The 2014 word of the year was LIGHT. Light. Fire. Torch. Energy. As I wrote previously, 2014 was about finding the light within myself,...

It takes a special kind of talent, a special kind of balls, or sometimes, a special kind of idiot to get people talking. Grotesque and...

I am a Weight Watchers refugee. I think WW was the first official commercial diet that I went on. I was in my early 20s, and graduate...

While racers will rarely argue that shoes are important, socks tend to be a more underrated gear item. I, for one, who spent months...

September 20, 2014 was the day I retired from obstacle racing. At least that’s what I told myself, as I made my way through the Vermont...

*MISSED PART OF THE STORY? Here are PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4 and PART 5. I started blogging about my Death Race experience last...

*MISSED PART OF THE STORY? Here are PART 1, PART 2, PART 3 and PART 4. Saturday, June 22, 2013 1130 hours, 21 hours into the race THE...

So, it looks like the Spartan Race has finally relented to the pressure from events like BattleFrog and OCR World Championship, and...

Norm Koch, the infamous race course director, posted the following on Facebook last week: [quote]Anyone have any obstacle wants or wishes...

Previously, I have talked about what to do when your female friends do not support your racing, how to balance it all, whether OCR is a...

Few weeks ago, I saw someone on Facebook suggest that there should be an OCR Barbie. She would have cuts, bruises and mud under her...

Yes, really. This morning I woke up sore from two strength workouts earlier this week. Or, perhaps, from teaching four hot yoga classes...