This past Sunday was my 1st Spartan race. It was quite the introduction with all the rain and mud. However, it was a good time! Thanks for posting this video! I'm gonna share 😊

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! And congrats on your first Spartan race! What a race to run as your first. It was no joke out there. Glad you had a good time. We did too. Hope to see you out there on the course in the future - AROO!

@keith8896

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings Thanks! Yes, I'm inspired to do another. Perhaps, a Super and then a Beast.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Right on

@mateomoyon8920

7 ай бұрын

I have my first in 4 hours! Congrats!

@OCRKings

6 ай бұрын

Hope all went well and you had a great race!

Thanks guys for always having some seriously awesome content! I have my first Super this sunday at Bigfork and you guys have been the best guidance hands down. If you make it out there I hope to find you!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Good luck this Sunday, be safe, and have a great race! unfortunately we won't be out there is weekend. Hope to catch you on the next one - AROO!

Thanks for posting this. I raced solo but this was a great way to share the race with my wife. This was my third Sprint and I'm going to do my first Super in October. I'm good for that as long as the October one isn't in mud like this. The mud really added a greater challenge. Like normally going downhill is when you get to rest a little bit. But in mud, every step was delicate so that was tough as well.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

So true! The mud added such a unique dynamic to this race. It made it a memorable adventure, that's for sure. Good luck on your first Super! Hopefully the weather will hold out, but anything can happen, esp. if it's at Mountain Creek.

@MichaelMGabriel

Жыл бұрын

I've never been in spartan race. Is there any training you need to prepare for this?

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Running helps, as does working pullups into your workout routines. Beyond that, if you can practice climbing a rope and/or the spear throw, that really helps too.

Im doing my first spartan race this saturday and going in completely blind and alone!! Thank you for showing this video so i know what to expect 🙈💖

@OCRKings

9 ай бұрын

Excellent glad the video could provide some insights. Good luck at your race this Saturday! You’re gonna do great!!

Thank you for sharing this video! And great job!

@OCRKings

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! And thanks for watching!!

I've got the Aussie Gold Coast Queensland Spartan coming up this weekend. Super + Sprint on the Saturday. The Beast almost killed me last year. Thanks for the great video! 👍

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Excellent, good luck and have a great time at your events!! And thank you!

💪🏾💯Good Morning 🙏🏾 🌄 Big Props to the guy who ran the course and filmed this damn,,I've a nephew who ran last year and running this year damn, as much as I hate mud I'd consider running 🏃‍♂️...

@OCRKings

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! And if you can get out this year, definitely go for it!

I was there. I love looking at this footage it takes me right back there. We are here. Arooo.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Aroo! Sorry we missed you there my friend. See you at the NJ Beast?

@BEPRODUCTIONSTV

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings you got it brothers, already got my pass. Please let us know what wave you guys are running. I will pick that wave. Looking forward to taking on the beast AROO. You guys are awesome. Great content.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! We'll keep you posted the closer we get to the date.

Can't wait to try my skills .great program

@OCRKings

5 ай бұрын

Excellent! Have a great race and a good time out there!

Looks like it was a messy blast! Wish I could have joined you fellas.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Even though it was a muddy slog, it was really fun. So much mud. I am still hosing off the gear in the driveway, and that's after it's been out in the pouring rain for several days now. Sorry we missed you, catch you on the next one!

This specific race will forever be in my top 5 spartan races of all time. That mud that day was unreal, so freaking fun and great course design.

@OCRKings

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree. That mud was next level, and the crappy weather on top made it a very sloppy and very memorable race!

Love your videos, guys. Anyone else getting a Warren G vibe here? Regulators, mount up!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And HA, I am whistling the hook right now!

Awesome race 5k, extra muddy I see myself in the video. GREAT TIME

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! And agreed, it was a great time!

This is why you are the best in the business boys, nice work!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

Seems the rain help clean up some of the goop. Saturday looked much worse when i was running the super. Good work gentlemen. Oh, and thanks for the advise on previous vids.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!

