Obstacle races have been all the rage for the past few years, and for good reason! These races provide the opportunity to test your other strengths including climbing, upper body, crawling and more. They also have a great atmospheres and are a ton of fun. If you are looking for a local obstacle race, check out The Terrain Race happening on June 16, 2018. This race takes place in Sherwood and has a competitive wave…
St. Patrick’s Day is chock full of local races, meaning you should be able to find a race that scratches whatever itch you have. If that happens to involve an mud-filled obstacle course with a 5K, then you should look at Terrapin Event’s Dirty Leprechaun race, to be held on March 17, with wave starts beginning at 10 a.m. (elite) and continuing to 1 p.m. Here are the quick and dirty (ha ha) details: It’s…
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt I usually just paraphrase that and remind myself to do things that scare me because that’s how I grow. If…
I don’t usually get nervous about runs. I know if I HAD to, I could push through a run. Obstacle courses make me a bit more nervous. I don’t mind the mud, but I’m not comfortable with heights and that’s putting it mildly. I know what to expect with a run, but with obstacle courses, you never quite know what is around the corner. Add in the fact that the obstacle course has a reputation…
It’s probably been close to 10 years since I ran Ole’s Assault, but it was certainly memorable. There are lots of obstacle races and adventure runs out there these days, but any event held by X-Dog Events is going to be the genuine article. The cuts, bruises, and sore legs are battle scars and you earn every one of them out there on the hilly terrain of the Oregon coast. This year, Ole’s Assault Adventure…
Ahoy mateys! Have you been dreaming of doing a mud obstacle along the Oregon Coast while dressed as a pirate? Well grab those buccaneer pants, your captain’s hat and your sweet swords because you need to be doing the Buccaneer Rampage! This race has 15 obstacles including mud hills, puddle jumps, tire climbs, rope walls, fire jumps, wall climbs, log hurdles, water crosses and more all along a muddy and steep terrain for close to…
For the 5th year in a row, the Suniver Owners Association is putting on its Sunriver March Mudness. My favorite part? The FAQ page. It has lots of great information on the details of the race, as well as gems like: Will there be showers to clean off the mud? No, but the Sunriver Fire Dept will be there with their hoses… What do I do with my muddy clothes and shoes after the race?…
If you are asking for a relatively short obstacle course race in southern Oregon, the 5th annual Rogue River Rampage may be the answer. What’s in store for you? How about this: You are sure to have a filled with epic vistas, mud, obstacles and beer at the finish line. This 4-mile course is filled with challenging obstacles designed to test your limits! There are walls to scale, a belly crawl culvert, rope climb, and…
When it comes to off-road racing, there’s a wide variety of obstacle and mud races to choose from. Some are merely cross-country style races, while others will require your entire body to be covered in mud to be able to finish. X-Dog Events’ Ole’s Assault race on September 11 is one of the latter. The event takes place on private property in the hills near Astoria, and in addition to the natural hills and mud there…
It seems there is a glut of obstacle races that go with the trend of testing your will and full body strength. There is a certain kind of pleasure in that, but it is sometimes preferable to regress a little and find the fun in playing in the mud. The Dirty Dash 5K at Albany Motorsports Park on July 16th is just the place to do that.
