Did 1st OCR in March....in the World Champs this sat!
Discussion
Anyone else got the OCR (obstacle course) bug?
In March I thought I'd add some 10k's to the odd Park Run I did and accidentaly did a 10k OCR race......At 6ft6 and 220lbs I am a million miles off a good build for running and only a few thousand miles off a good build for OCR. Seem like better odds to me so through myslef into them this year.
OCR World Champs have various qualifications to be able to run in them but (in simple terms) you need to enter the competative rounds (not the ones with people dressing up and taking selfies!) and be faster than most.
My Spartan Beast on Saturady I was off track to achive the relevant position in my age group until the final obstacle......it was the ONLY 10 seconds (in a 3 hour race) where big and strong was a benifit.....hauling a weight into the air on a rope up and over an A frame. I got to the hoist with 6 other runners already on it......10 seconds later I was off and running for the finish line with all of them still on it!
Qualification to enter the championships achived by beating the guy behind me by 8 seconds!
At 45 I am fitter than I have ever been in my life!
Anyone else doing these???
In March I thought I'd add some 10k's to the odd Park Run I did and accidentaly did a 10k OCR race......At 6ft6 and 220lbs I am a million miles off a good build for running and only a few thousand miles off a good build for OCR. Seem like better odds to me so through myslef into them this year.
OCR World Champs have various qualifications to be able to run in them but (in simple terms) you need to enter the competative rounds (not the ones with people dressing up and taking selfies!) and be faster than most.
My Spartan Beast on Saturady I was off track to achive the relevant position in my age group until the final obstacle......it was the ONLY 10 seconds (in a 3 hour race) where big and strong was a benifit.....hauling a weight into the air on a rope up and over an A frame. I got to the hoist with 6 other runners already on it......10 seconds later I was off and running for the finish line with all of them still on it!
Qualification to enter the championships achived by beating the guy behind me by 8 seconds!
At 45 I am fitter than I have ever been in my life!
Anyone else doing these???
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