Your vids have helped a ton guys! I volunteered at Olympus Saturday and after seeing the mess decided to bankroll my free race. But now you've shown me what I missed! :)

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thank you for checking out the video, and thank you for volunteering. Hopefully your future race will have nicer conditions, and perhaps we'll see you out there. AROO!

@chlk120

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings 😍

Great work! So much mud!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Congratulations on your race with this great time as we like them and your magnificent medals! Always on top of your videos / Félicitation pour votre course avec ce super-temps comme on les aime et vos magnifiques médailles ! Toujours au top vos vidéos ! Arrow Arrow Arrow

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

Awesome!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

😁

Great rope climbing technique. That is a struggle for me. Your slow and steady style looks very effective. I will try that.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I used to do arms only, but the step on the rope technique (j hook) really takes the weight off the arms and makes it way easier. You could stand on the rope all day. Hope it works for you as well - AROO!

@yamanhunny

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and I’m looking for those shoes that the man in the yellow shirt had on while rope climbing

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

@@yamanhunny Hi there, just responded in another spot, but figured I'd post here too. The shoes are the Inov8 X-Talon Ultra 260 V2 Trail Running Shoes. You can find them on Amazon here amzn.to/42gy9Pj or on the Inov8 website here www.inov-8.com/us/x-talon-ultra-260-v2-mens-trail-running-shoe

Tengo 59 años y lo escribo aquí me estoy preparando para una carrera Spartan..CON TODO SI NO PA QUÉ RESPIRAR

@OCRKings

3 ай бұрын

Good luck in your training and have a great race!!

Watching this after Spartan Race in Kyiv, Ukraine. Started my OCR journey in April

@OCRKings

12 күн бұрын

Excellent! Glad to hear that you began your OCR journey, and we hope your Race in Kyiv went well! Welcome, my friend, and thank you for watching!

That mud, WOW!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a mess out there!

Wow great footage guys. What a mess. I love it 😜. More cowbell!! Was it really that quiet? Or did you edit out some volume? Usually i hear more motivated noises. Maybe its just me. Aroo. Thanks for sharing this with us

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Gotta have more cowbell! There weren't as many bell obstacles in this race. With the rain, and them being caked with mud and gunk, the ring was really really low. Everything was muffled it seemed.

@harrygrimley4352

Жыл бұрын

I usually find myself cheering everyone on. On down hills I'm usually reminding everyone not to waste a good downhill. As I jog past them.

I'm doing the one in Cincinnati in 2 weeks, looking forward to the challenge

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! Good luck at your race and enjoy!

Wow! What a mess out there! Good job.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the vid. Glad yall are back out there making obstacle videos for us. 👍🏿💪🏿🫷🏿

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!!

I wanna do it this looks like pain but fun at the same time

@OCRKings

Ай бұрын

It can be really fun out there at times. Well worth the effort. Thinking about doing a race? You should try it!

@KillerSkullX

18 күн бұрын

@@OCRKingshow easy is it? Everything except the forearm exercises look easy

Go pros have come so darn far...m this footage is fantastic

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!!! The weather was so bad, it was a struggle with the cameras. Tough to edit around.

@NoFate247

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings Naw I expected a lot more rain covered lenses. You two did great as usual

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Plus looking at that video a lot of the obstacles are for sure doable

@OCRKings

11 ай бұрын

Agreed, they certainly are

Hello, I Love this and would really Love to do this with my two physically fit sons in their 30’s, but I am a 62 year old mom with limited ability due to Parkinson’s, I sure would like to prove to myself and others that I’m still a capable badass!😉 Any suggestions on what race to do?? Thank you!

@OCRKings

16 күн бұрын

You could do a race with your sons, that would be great! Help each other and stick together. Any obstacle that is no go, the hell with it, skip it, especially in an Open wave. If there are penalties like burpees, perhaps one of your sons could do them on your behalf. Also, Tough Mudder is not a bad idea either. There are no penalties there at all. You could do as much of the race as you want/can, and bypass anything you might want/need to with no burpees or extra laps. I think the best part would be to do either race together with the family. The togetherness I think would be the best part.

Hey guys, quick question: I'm going to go pro my race for the first time. Which is better, a head mount or chest mount? Thanks.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Great question - head mount is better, especially in muddy conditions like in this video.

