Huge grins beamed from muddy faces after about 1500 children tackled an off-road run with attitude – the Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge. Kids from 7 to 12 years old ran either a 1.5-kilometre or a 3km course on Friday at the Linton Military
The Tough Guy and Gal Challenge is run nationally but Manawatu’s event has a special twist as civilians have the chance to take over the army camp. Mud and shoulder-high freezing water is no match for 77-year-old Colleen Sloane who aced the Tough Guy and
New Zealand at the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships 2017 The Obstacle Course Racing World Championships 2017 take place October 13-15 in Ontario, Canada. Weaving your way to the start brings a new torrent of nerves. You stop to hug a loved one and can’t be
The Mudder, an obstacle course on water-sodden farmland, took place near Marton on Saturday with hundreds turning out. The course, set up on organiser Andrew Stewart’s sheep and beef farm, 12 kilometres north of the Rangitīkei town, had 3km, 5km and 8km course options. This
A record 2033 participants crawled, climbed and clambered their way through the mud at Harbour Sport’s 5th annual Mud Monster Mud Rush last weekend on Massey University’s Auckland campus. The course had 20 obstacles including tunnels, crawls, a climbing wall, tyre mountains and a creek
The New Zealand athletes competing at the OCR World Championships 2017 under Team OCR New Zealand have been released. 2017 Team OCR New Zealand 2017 New Zealand athlete lineup: Reid Carnegie Ben Bolitho Scotty Thornton Hayden Cowan Cole Menzies The OCR World Championships take place
Six Christchurch secondary school pupils have the opportunity to compete in the Tough Mudder event alongside McCaw in Auckland in November, thanks to iSport Foundation and Coast to Coast Rangers. Stuff reports: Linwood College pupils Mapu Uasi, Moahengi Ngauamo, Juilan Elia-Lui, Tupito Saofai and Kyle Matthew Amer, and Middleton Grange’s Luke Russell will all do the 20km Tough Mudder
The 2017 Moa New Zealand Tough Guy and Gal Championship took place 26th August at the last Tough Guy and Gal Challenge in Rotorua. Who emerged as the toughest of the tough in New Zealand mud running? Here are the podium results! To qualify, the
Event Promotions, organisers of the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge series, have confirmed they will be organising the Mud Run at Mudtopia. Mudtopia is New Zealand’s first mud festival, to be held 1-3 December. Inspired by one of the world’s most unusual and immersive festivals
Obstacle Course Racing New Zealand has dropped hints of a New Zealand Spartan Race and an upcoming National Championship Series in a recent post to their website. Obstacle Course Racing New Zealand (OCRNZ) was recently established as a national governing body for OCR in New Zealand.
