Tough Mudder famously brings fire and electric shocks into its challenges, plus other aspects that play on human fears, such as heights and water. Crawling, climbing, sliding, dropping, swinging and jumping – all those things you loved doing as kid – are all part of the fun.įamily fun The two big players in the market are Spartan and Tough Mudder: they both started around 10 years ago, have gnarly reputations and have become global brands with millions of participants. Races are designed to test participants mentally as well as physically, and require them to work as a team. Only the mighty could ever hope to even start an endurance race, let alone complete one, whereas the proliferation of events that have sprung up over the last 10 years has made OCR something to which everyone can aspire. Obstacle course racing (OCR) has grown out of long distance endurance racing. A few minutes later they’re collecting their Tuff Enuff t-shirts and medals and asking to do it all again.
Their team of six are soaked and muddy, but wearing huge smiles as they run across the field towards the next obstacle, which involves scrambling under wire netting – through mud, naturally. Just as I’m getting anxious that they might have fallen off the cliff, I see them climbing over a gate at the opposite end of the field. My last glimpse was them shooting down a makeshift tarpaulin slide into a chest-deep river and running off into the woods on the other side. It’s an unseasonably cold, wet and windy autumn day and I’m standing in the corner of a cliff edge field in Poldark country, waiting for my children to come into view. OCR lets you exercise without realising it, because it’s fun! Who doesn’t love a zipline or waterslide?
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