First-timer experiences, charity runs, team spotlights
Two years ago, Sarah Chen couldn’t run a quarter mile without stopping. The 34-year-old middle school teacher from Portland, Oregon, spent her evenings on the couch and her weekends recovering from the exhaustion of managing …
Obstacle course racing was designed to be hard. The walls, ropes, rigs, and carries are built to challenge able-bodied athletes at their physical limits. Now imagine facing those same obstacles with a limb difference, a …
You can run an obstacle race solo. But there’s an argument — a strong one — that the sport is at its absolute best when you race with a team. Team OCR takes the elements …
If you think obstacle course racing is a young person’s game, you haven’t spent much time at the starting line. Walk through any OCR event and you’ll find that some of the most dedicated, most …
Every OCR veteran was once a first-timer. Before the medal collection, the race calendars, and the casual conversations about obstacle technique — there was a moment of pure “what did I just sign up for?” …
Let’s be real: half the reason people do OCR is the photos. The muddy finish-line shot, the mid-obstacle action photo, the team victory pose — these images are the social currency of the OCR community. …