August 02, 2025
Farm Strong OCR 2025
Franklin County Parks & Recreation • 2150 Sontag Road Rocky Mount, VA 24151 Organized by County of Franklin Parks & RecreationAbout this event
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Description
Saturday, August 2nd 2025
You may be gym strong but are you “Farm Strong”?The Farm Strong OCR is a unique farm work inspired challenge course that combines more than a dozen obstacles to create an event like no other. Prepare to get wet, muddy, winded, and have a lot of fun!
The Farm Strong OCR at Waid Park was co-designed by the Spartan SGX Coach Team at Ferguson Fitness and Franklin County Parks and Recreation. It will be held rain or shine on Saturday August 2nd at 9:00 am.
The $30.00 registration fee includes the chip timed event and a Farm Strong logo t-shirt, and live bluegrass music from Mason Creek to get you moving.
Awards will be 3 deep for Male and Female age specific categories. A Clydesdale category will be offered this year.
Pre-registration deadline is July 30th at 11:59pm. Day of registration fee will increase by $10.00.
Farm Strong Kids OCR will be held from 11:30-12:00. Kids 12 and under may participate in the individually timed event for free. The modified short course will be in close proximity to the main event area.
A food truck will be onsite during the event.
What to expect: Franklin County farm inspired obstacle course elements. Several new challenges will be introduced in 2025 including large machinery. Returning favorites from last year include:-Farmers ford-Hay bale hustle-5 gallon bucket fill-Tire flip-Sandbag haul-Low crawl-Balance block-Tractor climb
The start will be corral groups of 10 released at 1 minute intervals. Last year’s finish times ranged from 21 to 70 minutes. Awards will be issued by age group.
A huge THANK YOU to our title sponsor JAMES RIVER EQUIPMENT Rocky Mount and supporting sponsors, Town of Rocky Mount and Ferguson Fitness.
All participants will receive a Farm Strong t-shirt thanks to our title sponsor. James River Equipment.
Day of check in begins at 7:30 am. Arrive at check in no later than 8:30 am.
Age and Gender
Ages 10-100 · Co-Ed
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