“I AM OCR” is a Mud Run Guide exclusive series featuring athletes from all walks of life. You can view the entire series here. Do you or a friend have a story the world should know? Just email us at crew@mudrunguide.com and your story might be next!
Community Members of the Week: Feb. 17 – 23, 2018
Instagram and the Mud Run Guide social channels continue to inspire the entire team at Mud Run Guide. We love having the honor of sharing your stories of triumph, success, and achievement. Weekly, our social media maven Bonnie Wilson picks two stories that stood out in the Mud Run Guide and greater OCR Community.
Community Members of the Week – February 10- 16, 2018
Weekly Mud Run Guide is amazed at the amount of sheer awesomeness emanating from the obstacle racing community. This week we highlight two such stories from the community.
Community Members of the Week – February 3-9, 2018
This week Mud Run Guide published the 2000th article on our website! Since 2012, we have been producing content in the written, video, and sometimes audio form bringing the best of obstacle course racing to you the reader. However, none of this means anything without a community. Mud Run Guide continues our community members of the week with two members highlighted.
Community Members of the Week January 27 – Feb 2, 2018
Mud Run Guide knows that it is you that make us what we are. This week our social media manager wanted to highlight Instagram members; @podiumdreams, Seth Buchwalter, and Nick Ingles as Mud Run Guide Community Members of the Week.
How I Got into OCR: An Off-Season Tale
I signed up for my first Spartan Race in the fall of 2016 after a coach at my gym decided to get a team together. I had been working out pretty regularly for about a year after being away from exercise for a long time. I ran my first Broad Street Run in Philadelphia (10-miler) a few months earlier and was training for the upcoming Philadelphia Half Marathon,
I AM OCR: PD Fighter Style
My name is John Carmichael, and I am an athlete diagnosed with Parkinson’s. It does not define me, but it is now a part of my life. I am also a Bronze Star decorated Army Combat veteran and Licensed Practical Nurse. I was diagnosed in March of 2016 with Parkinson's disease, and my focus has primarily been endurance bicycling to control my symptoms and manage my disease.
From Disability to OCR: Troy Giesbrecht
Troy Giesbrecht has been a long-time friend and member of my family since I met my husband 11 years ago. I never understood truly what he went through to get from where he was in life, to where he is today, but I’m truly inspired. This man has taken basically a sentence to be another statistic to showing the world that you can turn your life around.
Spotlight: Philly Spartans
February 5, 2017. Alex, one of the founders of the Philly Spartans, beamed with pride in knowing that bit of history. He was mysteriously clad in Prussian blue. The other teammates groan, knowing another tough workout was about to begin.
Profile: Jonathan Lopez of Operation Enduring Warrior
My first introduction to Jonathan Lopez was at the dinner before the 2016 Operation Enduring Warrior takeover of the Spartan Ft. Bragg Sprint. I had spoken to OEW VP of communications, Kelly Farmer prior to the event and asked her to pair me with one of the many incredible adaptive athletes that would be there, so I could follow their story. She did not hesitate when she suggested Jonathan.
I Am OCR: Juan Carlos Obando
My name is Juan Carlos Obando, I am 42 years old from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and I am an OCR. I started doing OCR more than 5 years ago but got more serious about my sport about 3 years ago. Like many of us in the OCR community I have had many struggles, and many ups & downs, but my love for competing, my love for training is what lifted me every time.
