Mud, Blood and Pay Dirt: Planning an Obstacle Race from the Ground Up
One part boot camp, one part foot race and 100 percent adrenaline rush, obstacle racing has muscled into the public conscience. It's the latest fitness trend and the latest personal challenge, and if anyone needs a definition, here it is, courtesy of our friends at Wikipedia: Obstacle racing is the sport in which a competitor, traveling on foot, must overcome various physical challenges (obstacles) in order to progress in the race. Obstacles include, but are not limited to: climbing over walls, carrying heavy objects, traversing bodies of water, crawling under barbed wire, and jumping through fire. more....