There really isn’t anything worse than pre-OCR race nerves. Except maybe pre-OCR race nerves that have to get on a plane. Because really. The small seats? The feeling of being trapped? The line [...]
If you’re participating in Spartan World Championships and you follow any pro-level athletes or OCR social media groups, you’ve likely been bombarded with recommendations on how to survive the [...]
The 2016 Rio Olympics have been nothing less than inspiring, with the United States having won (at the time of this writing) 46 gold, 37 silver, and 30 bronze medals. I think a collective “Wow” [...]
This morning, as the OCR racing community awoke, social media grabbed their attention with rumors and speculation that the well-known race series BattleFrog was no more. It wasn’t until later in [...]
It’s commonplace for many participants to experience an obstacle at an event for the very first time, making their race more like practice than performance. So, when you use races as your [...]
This weekend, Riverside California hosted BattleFrog’s regional championship race. Three of King’s Camps Pro Team (myself, Julie Werne, and Rebecca Morr) ran the elite heat. Unlike the open [...]
You’ve trained long and hard for your event, gone “balls to the wall” as you ran it, and crossed the finish line with great joy. (And maybe just a few tears.) So, now what? If you’re anything [...]
If you’re like me, the idea of taking a rest day seems anathema to my higher goal of being the strongest, fittest person I can be. Why would I want to rest when I could use that day to work out? [...]
Have you ever started a race and told yourself you’re going to go “Balls to the Wall Or, when something has gone south, said to yourself well that went “titsup”? (I [...]
Remember back in high school how the sports teams would always get together the night before a big game to carb load? Carb loading of those days consisted of large bowls of spaghetti, baked [...]