Jon Albon, is one of the world's top racers – three-time OCR world champion in fact – so the perfect person to ask about how to get started. "Every race is different, which means you never get bored.

Obstacle course racing (OCR) has boomed in recent years and every event will lay claim to being the biggest, the baddest and the best. From the original Tough Guy race, designed to be so hard few ...