The OCR World Championships is only one day away! Today is an action packed day, from Ohio with packet pick-up starting at noon, the press conference at 5:00 pm, the pre-race dinner at 6:00 pm, then a special awards presentation and a preview of the documentary Rise of the Sufferfests. We pulled more behind the [...]
Mud Run Guide and the OCR World Championships brings you the updates, news and predictions from Oregonia, Ohio; the home of the 2015 OCR World Championships. Margaret Schlachter of Mud Run Guide and Brad Kloha, COO of OCR World Championships brings you all the updates.
The Mud Run Guide team is on site at the 2015 OCR World Championships. We are bringing you all the action and special behind the scenes footage all week long from Mud, Guts, and Glory, the site of the 2015 OCR World Championships. Monday we caught up with Race Director, Garfield Griffiths, tests out one of the obstacles his team created.
OCR World Championships announced this week that the 2016 race would feature championship races for three different distances – short (3-5 miles), medium (8-10 miles), & long (12-15 miles). Years from now, that announcement could effectively mark the beginning of specialization in obstacle racing.
In 2016, the OCR World Championships will continue it’s mission to help push the sport of obstacle racing to the next level. As the sport has grown, not only have the obstacles evolved, but the distances have as well. More and more athletes can now be considered specialists at certain distances throughout the season, yet when it comes to an end of season championship, they are all asked to run one distance - usually, the longest and most difficult.
The 2015 OCR World Championships is fast approaching, and a flurry of discussions has come up regarding obstacle difficulty, and how hard a course should be. We have an in-depth look at the numbers from last year.
For Those Who Would, in partnership with Mud Run Guide and Obstacle Course Racing World Championships is proud to announce that Jesse Bruce from Toronto, Ontario is the winner of 2015 For Those Who Would OCR Humanitarian Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual within the obstacle racing community who consistently exhibits humanitarian traits off the course.
OCR World Championships is just about a month away. We recently sat down with both Adrian Bijanada, OCRWC founder, and Garfield Griffiths, Race Director, to get the inside scoop on this year's race. They gave us the insight we need to continue to prep for this World Championship event in October.
Another busy weekend in the world of OCR. Many took to social media over the weekend proclaiming that one race was possibly the hardest regular season OCR ever. That race was BattleFrog at the Mud, Guts, and Glory course over the weekend. As well high praises graced the web after the Spartan Races in both Asheville and Boston.
Canada's Toughest (and nicest) Couple - Claude Godbout (2x Spartan World Champion) and her Olympic teammate/boyfriend/OCR World Championships teammate (also a Spartan champ) Marco Bedard bring us inside their lives, training, and more!