Hey, i see you hav unsual headstrap for GoPro that is secured to your t-shirt. Could you share where did you purchase it?

@OCRKings

9 ай бұрын

The thing we use to secure our headstraps to our shirts is a construction hard hat tether. I'm pretty sure it's this exact one: amzn.to/3ELW6Vs

Thank you so much for posting this. My friend and I are super nervous, and this helped a lot. This is our first race, and we are on our way now!

@OCRKings

11 ай бұрын

Awesome! So glad to help. How'd it go!!??

@briannamae886

11 ай бұрын

​@OCRKings it was so much fun! So much rain and mud made it much more fun. We hit all our goals too! I'm signing up for another one for 2024. I had a blast!!

@OCRKings

10 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you had a blast, and hope to see you out there in 2024!

How long roughly did this take ya? These 5k sprints? Trying to time out my day for next weekend. And in your experiences, do the heats start on time? Cheers

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

This particular race was a mess. The mud and the mountain resulted in a time of 1hr and 25min (ish) to complete. Normally for us, with battery changes and lining up the shots, and our typical slow and steady pace, a Sprint takes us around 45min or less. And sad to say, for most of our experience, heats start late by 7 to 10minutes usually, and at worst 30 minutes late (which is very rare).

@Kyles_Money

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings appreciate the response

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

@@Kyles_Money No problem!

In low light and terrible weather, gopro's are usually terrible! how did you get such good footage??

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks! Trade secrets my friend!

Awesome job guys! Good to see the boys back in action!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad to be out there doing what we love. Hope to see you at a future race. Aroo!

I‘ll be running a Race in April. What shoes do you recommend? I‘m usually a track and street runner so my running shoes are probably not appropriate to this, nor some medium hiking boots, right? I‘m so excited about this challenge! First time running 10k in competition, I‘m in the best shape of my life regarding strength.

@OCRKings

2 ай бұрын

Awesome and we hope you crush in in April! If we were buying shoes today we both agree we would buy the inov-8 Mudtalon Speed - lightweight, decent drainage, and really agressive treads. We are both running in this shoe this year. www.inov-8.com/us/mudtalon-speed-womens?colours=1957

Wow, the mud! Your grip must have been a huge factor.

@jeffjakubowski9323

Жыл бұрын

Grip strength was key on all the rig obstacles. I fell off every one of them, they did great.

@ThisIsWilliamPhelps

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffjakubowski9323 I'm hoping for sunshine during my first one in June. Fingers crossed.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Grip was a big factor, especially on the metal bars. We both were surprised on how slippery the monkey bars were and those new bars on the z wall. Super slippery. The pipe in the multi-rig gave us pause as well. Solid grip and slower more deliberate speed saved the day.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

This was the first race in a long time that I thought I was going to fall off the monkey bars. It was really surprising how slippery it was. I can't imagine what twister and olympus would have been like. Crazy!

way to hit that spear throw 👍

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was our first time with the new target lay out. We kind of like it. Have you seen the new target set up, and what are your thoughts?

@chlk120

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings I have a 3 bale set-up in my backyard and used a hula-hoop to simulated the plywood cutout!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

That is a fantastic idea!!

WOW it sure did get muddier since the Super on Saturday! Probably burned twice as many calories just trying to power through it lol great video as always guys!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend!! It was crazy out there, but definitely memorable. See you for the Beast at Mountain Creek?

@ByondTheNorm

Жыл бұрын

I will be there doing the Ultra to finally get one of those oh so beautiful purple belt buckles! If you guys are gonna be there then I will almost surely catch ya on the course. Gives me even more motivation to keep powering through now!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Right on!

best in class

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

im gonna be direct both david and tony capacity is limited for spartan race respect for partiicpation and initiation !

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

👊👊

Is it muddy on purpose or was it because of the rain?

@OCRKings

3 ай бұрын

It was unbelievably rainy that weekend. It is usually somewhat muddy out there, but not normally like this. Tons and tons of mud due to several inches of rain.

