Run The GOAuntlet — India's Destination Obstacle Race

GOAuntlet · Goa, India

India’s destination obstacle race. Six kilometres, eight obstacles, one weekend in Goa at the close of the monsoon.

18–19 September 2027 Goa, India · venue announced early 2027

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GOA. SWEAT. CONQUER.

The race

India has obstacle racing. It does not yet have a race you travel for.

Twelve cities run the same circuit and everyone goes home the same evening. RTG is built the other way round: one weekend, one place, and a reason to bring your gym, your team and your family. September is the end of Goa’s monsoon — cooler than any dry-season race, green instead of parched, and wet enough that the obstacles bite.

The course

Three zones, eight obstacles

Built to be read as well as run. Each zone has a job: break the field apart, test technical skill, and finish where the crowd is.

Athletes flipping a heavy tractor tyre outdoors

Zone 1 · 0–1.5 km

Explosive Start

Goa Steps — quintuple, 15–25°
Tyre Flip — 80–180 kg, 6–10 flips

Zone 2 · 1.5–4 km

Technical Core

Monkey Bar Cross — 6–8 m
Rope Wall Climb — 10–12 ft
Under Net Crawl — 20–25 m
Horizontal Net — 6–8 m

Athlete climbing a rope at an outdoor obstacle race

Zone 3 · 4–6 km

Finish Drama

Rope Climb and Bell — 12–15 ft
C-Wall — 10–14 ft

Every obstacle runs 3–4 lanes wide, with crash mats under everything elevated, a marshal on each lane, and a wet-grip protocol in force. First wave goes just after sunrise; everyone is off course by 11:30.

Entry

Seven ways in, one finish line

Indicative Year 1 pricing. Registration opens in 2027 — waitlist members get first access and early-bird rates.

Category	Format	Entry
Pro	Individual, qualification required, capped field	₹6,500–7,500
Open	Individual, all abilities, no qualification	₹4,500–5,500
Duo	Pairs, alternating obstacles, run together	₹8,000–9,500 a team
Squad	Relay of four — the easiest way to start	₹13,000–15,000 a team
Corporate Cup	Teams of four, blocks of five teams or more	₹16,000 a team
RTG Kids	Ages 6–17, Saturday morning, scaled course	₹750–1,000
Festival pass	Spectators, both days, expo and finish arena	₹500

The Pro field

Pro is earned. Open is chosen.

The Pro field is capped and you cannot buy your way into it. Four routes qualify. Everyone else races Open, and Open needs nothing but a signature.

A verified HYROX finish inside the published time band

A Devils Circuit competitive-wave finish

A half marathon under 2:00

A qualifying time at an RTG city benchmark

Full qualifying standards, including time bands by age and category, are published when registration opens.

RTG Kids

Saturday belongs to the family

Kids race Saturday morning on their own scaled course, so parents can race Sunday and everyone watches everyone. September sits clear of every Indian board-exam window, which is exactly why all four age bands run in year one.

6–8300 m, four soft obstacles, a marshal at each. Untimed, finisher medal.

9–11600 m, six obstacles at scaled heights. Timed.

12–141 km, eight obstacles at scaled loads. Timed, podium.

15–172 km, the full course scaled. Timed, podium, and the route into Pro.

Get involved

Three ways to be part of the first one

There is only one first edition. Whether you are racing it, hosting it or bringing your gym to it, this is where it starts.

Join the athlete waitlist

First access to registration, early-bird pricing, and the Pro qualifying standards the day they are published.

Questions

Before you ask

Is this a mud run or a fitness race?

Both, deliberately. Six kilometres of running with eight obstacles — carries, climbs, crawls and traverses. Closer to obstacle racing than to a functional-fitness race on a warehouse floor, and set outdoors in Goa rather than in a hall.

Do I need to be able to do all the obstacles?

No. Open has no qualification and no cut-off pressure. Every obstacle has a marshal, and the field ranges from first-timers in a relay to the capped Pro wave.

September in Goa — will it be raining?

Possibly, and that is the point. September averages a quarter of July’s rainfall as the monsoon closes, and around 26°C — far kinder to race in than a dry-season date. Wet ropes and mud make the course harder, so the grip protocol and lane marshals are built around it.

Can my family come?

That is half the reason for the weekend. Kids from six race Saturday morning, spectators get a festival pass for both days, and Stay & Race packages with partner hotels cover the trip.

When does registration open?

In 2027, after the venue and partners are confirmed. The waitlist gets first access and early-bird pricing before anything is public.

Who is behind RTG?

RTG is a GOAuntlet property, built in Goa by a team that has run major events in India, including the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The operating entity is being confirmed.