Matt Kempson is a professional OCR athlete who has a vision. He wants to push people out of their comfort zone to increase the quality of athlete in OCR. Matt believes that athleticism should be the goal of every participant on the course and wants to incentivize them to perform at a higher level. He has also led by example by moving away from a successful athletic career as a long course racer to focus mainly on short course races. Matt is a deep thinker about the sport and has some well throughout opinions that he shares during the episode. On top of his athletic prowess, Matt is also an engineer who has been designing obstacles from scratch. With his work at Kempson Designs has a goal of driving people to higher performance. In this episode, we talk about, Why being a better athlete should be the goal in OCR. How you can improve your athleticism to better prepare for your next race. How to better prepare for your short course races. Follow Ian on insta @rockymountainkempson and be on the lookout for Kempson Designs. Hit Subscribe to get the latest episodes of Reinforced Running Podcast.Apply for Reinforced Running One-on-one Coaching hereFollow along Reinforced Running IG @reinforced_running_richTwitter @ReinforcedRunJoin our private training group on facebook here.Get your free Guide to faster running @ reinforcedrunning.com/runfaster