New Winter Warrior Event Comes To Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — Looking for something fun to do this President's Day weekend? Check out Ocean City's newest cold weather event: the inaugural Winter Warrior Festival.

This new event will be run out of Ocean City Civic Center on Saturday, Feb. 17, and includes four components: an obstacle course race for children, a “Winter Warrior” obstacle challenge for parents and individuals, team challenges such as a fire truck pull, and an indoor festival for participants and spectators.

• Kids Obstacles: A fun, non-competitive course includes a rock wall, hazard walls, cargo net, agility poles, teeter plank, monkey bars, floating steps, tire run, and noodle tower.
• “Winter Warrior Challenge”: Show your grit on a cold 2.5-mile course with 10 obstacles. Look for things like sand mounds, tires, teeter-totters and monkey bars along the way. This race is reserved for participants ages 14 and older. All survivors receive an exclusive Winter Warrior Challenge finisher T-shirt.
• “Winter Warrior” Team Challenges: Teams of four from local businesses, organizations, churches and other groups will compete in events such as a fire-truck pull and tire-flip relay.
• “Winter Warrior” Festival: As the events go on outside and for a post-race celebration, local merchants, restaurants and services will set up inside the Civic Center for a mid-winter festival – offering an early taste of the long-awaited summer.

Registration for all events is open now, and discounted fees will be available through 4 p.m. Feb. 14. For complete information and registration, visit ocnj.us/race-events.

Also held that weekend is the 5th annual Ocean City Nature & The Environment Family Fun Day. Read more: Environmental Family Fun Day Sets Return To Ocean City