Obstacle course racing (OCR) has boomed in recent years and every event will lay claim to being the biggest, the baddest and the best. From the original Tough Guy race, designed to be so hard few ...

What price would your body pay to prove how tough you are? May 8, 2014— -- Despite their hefty price tags and reports of bloody diarrhea and even deaths, obstacle races like Spartan Race, Tough ...

In April, Caroline Crawford, 37, started intensive training runs with the Los Angeles Ultra Ladies, a group of about 30 women who recently ran 35 miles within 12 hours in Griffith Park. They were ...

A popular but painful obstacle course is adding tear gas to its list of harrowing physical trials during this year's event. Tough Mudder, which holds unique obstacle course races across the country, ...

At the heart of Esquire’s “American Ninja Warrior” is the Great American Obstacle Course, and its obstacles, like those of American life, are meant to teach us lessons. Plan your route through the ...

Nothing breaks up the monotony of a 10-mile trail run like climbing a rope ladder, wading through chest-deep mud or dropping into an ice bath from 10 feet up. But obstacle races do more than make a ...

For decades, even when it was designated by other euphemisms such as "enhanced bus", so-called "bus rapid transit" (BRT) was repeatedly hyped as a kind of interim service on the way to light rail ...

Thinking about doing an obstacle course challenge? Look no further, this is our guide to 10 of the best around the planet. Obstacle course racing (OCR) has boomed in recent years and every event will ...