Wicked Awesome Productions, Hanover

When the staff at Wicked Awesome Productions set out to create an obstacle course that would spike participants' adrenaline, they figured it couldn't hurt to give the race a prison-break theme. The result was the aptly named Escape run, which requires runners to trek through mud, scale walls, climb nets, and crawl through a sewer pipe. The fleeing subsides when runners reach the post-race party area, where they can enjoy food, beer, and music off the warden's radar.