The VancityOCR Wolfpack (my home OCR team) is composed of a variety of athletes of all levels and abilities. We range from those tackling their first OCR type event, to the very elite. For someone new to our sport, it can be very intimidating to join in, as you never know where to start or who to talk to about an event that may interest you, but you decide to go and sign up for something anyways.
This past weekend I completed what was my final race of 2017: The Arctic Dash at Camp Kern in Oregonia, Ohio. It's a bittersweet feeling to see December come knowing this will be my last OCR hoorah before the long cold months of off-season training. 2017 was a good year and I wasn't ready for it to end, so I looked for one more race to fill the calendar and found the Arctic Dash right in my backyard.
I like pushing my limits and finding boundaries so in 2016 I set out for OCR America a 7 day, 7 venue, Ultra-OCR spanning from Vermont to Oklahoma (read about it here). In 2017, I decided I would try for what I called the “Ultra-OCR Grand Slam”. The plan was to do every 24 hour OCR In the world and not just finish but do well (either podium or top ten).
Joe Di of Spartan Race brings us through how to get through a muddy rope climb at a Spartan Race or other obstacle race. Rope climb is one of the most common obstacles and with these tips climbing even a muddy rope can get a little easier.
For the past three years, I’ve compared the course of the Las Vegas course for World’s Toughest Mudder (WTM). After forgetting to write the article for the last couple of weeks, it finally dawned on me that I had not written one for this year. This was, in fact, the last year in Vegas on the course we know as noted by land adjacent/on previous year's course undergoing construction.
Spartan Race announced today that the 2015 & 2016 "Fittest Woman on Earth" Katrin Davidsdottir will compete in her native Iceland during the Spartan Race Iceland Sprint on December 16, 2017. Davidsdottir will compete in the first Spartan Race to head to Iceland. While Davidsdottir is first and foremost a CrossFit athlete she will soon also become a Spartan and she indicated she is "excited to give it a shot."
If you're on Mud Run Guide looking for tips and do's and don'ts for your first OCR you’re in the right place. Let me tell you about what the great sport has done for me.
This is my review of a race I've been hearing good things about for quite some time now. This past Saturday I thought I'd take a trip out to Irvine Lake to see what all the fuss was around Terrain Race. I got there about 7am and was pleased to see the parking was situated right near the entrance!!!
As one of the biggest ultra-obstacle course races, World's Toughest Mudder (WTM) frequently is the highlight and peak of people's racing year. As someone who specializes in the toughest and longest events, that puts WTM at the top of my racing calendar and I structure the rest of my year around preparing for this race. However, things went a little differently this year.
In 2018, Green Beret Challenge will host its first independent championship caliber race, that will test your mind, body, and spirit. The format will be a 12-hour Adventure Ultra-OCR consisting of running an 8 mile fixed course loop requiring mandatory obstacle completion of the event’s 20 obstacles and six unique military-inspired endurance/mental challenges.
