The episode you never asked for but we delivered, the big one with all of your favourite UK hosts. 2023 has been amazing for the sport of OCR and we wanted to celebrate that with a very long episode to showcase the highlights of the year and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy this one and make sure you wait until the end for some very special guests. Thank you for listening and staying with us in 2023, more to come in 2024. Merry Christmas Everyone 

In the last episode of our obstacle race skills series, we talked about running as a skill and how OCR has so many different demands from it and then we went on to put it all together and created the best OCR race format. Let us know what you think, we hope you enjoy our most prepared-for episode yet. 

The one you've been waiting for in our obstacle skills series, what we all love talking about, technical obstacles. Hear how we try and break them down to give you insight into what you can expect and what training can be done to perfect them. If we missed any let us know, as we may do a wrap-up episode to capture everything else.  

Continuing with our obstacle series, this episode is all about strength obstacles, what they are how to train for them, and where to expect them on course. As always we have the scientific insight from our self-proclaimed Dr Shipley and some great coaching insight from Mo. If you ever wanted to get more insight into the strength part of our sport then tune in for a great listen. 

Our first-ever podcast series - We're going to focus on the obstacles that make up obstacle course racing, from Mandatory obstacles, strength obstacles, and what we all love suspended obstacles. In this first episode, we talk about Mandatory obstacles, which are the foundation of obstacle course racing, we discuss how to tackle them, how to train for them, and where they should be placed on the course. 

What does being competitive mean to you? We talk all about being competitive in OCR, how it drives us, and how it has made the sport and us as athletes grow. We also talk about the British Championships, how competitive it will be, and what it has done for the sport. 

All about the FISO OCR World Championships and the inner voice. In this episode, we ask Mo to step aside and welcome Immy Hales, who represented Team UK in the mixed team race at the OCR world championships alongside your hosts Chris and Darren. Immy is an incredible athlete who also humbly talks about her 2nd place finish in her age category in the 3k race. Immy also joins us in our conversation about controlling the inner voice when racing and training. 

Why do we need Championship races? We talk all about championship races in OCR, where they are why we have more than one of them, and why you should go to them. With the Fiso World Championships coming up this weekend 14-17 September, we also talk about our prep what it means to us, and what it means to the sport of OCR as a whole. 

This episode continues the discussion around how to train and get better at OCR. what can I do if I don't have a gym, where can I go to train, how much should I be training and what does a scripted training plan look like? More importantly, hear some amazing insight from our very own scientist, Dr Christopher Shipley. 

This episode is all about simplifying how to get into obstacle course racing. How fit do you need to be, how do I get started and what should I be worried about?