I was first introduced to the Wreck Bag at a Civilian Military Combine race a few years ago. It was one of my favorite races and I loved the sand bag so much I bought 4 of them that same day after the race. This turned out to be a great investment as I still have them. they are well…
Epic Race Gear Podcast: 004 Podcast Episode: 004 Jeff Butterworth – GORUCK Weirdos, Welcome to the Party, Prepare to be Smoked and Given Coupons for Good Living In this episode we talk to Jeff Butterworth owner of RX Strength Training in Somerville, MA and his experiences participating in the GORUCK challenges and how he trains his athletes for those events. We…
Epic Race Gear Podcast: 003 Our 3rd podcast covers the Spartan Endurance event called the Hurricane Heat. We talk to Rob Barger who is one of the leaders or Krypteia who are in charge of leading and managing these group endurance events. We cover the history of the event, what happens at a 4 or 12 hr event, and how…
Podcast Episode: 002 Josh Fiore, From OCR, to Death Race, To Ultra Athlete In the 2nd podcast we talk to Josh Fiore. Veteran, Fire Fighter and OCR athlete. He recently placed 5th at the NJ Ultra Beast 2016 but started like many of us. He has done a few Death races and now has started racing Ultras. We talk about…
Rich Borgatti Founder of Epic Race Gear and Mountain Strength CrossFit is interviewed by Paul Jones for the NE Spahtens podcast. In this episode Rich talks about the start of Mountain Strength, training for an OCR, making the bucket carry easier, how CrossFit works with OCR training and announcing the start of Epic Race Gear. Check out the best OCR…
Staying Injury Free During An OCR Reducing injuries is actually why I got into coaching and training people to run obstacle races. Back in 2010 every race I ran I saw way too many injuries that were entirely avoidable. If the racer was just shown a few basic rules and techniques to keep in mind during the race they could…
