I am one of the managers at BattleFrog. Believe me, we all understand the frustration people are having. Eliminating Sundays had to happen. Think of it like this: A restaurant opens to rave reviews, but is only open on Saturday night. It's not packed on that night, but a steady stream of customers, and everyone loves their meals. Management decides to open Sunday as well, hoping the additional day will grow the Saturday clientele, and also bring in new business. Instead, Sunday only sees a handful of people coming through the door. Which makes more sense, close on Sundays (and upset a few), or sacrifice the quality of food, the cleanliness of the restaurant, the quality of service on both days, angering everyone, and putting an end to everything that was great about the restaurant to begin with? If people want to eat at the restaurant on Sundays, make sure to patronize it on Sundays.

The distances were changed based on customer feedback. Based on the registrations coming in, post-race surveys, etc., people were looking for a very obstacle-heavy race, between 5-10k. We still have the multiple loop options, we still have BFX. But really, you can't measure your improvement over last year in any case, as the courses will always be different. My time on the Boston Spartan Super went up nearly 30 minutes from 2013 to 2014. But the course had almost two more miles added to the distance. My pace decreased, so that's all I really cared about.

I promise you'll still have an awesome experience at BattleFrog, no matter the venue you choose.

I was disappointed in the length decrease. However, I have a Savage Race the following weekend so I figured it was best to get the 30% off the gear. I've heard great stuff and am excited to try it out. I'm hoping they stay alive and kicking and grow sustain-ably. More types of races = more local opportunities. Plus they all have different feels, obstacles, etc.

Where are you seeing these reviews? I would love to read some but I didn't see any on the battlefrog site nor mud run guide.

mochapygmy wrote: »

Where are you seeing these reviews? I would love to read some but I didn't see any on the battlefrog site nor mud run guide.

I follow a lot of OCR elite athletes on social media. Also look up ORM (obstacle racing media).

ritualsilence83 wrote: »

Hey all. I've ran the warrior dash once and thought it too easy so gave it up. Doing the spartan sprint for the 6th time this year, rugged maniac for the first. I've been interested in the battlefrog but wanted to know how it compared. I love a challenge.

From what I hear, you certainly won't be disappointed. Also, step up and do a Spartan Super or Beast

esjones12 wrote: »

mochapygmy wrote: »

Where are you seeing these reviews? I would love to read some but I didn't see any on the battlefrog site nor mud run guide.

I follow a lot of OCR elite athletes on social media. Also look up ORM (obstacle racing media).

Thanks. I'll check them out!