Upping your OCR Game
I’m a massive fan of Mo Farah
my estimations went down on him a bit after he did that “Quorn” advert
But all in all, Sir Mo is awesome
He’s the perfect role model and is one of the hardest working endurance athletes out there
His famous quote sums his training philosophy up nicely
“Don’t dream of winning, train for it!!!” – Mo Farah
^^ I couldn’t have put this better myself
See, a lot of people
Well, they like ‘the idea’ of training, but sadly will never achieve their dreams
Why?
Cuz when it comes down to it,
When push comes to shove,they simply don’t put the work in
You’ll find everybody wants to get better at obstacle racing, but not many are willing to put the extra graft in,
The healthier food choices
The running plan (urghhh!)
The wet, muddy sessions
The strength training
Like Mo says,
don’t just dream of winning, TRAIN for it!
Thankfully though,
you don’t have train like Mo Farah to train for an obstacle course race
^^ and quite frankly you don’t need to!
you DO however have to commit to some form of training though,
and first of all make sure you’re training Programme is up to date
and CURRENT
{reality check: you’ll find you can’t just train for an obstacle race by just doing a shed load of running, and a few obstacles races here and there}
^^ sorry runner “purists”!
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well you can but don’t expect too much back if you do
Things have moved on
Training has moved on
Obstacle course racing is different
As well as being running fit, you’ll find you’ll also need a versatile skill set of strength, agility, coordination and general athleticism to gain the edge out on the course
If you wanna be a bit more competitive this year and not ‘just be happy to finish the race’ then you’ll need to up your game
Speaking of upping your game
Our OCR VIRGIN programme will do precisely that
we have taken everything into consideration for you
Strength sessions
Mobility & Movement training
Running sessions
Obstacle specific training
You name it,
you’ll have have everything you need to train & prepare properly for your next OCR
We’ve left no stone unturned
You can grab your 6 week training programme here
But only if you’re ready :-)
You in?
Sam
PS – there are loads of Obstacle races coming up over the next few of months
Click here to start your training for your next race
The hard work begins now
About The Author
Sam Winkworth is the race director of the popular Dirty Rotten Scramble race series. He is also the head coach at the Unbreakable Project designed to develop obstacle racers who want to podium on a world stage. He is also the creator of OCR VIRGIN designed to help athletes of all abilities train & prepare for their next OCR.
