ARE YOU A SAVAGE?
Savage Race is an intense 5-6 mile obstacle run with 25 world class obstacles, mud, fire, and barbed wire. Completion requires teamwork, courage, and the will to push your limits farther than you ever have before. Run individually or create a team!
Savage Race is challenging fun that will give you and your friends an adrenaline buzz that lasts for days. For the price of a bar tab, you will have a "top five days of my life" kind of experience. But don't just take our word for it... Read the participant reviews!
The Savage Obstacle Course
We carefully select each venue to ensure that our mud races occur on the gnarliest terrain available in your region. We won't settle for a boring cow pasture, or just any old piece of land. Nope. Our obstacle courses feature plenty of natural features to keep things interesting. Each venue is different, of course, but in all cases you should expect an extreme dirty mud racing environment!
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Adding to the mayhem, we sprinkle 25 or more insane obstacles throughout the already-difficult course. Obstacles will vary by location, and you should always be prepared to face a surprise or two along the way. View our obstacles.
The Savage Celebration
After defeating the race course, Savages reward themselves with frosty beer, delicious barbeque, and awesome music at the outrageous Savage after party. Savages over the age of 21 will get one free beer included with registration. Make sure to bring cash for purchasing additional beer and food from our top notch vendors.
What's Included?
It wouldn't be a badass event unless we gave you some badass Savage gear to show off. The following schwag is included with each Savage Race mud run:
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A Free beer! |
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savage t-shirt |
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custom savage medal |
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Savage Race decal |
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Mud in your underwear |
What do the winners get?
First Place (Competitive Heats)
The winning male and female of the competitive heat each receive a custom engraved Savage Race trophy axe to hang on their wall. To be eligible for finisher prizes, you must compete in the competitive wave (wave 1).
Top Three in each Division (Competitive Heats)
The top three times in each age division for males and females win a Savage Race trophy beer stein. To be eligible for finisher prizes, you must compete in the competitive wave (wave 1) of our mud run race.
Most Savage Costume
We love costumes! The Most Savage Costume contest is decided by the audience. Winners receive a prize.
Award Information:
Age divisions are determined based on your age on race day. All times are based on the official net time. We won't ship your award, so make sure you are present at the award ceremony after the mud race.
Divisions
Race results are organized by the following Savage Divisions for men and women:
| 14-18 | 35-39 | 55-59 |
| 19-24 | 40-44 | 60-69 |
| 25-29 | 45-49 | 70+ |
| 30-34 | 50-54 |
Each wave of the mud race will have Savage participants from every division. Sign up for whichever available time slot you want, regardless of your division.
Race Waves
Race waves start every 20 minutes. Choose your preferred wave during on-line registration for the race. We will do what we can to accomodate your wave preference, but in some cases you will be assigned to an alternate time. We will never split teams up, so if there is someone you want to run with, make sure to form a team with them. Your assigned wave time will be e-mailed to you within 5 days of the event.
Savages should arrive 1 hour prior to their wave time to allow for plenty of time to warm up and check in. Please be at the starting line at least 15 minutes prior to the start of your wave.
Timing
Savage Race uses chip timing to record your race time. Race chips and instructions will be given on race day. Results will be available on race day. Official results will be posted online a few days after the event.
Who is behind Savage Race?
The team at Savage HQ is extremely passionate about having fun and living an awesome life. We are all avid fitness enthusiasts, and are very much involved in the fitness community. We created this event as an outlet for like-minded people to participate in an athletic event that is fun, different and exciting. We pour our hearts and souls into our mud race/extreme obstacle course to guarantee an unforgettably exciting experience for you and your fellow Savages. Want to be a part of the Savage Race team? We are always looking for rock stars to join our team.
