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Florida Obstacle Race Calendar Filling…for 2013 (March 7, 2012)
By Pete Williams A competitor in last summer’s Savage Race. Obstacle events are multiplying for 2013. (Published March 7, 2012) – We’re still not sure if obstacle racing and mud runs are here to stay...
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Savage Race Heads to Little Everglades for Fall Race (May 14, 2012)
By Pete Williams (Published May 14, 2012) – Savage Race, the popular Florida-based mud run that adopted several of Tough Mudder’s obstacles for its race in March, now will use a venue Tough Mudder had...
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Spartan Race Coming to Fenway Park (May 23, 2012)
By Pete Williams (Published May 23, 2012) – Spartan Race, the grueling obstacle race series featuring penalties of 30 Burpees for each challenge not completed, is taking its show to Fenway Park, the...
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Going Inside the Box (Sept. 4, 2012)
By Pete Williams (Published Sept. 4, 2012) – There’s a popular perception of CrossFit, the bare-bones fitness craze that has swept the nation in the last three years. Think lean, ripped, tattooed...
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An Interview with Tough Mudder Founder Will Dean (Sept. 18, 2012)
By Pete Williams (Published Sept. 18, 2012) – We recently interviewed Tough Mudder founder Will Dean for a story on the growth of obstacle racing that will appear in next week’s edition of...
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Gentlemen, Start Your Tough Mudder (Nov. 21, 2012)
By Pete Williams Athletes tackle a hay bale pyramid at Tough Mudder Florida in 2011 (Published Nov. 21, 2012) – Tough Mudder, the popular obstacle mud run, has staged events all over the world,...
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The Ever-Changing Obstacle Course Racing Fee
By Pete Williams One of the more puzzling, and at times frustrating, aspects of obstacle racing is figuring out the actual price to do a race. There’s the race entry fee, which can vary by 50 percent...
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Tough Mudder to Appear on Wheaties Boxes
Tough Mudder participants attack the “Walk the Plank” obstacle on Saturday in Arizona. (Photo courtesy Tough Mudder/Zach DeLaune) By Pete Williams In the latest sign that obstacle racing is becoming...
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Tough Mudder Partners with Advil
By Pete Williams In need of Advil? After completing a grueling race like Tough Mudder, athletes sometimes feel like they could use some pain relief. So perhaps it’s appropriate that Tough Mudder has...
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Savage Race: Ready to Go National (April 13, 2013)
By Pete Williams DADE CITY, Fla. – The fourth edition of the Savage Race proved that this Florida-based obstacle event does a lot of things well. Perhaps more than any other obstacle race, it attracts...
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