Instagram is a great tool for discovering motivation, workouts, healthy meal prep and other great OCR related photos. This list highlights 10 Canadian OCR athletes from across the country that we think you should follow. These 10 athletes consistently post awesome content and are all followed by the 3-Seconds media team. We think you should check them out too!

@ryanatkinsdiet

You all know Ryan Atkins. His IG feed will show you just how hard and long he trains. From looooooooong trail runs to looooooooooooooonger mountain bike rides to climbing taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall mountains on a regular basis, @ryanatkinsdiet will make you hate your desk job.

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@claudegodbout18

Claude Godbout, AKA Maple Syrup princess has the best Spartan Race World Championships record with 2x 1st place finish, 1x 2nd place and 1x 3rd place. in 2015 Claude placed 2nd at the OCR World Championships, joining the super competitive BattleFrog Pro Team and is still undefeated in any Canadian Spartan Race she has entered.

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@spartan_farenik

Tanner Farenik has a massive Instagram following by Canadian OCR standards. That’s 12.4k followers who get motivated by Tanner’s intense home workouts that place him consistently in the top 10 at US and Western Canada Spartan Races. You’ll also find an occasional cheat meal pic for good measure.

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@plant_powered_anna

Anna Solomon is a yogi/triathlete/vegan/team HEXTer and OCR athlete. She probably lives in Nova Scotia with those other Team Hext members. Follow Anna to see pics of her flipping tires, handstanding on airplane wings jumping exaggeratedly over walls and coastline trailrunning.

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@alpha_jbruce

Head honcho at Alpha Obstacle Training (@alphaot_) and constant first place threat, not to mention 2015 Killington, VT Spartan Beast champion, Jesse Bruce’s IG feed includes a motivational mixture of Alpha OT training shots & vids, shirtless race photos along with photos of his charity endeavors. Jesse will also give you some solid face painting ideas for your next OCR.

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@kat__j__

Katerina Walowski’s feed shows the rigorous daily workouts of a mom of two girls living in The Pas, Manitoba, and no, we don’t know where that is either. Kat’s knack for hitting the ground at any given moment (and recording them) for some rather unique workouts, will make you rethink your training regimen.

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@spartanblondeau

Residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Brandon Blondeau’s IG feed consists of CrossFit, cycling, trail and hiking shots with his various training buddies. Brandon’s hefty 7.6k followers are constantly entertained by his original active/outdoor photography which gets updated on a daily basis.

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@worlds_toughest_morgan

Morgan McKay is a serious ultra distance OCR athlete with multiple impressive performances at the Vermont Ultra Beast and World’s Toughest Mudder. Here always upbeat attitude is contagious in person and motivating on her feed. Follow Morgan for her world famous hand drawn race recaps of key races. She also likes to transform her gym’s TRX support into a makeshift rig.

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@kirk_klane

Feeling physically isolated from the Canadian OCR community? Team HEXT member Kirk MacLean of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia proves that he doesn’t let long commutes to OCRs slow down his motivation to train. Kirk and his buddy Patrick Austin (@highexistencetraining) has one of the country’s most visually appealing Instagram feeds with well-edited race, training, and daily islander life photos. There is also an abundance of over-the-top wall jump and general jumping over stuff photos for which Kirk has become IG famous.

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@adamkwitko

Hey! That’s me! This just may become your prime spot for awesome trail running pics, race photos, obstacles on display at the various OCRs covered by the 3-Seconds.com media team and the varied unfortunate situations I get myself into on a consistent basis. It will also show you the proper way to wear a blue hat.

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BONUS!

@3seconds_

Are you following us on Instagram? Well you should! With contests, motivation, race photos and Canadian OCR scene updates, @3seconds_ will quickly become your favourite source for Canadian OCR news!

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Did we miss anyone? Please let us know in the comments!

Adam Kwitko | Is an endurance sports journalist and race operations professional. He is an avid OCR racer, trail runner who gravitates to longer distances. He also eats a lot of honey.