Find a Club or Gym.
Somewhere to train, and people to train with
A club gives you regular training, people to train with, someone to ask about the obstacle you cannot do yet, and company on the drive to races. A gym with obstacle equipment gives you somewhere to practise the technical skills a race will actually test.
Most people end up using both.
Clubs
Irish OCR clubs and training groups vary a lot. Some are competitive squads. Some are training groups that meet twice a week and go to two races a year. Most are somewhere in between, and it is worth contacting a couple before you decide.
Each listing shows where the club trains and when, whether it runs youth sessions, whether coaching is available, and how to get in touch.
Affiliated clubs appear here automatically — see club affiliation.
Training facilities
OCR training combines running, strength, grip, climbing, balance, carries and technical obstacle skills. Access to purpose-built obstacles makes a real difference when you are preparing for a race or working on technique.
Facilities in the directory include dedicated OCR gyms, outdoor obstacle facilities, adventure centres, fitness facilities with OCR equipment, ninja and obstacle centres, club-operated facilities, and seasonal venues.
Listings show the location, the type of facility, which obstacles are available, indoor or outdoor, adult and youth sessions, open training availability, coaching availability, and contact details.
Training for your first race
You do not need access to every obstacle before entering your first event. General running, strength and fitness work is a strong foundation on its own.
That said, practising the common obstacles — hanging and traversing, monkey bars and rigs, rope climbing, walls, carries, balance and grip work — makes the day considerably less of a surprise.
Training competitively
Athletes preparing for competitive OCR benefit from facilities that allow specific technical work for their discipline, whether that is 100m, 400m, Short Course or Standard Course. See rules for what each format demands.
Nothing near you?
Start a club. It needs fewer people and far less equipment than most people assume, and OCRA can connect you with existing clubs and coaches while you get going.
Run a club or a facility?
Get in touch to be listed. OCRA wants stronger connections between facilities, clubs, coaches, athletes and race organisers — a directory nobody is in helps nobody.