Marcia is an OCR athlete, military veteran, and ambassador for several brands. We talked to her about her service and her recovery from an injury.

Jim discusses how he gets in shape to do charity challenges. He has climbed Mt. Fuji, bicycled 2000 miles, and ran a marathon. Find out more about this selfless athlete. www.redbikepublishing.com/rort and his book 2000 Miles on Wisdom

Tips from experts on the topics of obstacle course racing, nutrition, backyard obstacle courses, the pain pasture training area, endurance running and more. Come here from members of OCR tribe and Ninja Obstacle Academy.

Today we are interviewing Alex Leviton of Kengurupro.us. This will be a conversation about calisthenics and body weight exercises that you should incorporate into your running and obstacle race training.

Run in Mud recently interviewed Claire Sherling, the race director of the Marion Made Challenge (MMC). The MMC is a 5k race that takes place at beautiful Marion Military Institute, in Marion, Alabama. This course incorporates military and traditional Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) obstacles winding through golf courses, courtyards, woods and trails before finally finishing with the most grueling 1/10 miles that I have ever experienced.  

Claire has directed all three 3 MMC events all within about 12 months. Having experienced the last two events, I can attest that they get even more challenging and better after each next event. The last event in March had more competition that ever including international participation, more talented and competitive OCR athletes and now is a North American and World Championships qualification; congratulations for that. 

Discussing the give and take relationship between training for long distance running and maintaining strength for obstacle course racing. 

Discussion of marathon running:
Work, home and training balance
Training for distance
Running support networks
How does a new runner know when they are ready for a marathon? 
After years of running, what are you doing to perform better

Introduction of the host, Jeff Bennett and how he used OCR as a motivator to get fit. Jeff had gained 40 pounds since retiring from the Army and wanted to get back to a lean, mean, fighting machine. He describes his evolution and how OCR motivated him, as well as the evolution of OCR itself.