Rugged Maniac Calgary by Tanner Farenik

On Saturday July 30th I got to experience my first Rugged Maniac Obstacle Course Race at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, AB and it was a lot of fun. It doesn’t hurt that it was in my home town and was less than 20 minutes from my house! So here is a little break down of
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2016 OCR World Championship 3km Short Course Details by Adam Kwitko

With obstacle course race series defaulting toward longer distances for their world championship events, the independent OCR World Championships (OCRWC) officially announced the latest addition to it’s 15ish km “standard distance” and relay event: the 3km short course. This will be the shortest World Championship race the sport has seen: 3km – OCRWC World Championship,
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OCR Passport ! Pittsburg to Ottawa weekend

Early morning on a cloudy Thursday of August, my dreams pick the smell of freshly ground coffee. I can hear Claude making us an Italian threat. “Cappuccino Marco » , she says I wake up. She has been awake for a while already, she even found the time to do a morning run, take care
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Race review – inov-8 X-Talon 200: baptism of water

After the technical analysis (see here), it’s now time to put the X-Talon 200 through their paces. I’ve had the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in those shoes, including a training run, a winter obstacle race (Polar Hero) and a summer OCR (Battlefrog), so let me tell you what I think. First,
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Technical analysis – inov-8 X-Talon 200: evolution or revolution ?

inov-8 is relatively unknown to the general public, but its products have long been favorites of the CrossFit and fell/trail running crowds. Their X-Talon range is at home on obstacle course race start lines. We’ve been anxiously awaiting the family’s newborn for a few months now; let’s see if the X-Talon 200 lives up to
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