Hero Rush Firefighter Themed Obstacle Race Has Fizzled Out

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Statement from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF)

The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is saddened by the shutdown of Hero Rush. In its short life, the company raised a significant amount of money for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and for that we are grateful. In addition, they provided in-kind services and allowed NFFF to use its events to spread the word about the Foundation’s activities. While we had hoped the support from Hero Rush would be around for many more years, we understand that, despite the best of intentions, businesses sometimes do not live up to their potential. The leadership of the company are longtime supporters of NFFF. We thank them for their contributions through the years and hope there is a quick resolution of their current financial problems.

I regret to inform you that the Firefighter themed obstacle course race known as “Hero Rush” has canceled all future dates and will be filing chapter 7 bankruptcy in a few days. I hate it mostly because I was not able to make it to an event yet.

I know the crew behind Hero Rush and I am certain they have had a tough time reaching this decision. Apparently they simply didn’t have enough registrations to continue operations.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I am a huge fan of fire service related start-up companies. Especially those who utilize social media to its fullest extent. Hero Rush is one of those companies. It is a shame that they are gone.

Below is the official statement from HeroRush.com:

Dear Hero Rush Registrants,

We regret to announce that Hero Rush is cancelling all future events and will no longer be in business as of August 3, 2013, ceasing operations immediately. We have worked tirelessly these last few weeks to continue producing our events but due to business conditions, we cannot.

We are sorry to have to send this email and for no longer being able to host our amazing participants, you’ve been incredible and supported us like we could never have imagined.

The obstacle racing community has been great, but despite an exhaustive search for options through today, we cannot proceed further. We do hold out some hope that another race series or investors will step in and allow us to continue and some discussions towards that are continuing to take place through early next week. But at this point we cannot continue forward. We will file Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a few days and will not be able to refund due to our financial situation.

Hero Rush no longer has staff or resources and will not be able to respond to individual emails or phone calls but will provide additional email updates as information becomes available.

Thank you again for your support of our race, our charities and our partners in 15 communities we’ve visited since last April.

Hero Rush Team