Since 2016, Evan with the support of Strength & Speed has conducted annual charity events raising more than $26,000 for Folds of Honor, $3500 for Infinite Hero Foundation and through organizing Tough Mudder's Infinite Hero Honor Challenge those participants raised an additional $24,000 for Infinite Hero Foundation.
Evan set out to climb the height of Everest on a Tough Mudder course. Don't miss the 10 minute documentary shot by Bobby Ross which helped raise more than $3500 for Infinite Hero Foundation.
Groups of 10-20 people navigate a Tough Mudder course in a land navigation format over 10 hours doing obstacles in an unconventional manner with additional rules while following a storyline. Participants do obstacles blindfolded, backwards, tied together, all as a team as they learn life lessons from combat veterans teaching them problem solving and resiliency. A truly unique event that lasted two years and raised more than $24,000 for Infinite Hero Foundation.
24 hours of 1 mile run on a treadmill followed by four obstacles. Evan ran what may be the most mentally painful charity event in 2019. No video of this one, but there is a post-event podcast outlining how awful the event was.
Post-Event podcast on Link Endurance hosted by Morris Brossette and Miles Keller.
Post Event Articles:
Mud Run Guide: 48 hours of Endure The Gauntlet Summary
UK based dryrobe: Lessons Learned from 48 Hours of Endure The Gauntlet
Folds of Honor article Evan Perperis Enduring The Gauntlet
RACE #1: For recaps and highlights from 2016's World's Toughest Mudder listen to these episodes from our friends over at The Obstacle Order:
Episode 95: OCR Renaissance Man
Episode 104: Evan Perperis, Training for the Long Haul
RACE #2: Miles Keller interviews Evan Perperis talking about Ultra-OCR, True Grit, Midwest Mayhem and more.
Episode 116: CTG Pro Member Evan Perperis Talks OCR Ultra Training & Racing
Race #4:
Evan's Mud Run Guide Review of True Grit Enduro 24.
RACE #2: Terrain Race 24
Race #3: Dirt Runner Midwest Mayhem 24
Race #6: World's Toughest Mudder 2017
The first major charity event Evan attempted was 7 days of OCR marathons at 7 different venues from Vermont to Oklahoma. The 150+ mile and 1000+ obstacle journey was a test not only of physical and mental strength but also planning and logistics.
Video clips from the event and audio from the Overcome and Run podcast have been spliced together to cover the event. The event is also covered in Evan's book "Ultra-OCR Man".
Strength & Speed athletes John Schmaltz and Evan Perperis participated in the bike MS tour in Kansas City area raising more than $2,000 for multiple sclerosis research.