200 miles of OCR America 2: Event Recap
Utlra-OCR athlete Evan Perperis takes on 200 miles of OCR courses across 8 days to raise money for Folds of Honor. Read more about his journey!
Basic Information for the Endurance Athlete
Find out why proper nutrition and gear are so important in preparing for an endurance event.
Race Recap: Spartan Snowmass Ultra
Spartan Rocky Mountain moved from Breckinridge to Snowmass for 2019. Read more to learn about some growing pains and positives to the new location.
Ultra-OCR Man: New OCR Book for Charity
Ultra-OCR Man: From Special Forces Soldier to Record-Setting Professional Obstacle Course Racer is a non-fiction book that covers Mud Run Crew Member Evan Perperis' military service and his career as on OCR athlete.
Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Team Takeover & OCRmill 24
On February 23, Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Team and #CTGFamily converged on the company’s gym, Conquer Fitness in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a weekend of fun and training. During this event Evan Perperis will be partnering with OCRmill 24 to raise money for Folds of Honor.
How a DNF Changed my Life: a Perspective on World’s Toughest Mudder
This is a post towards anyone who went through the brutal 24-hour obstacle course race that was World’s Toughest Mudder (WTM) 2018 in Atlanta Georgia, where we had sub-freezing temperatures and layers of ice on obstacles left and right. However, I think it’s generalizable to many other difficult challenges.
Potty Talk #2 for UltraOCR and Ultrarunning
Let us engage in some high-class potty talk for how to deal with the almost inevitable issue that will be encountered during events that are 12+ hours long: when to poop? Whenever you tell someone you run these endurance events, after the first question of “how” or “why” some of your more brazen friends might inquire about this basic human function.
Training Tuesday – Endurance training: Maximizing your Night Running
If you’re new to the world of ultrarunning and endurance racing, there’s something big and important that you might not think too much about, until you find yourself on a single-track trail with a dim headlamp stumbling over loose rocks and fearing for the health of your ankles: running at night is hard.
Ultra Race Recap: Dr. Redtights Takes on SB100
The SB100 was a rough introduction to the world of ultra running. My facetious but true statement when people would ask me if I had run a 100 before was, "I have never run a race without obstacles more than 13.1 miles." Of course, I decided to change that by running one of the hardest 100 milers in Southern California. Here's how it went (spoiler, the kitty was a lie):
Run a Relay – Linking People & Places Forever
Running became a passion of mine "later" in life, I didn't run my first mile until I was in my early 30's, my first 5k in 2002 or so. Over the years I've fallen in love with running dozens of different times in various forms; trails, roads, obstacle course races, ultras, stage races, cross-country relays, etc. I've even fallen prey to the running demons that often plague us all; overuse, injury, self-doubt, DNF's, failures in all shapes and sizes. I've cared way too much about certain runs that didn't matter and dismissed some very valuable ones as unimportant; A races that I'd spent months training for became B or C races on a whim, while I turned simple training sessions into do-or-die battles with running partners.
