Durham - April 28 Quick Info: 4-6 miles, obstacles, mud. Official Race Description: If civilization ended today, would you survive tomorrow? Primal Mud Run is a test of the physical skills needed to survive in a world devoid of technology, fast food, and big box gyms. Out here
Columbia, S.C. - April 21 and Oct. 13 Quick Info: 5.2 miles, 36 obstacles, mud. Official Race Description: Since 1993 the Greater Columbia Marine Foundation has hosted the USMC Ultimate Challenge Mud Run. The course is an all-terrain race including mud holes, walls, trenches, and other
By Neal Boyd The City of Charlotte DOT and Charlotte Sports Cycling are once again joining forces to host one of Charlotte’s most healthy and inspiring events: 2012 BIKE! Charlotte. The 17-day event starts Friday, April 27, and runs through Sunday, May 13. BIKE! Charlotte is 17
April 21 - Mount Pleasant, S.C. In its third year, TryCharleston Half and Sprint are quickly becoming the Lowcountry’s premiere event – mark your calendar, April 21, 2012. The course is flat and fast! The swim is a triathlete’s dream, as it will most likely be wetsuit legal and
Greensboro - April 21 Quick Info: 5k, 18 obstacles, mud. Official Race Description: This five-kilometer course loops through the woods and a motocross track. That’s right, a motocross track (built for dirt bikes) amped up with barbed wire, fire, tunnels, mud pits, pools of water, barricades, cargo
By Brian Diaz It’s that time of year again, when your friends ask you to join them in trudging through mud up to your neck, jumping through a ring of fire, and managing obstacles that look like they came straight out of basic Army officer training or even
Nicholas Sparks Celebrity Family Weekend New Bern - April 20-22 Join Nicholas Sparks and his celebrity friends on a state-of-the-art track in his hometown of New Bern. This 5k and 1-mile fun run is one of the final events of the Nicholas Sparks Celebrity Family Weekend happening throughout
750m Swim / 22mi Bike / 5k Run May 19, Start Time: 8 a.m. Tucked away in the Blue Ridge foothills, at the base of Linville Gorge, and only 75 miles northwest of Charlotte you’ll find spectacular Lake James, venue for the third annual MTA Sprint Triathlon.
By Joe Nuss Arctic Enema, Kiss of Mud, and Electric Shop Therapy are just a few of the probably not so tongue-in-cheek named obstacles at a typical mud run. As growth in obstacle course racing continues to explode, mud run race directors are sticking to what seems to
By Elizabeth Towe Objective: The plank is always an overall great core exercise. It asks support from the shoulder girdle as well as the musculature of the hips and torso. By adding alternating hip extension there is more load on the shoulders and the front of the hip.