Hog Wild: Worth the Wait? (July 21, 2012)
The Hog Wild Mud Run featured plenty of mud with an all-to-authentic barnyard smell By Pete Williams DOVER, Fla. – (Published July 21, 2012) - We’ve done interviews with Men’s Health magazine and...
View ArticleDirty Foot II: More Obstacles, More Muck (Sept. 8, 2012)
By Pete Williams FORT MEADE, Fla. – (Published Sept. 8, 2012) - The second edition of the Dirty Foot Adventure Run could be a preview of the next evolution of obstacle racing. Race director Geno...
View ArticleMuddled Future: How Many Obstacle Mud Runs Can Florida Sustain? (July 13, 2011)
By Pete Williams Is the Florida mud run market now saturated? (Published July 13, 2011) - The formula by now is a familiar one. Take a 3-to-12 mile off-road course, position a dozen obstacles, add...
View ArticleDirty Foot Building Obstacle Race Destination in Fort Meade (March 14, 2012)
By Pete Williams (Published March 14, 2012) – When athletes gather in Fort Meade on June 9 for the inaugural Dirty Foot Adventure Run, they’ll compete on the same property that will host Tough Mudder...
View ArticleMud Crusade Attracting Big Numbers (March 22, 2012)
By Pete Williams (Published March 22, 2012) - Like most people, Marshall Chmura is blown away by the explosive growth in obstacle racing. As the race director of the upcoming Mud Crusade, which takes...
View ArticleSpartan 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticlePreview of Hog Wild Mud Run
By Pete Williams One of the all-time muddiest runs The Hog Wild Mud Run is one of the more popular races in Central Florida. For its third event on Feb. 16, it’s departing from the usual obstacle mud...
View ArticleHighlander IV: More Challenges, More Mud (March 16, 2013)
By Pete Williams WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – We’re still not sure if the obstacle race category is evolving more into a fitness challenge or a mud run. The organizers of the Highlander Adventure Run seem to...
View ArticleEaster Mud Hunt – $1,000 Eggs!
By Pete Williams Chris Mohling has put on triathlons for years, well-organized events throughout Florida. So when he attended the Warrior Dash early in 2011, he was curious about whether the mud run...
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