When it comes to obstacle-based races, two companies have risen to the top in popularity: Tough Mudder and Spartan. Both of these popular events were founded in 2010. To date, more than five ...

This shift in the sport is due in large part to the growth of popularity of non-traditional races, such as the Tough Mudder, The Color Run and Spartan Race. According to Running USA, in 2013 ...

Sean Thomsen’s calves are tattooed with images foreign to the sports canvas just a handful of years ago. Tough Mudder. Spartan Race. Warrior Dash. The 35-year-old railroad worker from suburban ...

Tough Mudders, Spartan Races and Wolf Runs. What footwear should you have in your locker for the toughest races going? THE START of Spring marks the start of the obstacle race season. From Tough ...

After an obstacle course worth of court filings, bankruptcy proceedings and negotiations, Spartan Race Inc. has acquired rival Tough Mudder's U.K. assets. For Tough Mudder's U.S. operations ...

Millennials are swarming to the obstacle races made popular by Tough Mudders and Spartan Races because they turn the idea of a normal, boring run on its head. Instead, the races are action packed ...

Obstacle racing company Spartan Race has acquired an exclusive purchase option for the U.K., Canadian and German events of its competitor Tough Mudder — the first step in what Boston-based ...

Tough Mudder’s bankruptcy trustee is racing to save the company’s endurance event business with a sale to rival Spartan Race Inc., a deal that the company’s owners previously balked at closing.

Tough Mudder, which was founded in 2010, is one of several companies that organize these kinds of obstacle course races. Spartan Race, which acquired Tough Mudder in 2020, is the other major race ...