Once I got the right pair on my feet, it was a whole new ball game. While on the subject of feet, I can also say that anyone ever took the time to talk to me about socks. Keep in mind, these are shoes are popular examples and not necessarily my recommendations. Don’t bring a knife to a gunfight and don’t bring Keds to an OCR. Here is an example, with a quick search on eBay I was able to find a pair of brand new Solomon Speedcross 3’s for $61.99 from a seller with a 98.6% positive feedback rating! Reebok All Terrain Supers can be had for $69.99 brand new on eBay and even cheaper if you can find your size on 6PM.com. Hell, you might be thinking “What if I don’t like it?” Well, you will like it and you will do another one, so get some shoes… You don’t have to spend a lot of money if you are smart.
The right shoes are your breath mint.ĭon’t take this the wrong way, I don’t think you should go out and spend $150.00 on a pair of OCR shoes for your first race. Now imagine having gone to an Italian festival, eating tons of food basted and drowning in garlic, and not having a breath mint before that magic moment… that’s what this is like. If you are Scooby Doo’ing through the mud and muck or up a hill, you will wear yourself out far quicker than you would if you had the right equipment on your feet. Having the wrong equipment can strain parts of your body that just don’t need to be strained. Folks don’t realize that this can make or break your experience. I see so many people struggling unnecessarily due to a complete lack of grip. If you have gone through the process of picking your race, you are almost there. Let’s start from there.įirst, I can’t understand for the life of me, why someone would run any OCR with regular sneakers on. “If I only knew then, what I know now.” I only wish someone was there to sit me down before I hit the course to tell me some of the basics… some of the basic things that would make my first experience so much better. I didn’t know squat about race day nutrition, shoes, shirts, pants, ANYTHING! I winged it. They were all different, and I knew nothing. I remember my first, second, and third Spartan Races. While this guide isn’t going to tackle anything regarding your training or nutrition, it is going to help you to understand a few things before you hit the starting corral. Whatever your motivation is, you signed up. Some folks try OCR as a first step in changing their lifestyle, some try OCR because they just want to try something new, others because they are looking for a new challenge. The fact that you signed up is all that matters. The one thing that is constant between all of these races is that you will be challenged in one way or another, you will be uncomfortable at times, you may question yourself and your abilities, but you will come out a different person at the end than you did when you first signed up.įrom a person’s physical perspective it doesn’t matter if you are overweight, underweight, short, tall, ugly or anything. We all have different reasons for starting our first OCR (obstacle course race), whether it is Spartan, BattleFrog, BoneFrog Challenge, Rugged Maniac, etc. As many of you may be gearing up for your first Spartan race, there are a couple of things I would like to let you know before you hit the course. If there is one thing I can take away from most of these discussions, it is that people had little to no guidance before race day. I get the great privilege of talking with people on the course, and for many of them, it is usually their first or second Spartan Race. When I run with a group, we tackle the open heat, it is just more fun. If there is one thing I love to do more on a Spartan course than running it is talking to people.
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