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News Round-up in OCR

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Margaret Schlachter

The things that happened in the last couple of weeks incase you missed it…

 

Atlas Race Relaunches

While most of the obstacle racing world was focused on Spartan Race and theirWorld Championship Racein Killington, Vermont big news was happening on the west coast in the obstacle racing world. In the last two years the industry has seen many race companies come and go for a variety of reasons. Last week marked the first time that a company that had seemingly disappeared come back with a strong backing. Atlas Race sent out the below press release last week and has people taking a look at them again and hoping for another strong regional and eventually national series based out of the west coast…

 

Warrior Dash Announces $100,000 Cash Purse

 Warrior Dash jumped into the world championship arena this year in a big way. The race more known for it’s party atmosphere is switching gears as it leads up to their World Championship Race. It’s the latest in the obstacle racing series to announce it’s ownWorld Championship. Today they formally put out a press release with the breakdown of the $100,000 dollar prize purse….

 

Obstacle Racing Magazine Posts Spartan Race Sprints Might not Count Towards Trifectas

 

5 Reasons Not to Miss OCR World Championships

The obstacle racing community is only weeks away from the first everOCR World Championships. While this is not the only world championship race to come into the industry it is definitely the most unique and has turned into the must do event of the fall for all obstacle racing, mud running and OCR enthusiasts. Even for those not racing it is a must see or at least must follow event of the year….

 

Spartan Race Launches new News Site.

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