It was one thousand or so steps for a handful of guinea-pig modern pentathletes, but it was one giant leap for the still nascent sport of Obstacle Course Racing. OCR—your Spartan Races, Tough Mudders, ...

Tough Mudder stages the most difficult obstacle courses on Earth. The courses run up to 10 miles and take over two hours to complete. The obstacles were designed by British Special Forces, and they're ...

Don Kannenberg is a mild-mannered accountant who busts out of his office on weekends and turns into superman. Kannenberg, 57, of Avon, pursues the extreme sport of obstacle course racing. Competitors ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD, Wash. -- The four-story ascent to the top of the rappel tower was like a roller coaster slowly inching its way to its inevitable, thunderous decent. With apprehension and no ...

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 ...

Ninja Warrior's signature obstacle course is being tested for possible inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. According to Deadline, Olympic athletes may soon be facing a new kind of ...

Why are millions of people paying to suffer through Tough Mudders and Spartan Races? In his new documentary, Rise of the Sufferfests, director Scott Keneally seeks to find out why obstacle course ...

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 ...

Build self-confidence and motor skills by designing and traversing an outdoor obstacle course featuring materials from nature. Add places where you can jump, throw, balance and bend, and have lots of ...