Each day has become a little easier and the resulting change in my physique has me pretty psyched - belly is flatter, man-boobs are way less perky, my jeans fit better (it's pretty damn cold in AZ right now), and I can wear a SMedium t-shirt without looking like I'm in a sausage casing.
2017’s OCR Championships line-up is scheduled to be the same. World’s Toughest Mudder will be in Las Vegas for its fourth year, Spartan Race in Tahoe for its third year and OCR World Championship in Blue Mountain Canada for its second year. While some were ecstatic at the news, others seemed disappointed hoping for a new venue. I even heard several “Well it has to move overseas otherwise it is not a real world championship” and "They need to change locations next year."
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It’s undeniable that while OCR has budded beautifully over the last decade, the younger population amongst those in attendance has been noticeably non-existent, to say the least. Sure, high school and college-aged kids might drop by to run a race one weekend with a group of their friends, but when it comes to the competitive side of things, things don’t get super serious until around the mid-twenty age range.
Melissa is in a few words a loud and proud woman in the OCR community. Many of us know her as Sharkbait but how many of us actually know her? It’s never easy as a newer writer in the OCR community to reach out to amazing athletes such as Melissa, but I was floored when I sent her a message on facebook and she agreed to let me interview her.
For the second year, members of the OCR community joined together with Back2Back Ministries to help children in Mexico and spread the OCR message throughout the world. Athletes traveled on the 2nd Annual OCR Orphanage Adventure Trip one of which was OCRTUBE.com's Arnel Banawa who captured the essence of the trip.
Well, it seems this is becoming an annual charity event for our racing group. This is the third year we have ventured east, and it is always a new challenge when it comes to the weather. This night was no exception to that rule. Previous years were pouring rain or knee deep snow with frigid wind chills; this time brought us pea soup fog and a sprinkle of mild drizzle. Meaning the snow, was non-existent and icy patches dotted the trails adding an element of potential dread.
Registration is now open for the US OCR Championships. The two-day USOCRC will consist of a 3k short course competition on Saturday, September 2, followed by a 15k standard distance championship on Sunday, September 3. Both distances will feature a Pro Division for qualified athletes, as well as Age Group divisions that will primarily be open to all competitors.
The Wheel, the docu-reality television show on the Discovery Channel aired the second episode on Friday evening. Adam Kimble, one of the participants, is a former Warrior Dash Race Director, ultra-runner, and trans-con runner talks about this week in Mud Run Guide's weekly wrap-up of the episode. This week Adam talks about the wheel turning, what it was like to move locations, and how the travel to the new location was just as much of an adventure as what the audience saw in the episode.
Tough Mudder and SKY Sports recently announced a broadcast partnership brings the United Kingdom and beyond a The Road to World's Toughest Mudder and an hour long World's Toughest Mudder special. The news was first announced by The Drum.
