LONDON (Reuters) - Crawling under barbed wire, carrying Atlas stones and climbing up ropes may not have been exactly what Pierre De Coubertin had in mind when he envisaged the modern Olympics, but ...

Hold on to your horses, the Spartans have descended on Santa Margarita’s wine country hills for the weekend. On the Santa Margarita Ranch, thousands of runners dashed through rows of grapevines, ...

Courtney Washington has twice conquered the obstacles at Gadsden's Barbarian Challenge. She'll soon see if she can do the same in Central America. Washington, a graduate of Southside High School and ...

I'm halfway across the Twister, a diabolical set of monkey bars with rotating handles, and Im not sure Ill make it to the other end of this ten-yard nightmare.Youve ...

With a hip new obstacle racing event and a prime place on the L.A. Olympics schedule, modern pentathlon is suddenly cool again. It’s been a while coming. A century after Pierre de Coubertin conjured ...

BLODGETT, Mo. (KFVS) - The 4th Annual Mythic Race was held in Blodgett on Saturday, April 12. The race, a 5K run, featured more than 25 obstacles incorporated into the course. William Shell, the event ...

As Ibrahim Kweich stands ready at the starting line, mentally preparing himself for the gruelling obstacle course that lies ahead, it is not merely his fiercely competitive spirit driving him to ...

A 95% blockage of the widow-maker artery nearly ended Ken Gray’s life; yet the Naperville 60-year-old went on to become a national champion in obstacle course racing. Northwestern Medicine ...

A widely popular obstacle course race has officially canceled approximately 10 events in 2026, leaving only three events for the year. In a social media statement, the founder of Savage Race, Sam ...

Flag football is among several somewhat eclectic sports coming to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics – while the much-maligned breakdancing event will be getting the boot. Often associated with cookouts ...