full year of preparation.

07/17/2024

Spartan 2024 USNS Points Series Update heading into this weekend's third of three races.

As of now, we are aware of 10 women racing in Utah on Saturday who are currently in the Top 20 in the points series.

They are:
Kaci Monroe - 38 points (currently 2nd)
Julie Best - 28 points (currently 3rd)
Jordan Hausladen - 27 points (currently 4th)
Rose Wetzel - 21 points (currently 7th)
Lisa Musacchio - 17 points (currently 9th)
Casandra Gill - 16 points (currently 11th)
Faye Morgan - 15 points (currently 12th)
Noelle Morrow - 13 points (currently 15th)
Rachel Munoz - 12 points (currently 16th)
Sheridan Santinga - 7 points (currently 20th).

Also mixing it up this weekend will be Candace Simoson, Emily Kimball, Kirby Crawford, Lauren Weeks, Rebecca Cera, and Whitney Moore.

The Spartan ZenDesk states "All National Series of 2 or more races will use a simple points system to rank racers. The racer with the most points in their respective category at the end of the series will be the series winner".

06/29/2024

12K Championships took place Midlands in Grantham this morning.

Women
🥇 Federca de Caria - London - 1:20:50
🥈 Josie Lloyd - Church Stretton - 1:21:06
🥉 Karen McQuarrie - Glasgow - 1:23:34
4. Becky Neal (Rendell) - Poole - 1:24:13
5. Tamar Barclay - Ingatestone - 1:28:37
6. Shylla Duhaney - Slough - 1:32:38
7. Ellie (Elizabeth) Brimicombe - Plaistow - 1:32:42
8. Cheryl Beech - East Grinstead - 1:33:42
9. Pip Rainbow - Petersfield - 1:33:51
10. Louise Ferriman - Cookham Dean - 1:35:38 11. Ruth Battersea - Dudley - 1:50:17

Men
🥇 Daniel Titcomb - Chelmsford - 1:03:50
🥈 Tom Tweddell - Surrey - 1:03:51
🥉 Russell Walsh - Wooler - 1:05:08
4. Dasos Gonnella - Essex - 1:05:14
5. Morgan Maxwell - Milton Keynes - 1:06:30
6. Jason Brunnock - Buxton - 1:06:39
7. Scott Barker - St Neots - 1:11:09
8. Alex Young - Ingatestone - 1:11:51
9. Anthony McLoughlin - Burnley - 1:12:15
10. Darren Martin - Leighton Buzzard - 1:12:36
11. Liam Mitchell - Bishops Cleeve - 1:13:16
12. Finley Greenleaf - Colchester. Essex. - 1:14:59
13. Andy Bright - Romford - 1:15:15
14. Leo Brimicombe - Nr Lewes - 1:15:55
15. Ramunas Uikys - Abberton - 1:16:10
16. Luke de-Benedictis - Bournemouth - 1:16:30
17. Matt Roberts - Marshbrooke, Church Stretton - 1:17:00
18. Chris Shipley - East Hampshire - 1:18:25
19. Liam Murrow - Bury St Edmunds - 1:22:18

04/29/2024

Spartan Race has held events at Mountain Creek in the last weekend of April for the annual NJ Tri-State event for many years. This past weekend saw the biggest number of finishers since 2016.

Illustrated in the image above, you can see growth of the Tri-State weekend event.

In recent discussions within the Spartan Race community, there has been talk of a decline in interest in the sport’s elite athlete attendance (the “pro side”). Speculations for this trend include the reduction in prize money, emerging opportunities in hybrid events, and issues related to overdue payments from past races.

Despite these concerns, our observations continue to indicate a positive trend in attendance from the general public.

Compared to the same period last year (the final weekend in April), Spartan Race hosted a total of 24 event distances (Sprint, Super, Beasts, and Ultras ) across 11 markets. SoCal, Jacksonville, Arizona, Houston, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Baylor Stadium, Charlotte, San Diego, Palm Beaches, and Tri-State, with a total of 50,277 finishers.

This year, so far in the United States, there have been a total of 12 Spartan Race weekends. SoCal, Arizona, Jacksonville, Dodger Stadium, Houston, Atlanta, Las Vegas, San Jose, Charlotte, San Diego, Palm Beach, and Tri-State, hosting a total of 71,584 finishers across 22 distances.

Without more financial data, it’s difficult to say for certain, but the growing number of general attendees indicates that Spartan Race could be experiencing improved financial performance. We will keep an eye on this trend as the year progresses.

04/27/2024

Another successful implementation of the Spartan/TM merger. providing improved bibs for Ultra that resemble endurance events bibs. Previously Spartan Ultra Beast runners were given a purple mesh net thing.

04/24/2024

Biggest discount on ALL DISTANCES! Plus . 20 percent off !

04/10/2024

Every Distance. US and Canada! Don't forget the dash.

03/20/2024

Bonefrog update. We made some calls. ORM has stuff.

They've started. They've stopped. They've started again. They've stopped again.Find out the history of BONEFROG, a beloved obstacle race, why they went away,...