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Running After Happiness
The last few years there seems to have been a HUGE increase in research and media around what makes humans happy. Scientists, and humans of all types, are looking to get a greater understanding of what works, and then provide more opportunities for making us all happier!
EXCITEMENT BUILDS AS THE WORLD’S LARGEST EXPEDITION RACE RETURNS TO FIORDLAND THIS MONTH
All eyes will be on Te Anau and Fiordland when One New Zealand GODZONE returns on the 23rd of February – the 4th of March, 2023. The prestigious Expedition Racing World Championships will bring hundreds of adventure racers from New Zealand and around the world to the...
Exciting news from the world of outdoor apparel!
Boulder, Colorado – Burton, New Balance, Patagonia, REI Co-op, W.L. Gore & Associates, and OIA have come together to launch a groundbreaking study through OIA’s Climate Action Corps. The results of the joint-commissioned study explore the feasibility of...
Unleash Your Inner Champion with Nick Symmonds’ Epic ‘Impossible Obstacle Course’ Competition!
Eugene, Oregon – Are you ready to push your limits and become the strongest, most well-rounded athlete in the world? 2x Olympian Nick Symmonds is on a mission to find out with his newly-created Impossible Obstacle Course! With seven unique challenges designed to test...
2023 NINJA WORLD CUP SERIES ANNOUNCED
Lausanne, Switzerland, February 7, 2023 – World Obstacle announced today the 2023 Ninja World Cup series has been confirmed with events in four continental regions. Ninja World Cup Asia will kick off the series, followed by Ninja World Cup Europe, Ninja World Cup...
Going To The Middle Of Nowhere To Find Everything
It’s late December 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic and at the close of a hellacious year for all of humanity, not to mention my own personal chaos. So for both business and personal reasons, I now find myself driving solo with an empty U-Haul truck and...
What Endurance Means To Me
What Endurance Means To Me by Samantha Pruitt @thesamanthapruitt@endurancetownusa For me endurance starts when all of my physical senses and mind’s logic say to STOP. I move forward at my own will, though fatigue gradually raises her voice at me. As time moves...
14 Days
When the global pandemic first became reality in California, where I live, it was March 2019. It had already had a significant impact on many other places around the world but by spring of that year it hit home. My husband was in the hospital for an elective surgery...
PRESS RELEASE: TEN DAYS • A THOUSAND MILES
TEN DAYS * A THOUSAND MILES TEAM USA GOES TO AUSTRALIA VISIT THE EVENT PAGE HERE FOR FULL DETAILS 1000 MILES TO LIGHT is an Ultra Running Event starting August 14 in the Australian Outback and finishing August 24 at the Byron Bay Lighthouse. This event features...
The Goodwater135: My Mind’s Trip While Running Through Death Valley
By Samantha Pruitt www.samanthapruitt.com @thesamanthapruitt www.endurancetownusa.com @endurancetownusa Wanna trip out? Do something BIG & WILD that has you dancing on the edge of your comfort zone. But big goals and comfort crushing experiences need to be...
The Goodwater135: Challenge Crushed & Top 6 Juicy Lessons
By Samantha Pruitt SamanthaPruitt.com / Instagram. On October 20th, I toed the line at my first ultra since 2018. Both 2019 and (so far) 2020 had not been great for a multitude of reasons that need no ? explaining to you all, and so my endurance fitness was hovering...
The GoodWater135: Challenge Accepted!
By Samantha Pruitt @thesamanthapruitt samanthapruitt.com Water is life. Life is good. GOOD that is - meaning for the ‘greater good’ of all humanity. Not to be confused with good for me and mine only. Life is the gift we ALL received and now more than ever we must look...
