Today’s guest was part of the 2021 MS Run the US relay team to raise money and awareness to help fight the fight against multiple sclerosis.
Her leg of the relay covered 162 miles over 6 days and the cause is personal since she is one of 7 on the relay that is living with multiple sclerosis.
I am looking forward to going a few easy miles today with Melinda Perea!
Melinda Perea
Anna Landry is joining me on the show today to dive into all things OCR.
She is the co-host of the OCR Talk podcast and isn’t afraid to get dirty.
I am looking forward to going a few easy miles, filled with obstacles of course, with Anna Landry.
Anna Landry
Today I will be going a few easy miles with Rob Rowald.
Rob Rowald
Rob is a self-described gadget geek, fitness enthusiast, tech evangelist, an an OCR guy.
His road to fitness was slow and steady and for each pound lost he gained more confidence to push himself further.
Today I’m going over the fire and through the mud with elite Obstacle Course Racer Mike Ferguson.
Mike Ferguson
Clearly there are many differences between competing in an OCR event and a standard road or trail race.
Outside of the obstacles, the biggest difference is not knowing the distance of the race.
For the events that Mike runs, he doesn’t know at the start of the race how far he is going to have to go on any particular day. At the start of the race, he will have a window where he knows that the finish line will be somewhere between 7 and 10 miles (as an example).
If you’re just in the race to run it, that’s one thing. But for a guy like Mike that is trying to win every event he enters, this unknown can be an issue.
How do you pace yourself properly for a race when you don’t know how far you’ll have to run? Read more
Today I’m talking with another Obstacle Course Racer and fellow podcaster Jay Bode!
Jay Bode
Jay got into obstacle course racing because of a combination of peer pressure and convenience.
And before that first race was over, he was officially hooked!
Now, Jay is always looking for the next OCR to compete in, and loves checking out the different races and different options that are available.
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