What are the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships (OCRWC)? They are an independent organization who hold a world class series of obstacle course races, for which one needs to qualify. Independent as in, they are not affiliated with any particular obstacle course racing organization, such as the Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash, etc. Qualify
First things first, I want to clear up some common misconceptions about the Boston half marathon. The half marathon course is NOT a shorter version of the full marathon course. Yes, they are both organized by the Boston Athletic Association, but that is where their similarities end. The half marathon does not require one to
After completing my first accidental Spartan Race Super, next on my list was to deliberately race a Spartan Race Super. My race of choice: Spartan Super in Red Deer, Alberta. The first race in my life in which I had to board a plane (but not my last)! I chose this race because I had
Once upon a time in June, I declared that my club mates from Vancity OCR were crazy if they did BOTH races back-to-back on a weekend. And yet, how quickly I became one of these crazy people! It wasn’t something I had planned to do, it just sort of happened… So here I was, about
Feeling unimpressed with the technicality of the MEC trail races, I was on the hunt for something a little more challenging. I had heard about the 5 Peaks Trail racing series from a coworker last year, and he had nothing but good things to say about it. I consulted my race spreadsheet to see if
One of the fun souvenirs that one receives upon completing a race is getting a medal, or being given a race bib. A lot of the obstacle course races give out medals and headbands, and a lot of the road and trail running races give out race bibs. Some road/trail races do give out medals
Another double header weekend was happening in Seattle, and unlike the Beast & Super weekend in Seattle from 2016 that I was at, I did not volunteer on Saturday, the day before my race. I went down to visit a friend in Seattle and raced on Sunday. As much as I love volunteering, what I
This was an interesting race. I convinced a couple of my friends to join me, one from my training club Vancity OCR (who is really awesome at encouraging me), and one of my friends that I had been doing lots of trail running with on the weekends (who is super fast and doesn’t care about
In the previous post (Part 1), I talked about the contribution of the position of our pelvis on our ability to run properly. Muscles cannot fire properly if we are in an anterior or posterior pelvic tilt. While this is a significant contribution, a lot of runners have more often felt afflicted from the sideways
Part 1 of this topic will address the forward and backward contributors to running. Part 2 of this topic will address side-to-side (otherwise known as lateral and medial) contributors to running. What does the pelvis do? It supports the weight of the entire upper body, as well as contribute to locomotion and posture. It would