What is the right difficulty for obstacles and terrain at an OCR championship event?🤔
This is probably one of the most widely discussed things within OCR. And I know, it’s NOT EASY to standardize 🤯
👉My view: I personally think more consistency in level is needed, both within “obstacle difficulty” and “terrain/running difficulty” especially federated championship events.
🔸Terrain: Have elevation, trail, and flat (preferably a combo) - but keep it within the same “frame”. Not having one year only flat running, and next year only mountainous & technical.
🔸Obstacles: Find a level for how long/complicated rigs minimum & maximum can be, so people have a chance to adjust how much time to use on obstacle training beforehand vs running.
🔸Rules: Stop the 60-page rulebook & make obstacles intuitive to understand. Make rules to ensure no athletes gets advantages, but stop rules that cut bands for people stepping 1 cm outside a platform or touch something a little bit wrong 😅 Again, m...
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