12/16/2021 - Iron Lion - Black Diamond OCR course – Iron Lion
AO: Iron Lion
When: 12/16/2021
PAX:
Number of Pax: 11
Pax Names: Blues Clues, Bush Push, Cable Guy, ChainLink, Curds, Daisy, Dorn, Nacho Libre, Snowden, Urban Cowboy,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS:
FNG Names:
QIC: Wine in A Box
Introduction
Need to get ready for Abomidable coming up . . . so lets put together an OCR course.
Been thinking about this one for awhile, and how to add obstacles/challenges without hours and hours of set up. How to make this inherently challenging without building obstacles. lol
gale force winds the night before dried a lot of the course up thankfully. Otherwise I was worried it would be a mudslide on the hill. I pre-moved the tires the afternoon before to make set up a tad easier. Still . . . I was there at 3:55AM to get set up. The damn lit cones kept blowing away in the wind. (In fact, from the time I got there until the end of the workout, the temperature DROPPED 11 degrees.)
I was concerned that Curds was my site Q with his well-earned reputation for fartsacking. I also knew that I was on my own as far as set up goes for that same reason.
Not to disappoint . . . Curds came rolling in 5-10 minutes late as we finished our course walk through. Classic.
Vests on gentlemen . . . lets rock.
Warm-O-Rama
jogging the course and explaining the obstacles was the warm up.
The Thang
OCR Course
Wearing a vest, try to get through the course as many times as possible in the time allotted.
Start at the base of the hill in loose “teams” of 3-4 ppl.
Tire drag up the hill. drag the tire back to the beginning for the next relay. Run up the hill to your coupon. Rifle carry down the east face of the hill to the cone and back up. Run down to the cone, turn left, and run around the lagoon and over the lit bridge to the lit pathway above the octagon. At the first cone, do 10 squats. Then run down the hill, over the wall, and jump up on the octagon. Do 10 merkins. Then run back up the hill, and over the next wall to the next cone. Do 10 squats. Then run back down the hill, over the wall and onto the octagon. Do 10 merkins. Run to the football field and do heavy farmers carry with big boy coupons (40 yards out and back). Lateral traverse on field goal post, left hand first. Then run 100 yards to next field goal post. Lateral traverse with right hand first. With a partner, do a tire rope pull 120 feet, then run the cone back for the next 2 PAX. Run to parking lot. Do 3 tire flips with tractor tires. Run to other end of parking lot. Do 10 power clean “step throughs” with sandbags. Run back to beginning. (1.2 mile course. Most groups got 3 circuits in)
Circle of Trust
CoT is about complancy. I have been VERY complacent lately and need to shake myself out of it. Call it seasonal depression, missing the sun, whatever . . . but I need a jolt to my system. So what better way to kickstart Abomidable training than an OCR course. Men, dont let yourselves get complacent and happy with the status quo. Keep pushing your boundaries and yourselves. Dont rely on others to keep motivating you, find that strength within yourselves. Keep on pushing.
Naked Man Moleskin
WTF.
So HUGE AAR lesson. Dont use that fucking lit bridge. There is a BIG dip at the end of the bridge that is very deceiving and dangerous. Curds faceplanted with a misstep and I hypertextended my leg and hurt something in my calf. So F YOU LIT UP BRIDGE. F YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL.
I do really enjoy planning and setting up OCR courses like this. As much fun as running is (and its sooo much fun) adding in challenges makes it more bearable IMO. The obstacles can be great equalizers for those that arent the fastest runners.
All the PAX busted their asses today and did exceptionally well. Snowden came out for his first OCR run, and absolutely kicked ass.
It clearly wasnt hard enough as chainlink and curds were merrily chatting all the way through.
You would never know that Dorn has only one tendon left in his left knee, as he continues to push himself and others with his drive and grit.
daisy and bush push quickly teamed up and really kicked ass.
Urban Cowboy and Snowden were near each other, and did a fantastic job as always. Urban Cowboy is starting to rival nacho Libre in mumblechatter.
Nacho Libre, Blues Clues and cable guy were the last grouping, and to no one’s surprise … quickly and methodically dissected the course.
Another AAR, headlamps. The route around the lagoon was dark with a light out. That damn irregular pavement was a real pain in the ass too. Total miles logged seemed to be over 3 miles per PAX, so mission accomplished?