Team Gold at the OCR World Championships!
We won the OCR World Championship Pro Women’s Team Relay today! Two years in a row! What a wonderful consolation prize after coming up short of my outcome goal on Friday.
Hannah Holmes started us out in the lead, and Kris Rugloski and I both added to it, until the very end, where we three joined back up, worked through the last few obstacles together, finishing strong, with big smiles.
I’d like to give a huge shout-out to Kris for an incredible weekend of back-to-back racing and to Hannah for overcoming her fear of a psychological obstacle that involves a big, high leap from a platform to a slanted wall with only a pipe to grab.
A big thank you goes to OCRWC for adding in such a fantastic team event. It reminds me of the 4x400m relay at the end of a track meet – no matter how your race/races went that day, the relay at the end gives you a chance to put your Self aside and focus on the team, which often brings out a level of performance we didn’t know we were capable of, since it’s for something bigger than us. (Speaking of, our t-shirts are from Steve McCollum of Back2back ministries – check out what B2b does for kids in poverty around the world!)
Yes, we love to compete, but really, we are all just out here using sport to become the best version of ourselves. Obstacle course racing provides an opportunity to practice the life skills of mental fortitude, pivoting, learning from mistakes, and – during the relay, communication and teamwork – a fun and challenging way to build life skills!