{"id":1169,"date":"2018-11-09T10:09:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2018-11-09T10:09:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:09:55","slug":"do-you-need-an-off-season-in-ocr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/do-you-need-an-off-season-in-ocr\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need an Off Season in OCR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeniandRichard.jpg\" alt=\"Beni_Gifford_Richard_Diaz\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeniandRichard.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BeniandRichard-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Recently I posted an offer for someone to be my guest and to pose some interesting questions regarding training and <strong>Obstacle Course Racing.<\/strong>\u00a0 An old friend\/client <strong>Beni Gifford<\/strong> reached out with what I felt was some solid questions and here is what he wanted to know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hear a lot of differing views regarding the concept of taking an off season and what it might look like, I am curious to get your take on this subject?<\/li>\n<li>How does <strong>periodization training<\/strong> fit into OCR?<\/li>\n<li>If someone (like me) wants to focus on <strong>developing &#8220;winning&#8221; 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