Monday, October 17, 2016

OCR 15k World Championships 2016

Saturday, standard length course was held. 48 obstacles. Fastest times were around 1 hour 30 minutes. 15km race with 1120m of elevation gain. The same rules were as the short course, must complete all obstacles in order to keep the OCR Band. Some memorable obstacles that were added are:
Skull Valley - Rock-climbing wall grips to 4 ropes to wall grips and hit a bell
Platinum Rig 2 - Dwarf sized rig where you had to cross - basically being positioned horizontally
Weaver - Over and under an A frame weaving through it without touching the ground
Warped Wall - 14 foot warped wall with a nunchuck hanging on the edge to grab

OCR 3k World Championships 2016

Friday October 14, 2016 held in Blue Mountain Village, Ontario. 3k course Elevation gain of 175m. Super fast race! Top finishers completed in 15min. The great thing about ocrwc was mandatory obstacle completion. If someone gave up on an obstacle, a time penalty was added on in addition to a list of DNF. Some memorable obstacles in this race to list are:
Dragon's Back - precision jumps over 6 feet onto a horizontal bar 10 feet above ground
The Samurai - bear hugging 5 vertical logs from one end to the other without touching the tops.
Platinum Rig 1 - mixture of ropes, bars, and rings
Floating Boards - 5 boards that hang from a chain with some good hand and foot holds
Urban Sky - weight adjusting wheels and weight adjusting rings where where you go from one end to another.