![]() ![]() ![]() RELATED: Interview: Kathrine Switzer reflects on 50-year career since iconic Boston Marathon debut.īoone’s introduction to the ultrarunning scene came with instant success. She was also putting in 95-110 kilometres per week (typically in five days) training for various obstacle course championships. Plus, ultrarunning was a new suffer-fest challenge for the athlete who consistently beats almost every man and woman in races. Hitting the mountain trails with a headlamp for early morning runs only strengthened her passion for the sport to then add ultrarunning to the repertoire. You just try to be the most well-rounded athlete.” “You have to realize that you’re never going to be totally prepared. ![]() “The cool thing about OCR is there’s no one specific way to train,” she says. ![]() That’s understandable given the the importance of running in OCR. Right now, much of her OCR training comes from running but she’s tentatively planning to transition to a 50/50 split between running and focused strength work in 2017. The OCR superstar has split her focus in half in recent years, taking up ultramarathons, though the Reebok athlete still is very much an obstacle course racer. She played soccer, softball among other team sports in high school and college before getting into OCR with the help of a coworker. Growing up in Portland, Ore., a city known for its running obsession, Boone didn’t run a race until she was 28. Since then, Boone has won much of everything there is to win in obstacle course racing (OCR) including the Spartan Race World Championship, the 24-hour World’s Toughest Mudder on three occasions, and many Spartan Sprints across the United States. resident got into obstacle course racing when she was living in Chicago working as a first-year associate at a law firm. Over the last five years, Amelia Boone has become one of the most successful obstacle course racers in the history of the fast-growing sport. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Email Share on SMS ![]()
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