Good work guys, though Oh Our Phlegm would have jacked this too, like everything else

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

My goodness, at a loss for words

Do you go as fast as you can or is that not really possible with so many people on the course?

@OCRKings

5 ай бұрын

Great question! We tend to go at a consistent, medium pace. The elite runners might push to go as fast as possible, but we are slower and more deliberate, esp. when it comes to the obstacles.

I am planning to challenge it with my bro~but first of all i am 235 lbs now..how many lbs should i lose first before the tournament??

@OCRKings

7 ай бұрын

If you have good upper body strength, you probably don't have to lose any lbs. If you're tall and 235, you will probably do great as is. If you run and strength train, you'll be fine. If not, definitely get out there and run and train pullups (since those are the muscles you'll use most during Spartan). The lighter you are, the less weight will be pulling on you when hanging from stuff like the rig and monkey bars. It's up to you to gauge your level of fitness and balance out weight, strength, and endurance (for the running part). If you are in good shape overall, then you are good to go.

@cicitony

7 ай бұрын

@@OCRKings thankyou for the advise..I am a gym person usually go to gym 3-4 times a week ..I noticed some of the obstacles are abit difficult for me such as the rope climbing ..my upper body strength is not bad but I think my lower body is abit over weight..I think so that losing some weight would be better..at least 40 lbs ..because when I do lat pull-down in the gym my max is like 180 lbs 6-7 reps..

What kind of shoes did the man in the yellow shirt have on 7:52

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

The shoes are the Inov8 X-Talon Ultra 260 V2 Trail Running Shoes. You can find them on Amazon here amzn.to/42gy9Pj or on the Inov8 website here www.inov-8.com/us/x-talon-ultra-260-v2-mens-trail-running-shoe

Are you allowed to walk it? Do people do it?

@OCRKings

9 ай бұрын

Yes you are allowed to walk, and many people do. As long as you complete the race before the course is closed, it's all good.

First comment! My first top 10!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! And thanks for watching!

@koalemos4481

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings Watch every video. You guys are great! These race videos always get me pumped right before my next race! Keep up the great materials

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

How did the shirt size run this year?

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Good question. I think they are decent vs normal T shirt size. Damer and I both got large and they seem to fit just right, not too tight, not too loose.

@Jack-pm2pz

Жыл бұрын

@@OCRKings Thanks! I’m doing my first ultra in Fayetteville this weekend and if this goes well I plan on doing the tristate NJ Ultra next.

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! You are a monster, multiple Ultras in the same season! Let us know if you are doing the NJ Ultra. If we do the Beast, perhaps we will see you out there.

It's amazing how many people are trying to rip off your format

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

It's a great big Internet, plenty enough for everyone

What's your secret to keeping mud out of your camelback?

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Good question! Short answer is we haven't found a way to keep crud out of the pack, but we can keep our stuff dry and mud free by putting the stuff back there inside a sealed Ziplock bag. I had my jacket in and out of the pack inside one of these: amzn.to/3pa7vcP Ziplock Big Bag size large. This is only for gear mind you, not for the water bladder. The only real add on for the bladder is for the bite hose. If you don't have one already, a "dust cover" is a must. It keeps the mud off the end of the hose and out of your mouth: amzn.to/3NCcLQO

Can’t you just skip it all? And also the course looks fairly easy with the exception of any and all forearm exercises

@OCRKings

16 күн бұрын

You could skip it all I guess, yes, but that would defeat the purpose of doing one of these vs. doing a road race. Also, there are penalties for skipping/failing obstacles, typically 30 burpees each. This course was up and down a mountain. If you run mountains often, then yes, probably pretty easy. It only had 1300' of elevation gain packed into 3miles, with pouring rain, and 6" of thick mud.

Not trying to be rude but this looks super easy

@OCRKings

9 ай бұрын

ok

This looks easy asf lmaoo

@mkxtzygo8863

Жыл бұрын

Alright david goggins

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@OCRKings

Жыл бұрын

😂

Coalzxr plu

@OCRKings

9 ай бұрын

ok

Hmmm .. yeah definitely not interested in all that thick mud. No thanks!

@OCRKings

Ай бұрын

Ok 👍