#hybridrunner

Where do we start? Team MudRunFun and Monster Challenges had a comfortable relationship in the obstacle course racing industry for many years. This was not just an event. This was a family reunion. MudRunFun Originals and MRF Newbies would show in large numbers to show support for the obstacle course race that is and will remain the staple of what our community is all about. Teamwork, friendship and family all come to mind when we think of Monster Challenges.

This was my second Grit ‘n Wit race in 2015 and I was looking forward to the new mental challenges they would have for us this time.

Obstacle Course Racing or OCR’s have gotten to become pretty serious business over the past few years. If you ask Joe Desena from Spartan Race, soon you will see racers toeing the line every 4 years at the Olympics. Organizations like Warrior Dash, Spartan Race, and BattleFrog started having a “World Championship Event” to crown a champion with cash payouts. Just recently the OCR World Championships was held in the hub of racing, Ohio, where nearly 1700 racers from 26 different countries competed to be the one true champion of OCR. The sport is really striving to become recognized as a true sport, but before it can it has to work on one glaring defect that was raised throughout the latest championship event. Discrimination.

UPDATE: Flagler County decides against Jacksonville Reebok Spartan Super at Princess Place