{"id":1656,"date":"2020-02-22T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2020-02-16T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T22:35:22","slug":"another-24-hr-ocr-world-championship-hits-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/another-24-hr-ocr-world-championship-hits-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Another 24 hr OCR World Championship hits the U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/PLATINUMRIG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1657\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Who knew?\u00a0 One day as I was surfing social media, I hear <strong>Ryan Atkins<\/strong> mention that <strong>Platinum Rig<\/strong> is bringing a 24 hour competition to the states!!!\u00a0 Like most enthusiasts, I\u2019ve heard of this line of rigs and how formidable they were. Does anyone remember <strong>Battle Frog<\/strong>?\u00a0 They introduced some of these rigs in their events before they said goodbye.\u00a0 As inquiring minds want to know, I reached out to these folks to learn more.\u00a0 They kindly responded and set up an interview with one of their people.\u00a0 Turns out H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Dumais is quite the endurance athlete herself and she shared the details.\u00a0 This as you\u2019ll find is quite a different approach to OCR as we know it.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to spoil the details, you\u2019ll have to listen to find out what\u2019s on tap.\u00a0 I will share that this event is claiming to be an OCR World Championship and is slated for August of this year on the East Coast!\u00a0 For more details and registration visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.platinumrigevents.com\">www.platinumrigevents.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Another 24 hr OCR World Championship hits the U.S.?\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2020-02-22T14:22:00-08:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT36M27S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\" OCR World Championship is slated for August of this year on the East Coast!  \" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/PlatinumRig.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"33.4\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2079\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1656-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/PlatinumRig.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/PlatinumRig.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/PlatinumRig.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/PlatinumRig.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1656-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/content.blubrry.com\/the_natural_running_network\/PlatinumRig.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"PlatinumRig.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('1656-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_1656-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_1656-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/?powerpress_embed=1656-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalrunningnetwork.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who knew?\u00a0 One day as I was surfing social media, I hear Ryan Atkins mention that Platinum Rig is bringing a 24 hour competition to the states!!!\u00a0 Like most enthusiasts, I\u2019ve heard of this line of rigs and how formidable they were. 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