When is comes to interesting new race concepts, the team over at Red Bull have got a pretty good track record. I’ve only ever done their massively successful Steeplechase event in the past; a ridiculously tough trail race that sees hundreds of people desperately trying to make their way through a series of four stages, whereContinue reading “Red Bull Quicksand”
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How To Run On Sand
If, like us, you’ve recently signed up to the Red Bull Quicksand event over in Margate, you may be slightly concerned about what it’ll be like running a race on sand. And you’d be right to be a bit worried, because apparently running on sand is up to 1.6 times harder than running on roadContinue reading “How To Run On Sand”
Red Bull Quicksand
Not going to lie, we’re fans of the occasional ridiculous race at The Allrounder, and it doesn’t get much more ridiculous than a mile long foot race across the beach at Margate with 12 massive sand dunes as obstacles. Sand, if you’ve ever tried to run on it, is pretty hard to clamber through. 1.6 timesContinue reading “Red Bull Quicksand”
Toughest OCR
We’ve done our fair share of obstacle course races over at The Allrounder. Some were fun, others, if we’re being honest, were pretty damn horrible. You know, the kind of races that make you think I’m never doing anything like that ever again even if you pay me loads of money. We’re suckers for challengesContinue reading “Toughest OCR”
Tough Mudder Scotland
Ahh Tough Mudder, we meet again. When I was asked to take part in Tough Mudder as part of the Sony Xperia #ICan campaign I was hesitant. Extremely hesitant. I’d taken part in the event two years before and told myself I’d never do it again. Why? Because it’s horrible. Because you have to doContinue reading “Tough Mudder Scotland”
Joe De Sena Interview
There was a time in the not too distant past when obstacle courses were spoken of exclusively in a military context, well that and school sports days. In the past few years however the phenomenal rise in popularity of OCR events has taken the sport to unprecedented new levels. They’re pretty much everywhere and they seemContinue reading “Joe De Sena Interview”
