The Tough Guy & Gal 2017 Female Runner-Up Champion Each year at the final Tough Guy and Gal race in Rotorua, podium winners from across the New Zealand series compete to become the ultimate champion – at the Moa New Zealand Tough Guy and Gal
Exclusive Interview: Two New Zealanders Finish Among the Best Obstacle Racers in the World As Tough Mudder returned to New Zealand in 2017, a different sort of Tough Mudder took place on the other side of the world. In the United States somewhere in the
Based out of Nelson, Caitlin Fielder is an accomplished trail & ultra runner, and obstacle racer, having competed and placed highly in races globally and around New Zealand. In the Q&A between Caitlin and ORNZ’s Max Bell we investigate by asking about her training and nutrition, her
Faces at the Races aims to provide snapshots of the runners out-there participating in “the fastest growing sport in history”. Angela Drake – at the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge Palmerston North Bumping into Angela after having just completed the Tough Guy and Gal Challenge in Palmerston North,
We’re starting a new series titled Faces at the Races. Not as in-depth as ORNZ’s full interviews, Faces at the Races aims to provide snapshots of the runners out-there participating in “the fastest growing sport in history”. The first post in the series brings two snippets from runners at
Brakken Kraker, a professional obstacle racing athlete from the US, and his wife recently spent a few days in Nelson, New Zealand. In the first time that a member of the Spartan Pro Team has raced in New Zealand, Brakken competed in the Wairua Warrior,
Damien Puddle holds an honours degree in Sport and Exercise Science with his research on the biomechanics of parkour being published in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. He is currently completing a PhD at the University of Waikato looking at the development of
This article was originally published in 2015 on the previous Obstacle Racers NZ site. As the OCR community grows in New Zealand coming this April is the Wairua Warrior, an event organised by New Zealand’s first obstacle racing club – the Wairua Warriors. What is
This article was originally published in April 2016 on the previous Obstacle Racers NZ site. Please note: since the original publication of this interview the International Obstacle Racing Federation has changed its name to the International Obstacle Sports Federation (OSF). The original interview has been re-published below.
This article was originally published in October 2015 on the previous Obstacle Racers NZ site. Josh Bishop, it’s the perfect time to track him down and ask him some questions as soon, on October 17th and 18th, he’ll be competing in the 2015 Obstacle Course