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SAM abbiTt - CEO and co-founderSam Abbitt's interest in obstacle racing, fitness and endurance sports is what drove him to create Savage Race. Sam earned his MBA and a second master's degree in building contstruction from the University of Florida (Go Gators!). When he's not working on organizing mud runs, Sam is traveling, working out at his local CrossFit gym, swinging kettlebells, or growing shiitaki mushrooms in his back yard. Sam is a snowboarder, surfer, scuba diver, bull rider, hot sauce lover, dog owner, atlas stone lifter and weird food eater. Sam believes that people should strive to become good at everything, but expert at nothing. Interesting fact about Sam: he once went to bed with a kettlebell. |
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Lloyd parker - COO and Co-FounderLloyd is in charge of making sure that the race course is bad ass on race day. He carefully checks the mud to ensure that it is deep and thick. He masterfully designs and builds extreme obstacles so that they test your limits. Thanks to Lloyd's genius, the Savage Race course is the best mud run in the business. Having lived for several years in Lake Tahoe, California, Lloyd has a passion for traveling, snowboarding and outdoor recreation. Interesting fact about Lloyd: he still wears whitey tighties, because he thinks they are making a comeback. |
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brittany blackman - marketingYou probably know about Savage Race because of Brittany. She is the brains behind the Savage Race marketing machine. It's impossible to have an awesome event unless a lot of people show up, and she makes sure that happens. Brittany is one of those people who is always out getting involved with the community and knows just about everyone. You've probably seen one of her interviews on our video blog series about Savage Race. Brittany loves snowboarding, eating food, swimming, soccer, volleyball, tennis, running, and getting her ass kicked from a serious training sesh. Interesting fact about Brittany: She is the Bionic Woman, with 8 pins and a titanium plate in her left shoulder from a gnarly snowboarding wreck. |
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Chris Davis - fitness advisorChris Davis is our resident fitness expert. When Chris is not drawing up gnarly obstacle courses for Savage Race, he is training athletes, Marine Corps poolees, Fire Academy students, Sheriffs and SWAT officers. Chris Davis served in the Marine Corps from 2003-2008, and was deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom twice. As a Marine, Chris was an instructor for the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). Chris is a Russian Kettlebell Certified Instructor, USA Weightlifting Club Coach, NASM-CPT, PES, PES III, CES, and a NSCA-CPT. Interesting fact about Chris: he has so many tattoos that if he walked around naked, no one would notice. |
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Leo Koo - Savage Race Grampa Mystery ManAs the Savage Race Grampa Mystery Man, Leo Koo growls at the rest of the team and tells us to "Quiet down in there!" It doesn't matter if we are making noise or not. He still says that. Leo is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Interesting fact about Leo: Leo is known for cooking seven-course meals at 3am. The rest of us like that. |
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Safety and Rules
Course obstacles may be hazardous. Savage Race is designed to push your limits, but do not attempt an obstacle that you are uncomfortable with. Race officials will always offer a fitness-oriented alternative to any obstacle. Be smart and use your discretion. Notify a race official if you are injured or feel that your safety is in danger at any time during the race.
- All participants must follow the rules and instructions given by the race director, staff, volunteers, medical staff and law enforcement.
- Participants understand and acknowledge that Savage Race is an extreme event and accept all risks associated with the event.
- Participants must be physically able to complete the course and all obstacles attempted.
- No participants under the age of 14 on race day.
- Participants must wear the provided race bib facing forward.
- Photographers and videographers will be documenting the Savage Race. Participants agree to allow Mad Cap Events, LLC to use images or video footage of them for promotional purposes.
- Do not bring animals on the race course.
- Baby joggers or strollers, skates, bicycles, skateboards or any other type of recreational vehicle or wheeled device are prohibited on the course.
- We strongly recommend shoes, as there may be sharp objects on the course. Run barefoot at your own risk.
- Restroom facilities will be provided at the event. Do not urinate or defecate on or near the course.
- Registration is closed when the maximum capacity is reached. Earlier waves tend to fill up the fastest.
- Any participant who disobeys course official instructions may be disqualified and/or removed from the race at the discretion of the course official and race director. Violations include unsportsmanlike behavior, offensive language and conduct, nudity, improper or irresponsible behavior, or the inability to complete an obstacles.
- If a participant chooses to leave the course, they may not return without the express permission of the race director.
- Any participant caught cheating, or skipping sections of the course is subject to disqualification.
- Participants not wearing an official bib number and timing device are disqualified.
- Non-participants are prohibited from entering the course, unless they have written approval from event officials.
- Savage Race medical personnel are authorized to examine participants who appear to be injured. Medical personnel have the discretion to remove participants from the event.
- Participants assume all responsibility for any and all medical expenses incurred during the event. Participant responsibility includes but is not limited to hospitalization, ambulance transportation or physician services.
- Mad Cap Events, LLC reserve the right to cancel, delay, or move the race due to severe weather, national emergency, terrorist attack, earthquake, tsunami, flood, or other act of god.
- Savage Race officials reserve the right to modify any event rule at any time for any reason.
Participants are responsible for knowing and understanding the published rules, including any modifications, prior to the event. - Not all events will include a lake swim, but some do. If you cannot swim, or are not completely confident that you can complete a swim course, do not attempt it. A fitness-oriented challenge is always available in lieu of swimming. Lakes at our venues are dark and deep. Swim at your own risk.
- Spectators and competitors are forbidden from bringing alcoholic beverages onto the property. Beer will be sold onsite to individuals over 21 years of age on race day.
- Spectators and non-competitors are strictly forbidden from entering the race course.
