Strength & Speed
"If you want something you never had, you have to be willing to do something you have never done."
"If you want something you never had, you have to be willing to do something you have never done."
Founder
Evan "Ultra-OCR Man" Perperis
Athlete, Author, Trainer
Ultra-OCR Man
Strength & Speed founder is a multi-sport athlete who has been focusing on Obstacle Course Racing (OCR) since late 2014.
His major OCR highlights include:
-World Champion Team (Team Atomik) at 2018 World's Toughest Mudder (WTM)
-2nd Place Team (Team Merrell) at 2017 WTM
-2nd Place Pro Coed Team (CTG Prime) at 2018 North American OCR Championships
-6th individual with 90 miles at 2019 WTM and 8th individual with 90 miles at 2016 WTM
-Ranked 9th in the world in 2015 on the OCR World Championships points leader board
-Ranked 6th on the 2017 Toughest Mudder Rankings
-55+ career OCR overall podium finishes and counting
He has raised more than $26,000 for the charity Folds of Honor through annual self created charity event challenges including:
-Completing the 7 day, 161 mile OCR America event in 2016 and the 8 day, 200 mile OCR America 2 in 2020
-1st or 2nd place finish at every 24 hour OCR in the USA in 2017*
-Finishing the longest OCR on record, the 48 hour Endure The Gauntlet in 2018
-Finishing OCRmill 24, 24 hours of treadmill running and obstacles
-Completing the "highest" Ultra-OCR on record, 6 hour OCRmill 21000 feet
Current Sponsors:
Strength & Speed Owner
Conquer The Gauntlet Pro Team
Hammer Nutrition Sponsored Athlete
Mud Run Guide Contributing Author
Adventurey Contributing Author
Obstacle Course Racing
2018 Race Results:
1st World's Toughest Mudder Team- Team Atomik
1st Conquer The Gauntlet Des Moines
1st Green Beret Challenge: Operator St. Louis
1st Dirt Runner's Warrior Rush: 6 hour
1st Hammer Race (Fall)
1st Extreme Timber Challenge (XTC)
2nd North American OCR Championship- Pro Coed- CTG Pro Team
2nd Abominable Snow Race (Hero's Heat)
3rd Tougher Mudder Tri-State (NJ)
3rd Green Beret Challenge- Commando (KC)- KCOCR Strength & Speed
4th Terrain Race Tulsa
5th Rugged Maniac Kansas City
6th Toughest Mudder Midwest (Michigan)
6th Conquer The Gauntlet Little Rock
8th Warrior Dash Nebraska
9th Conquer The Gauntlet Wichita
14th Toughest Mudder UK
15th Toughest Mudder East (Boston)
Championships: 1st World's Toughest Mudder Team- Team Atomik
2nd North American OCR Championship- Pro Coed- CTG Pro Team
12th North American OCR Championships- AG 35-39
Other: -Endure The Gauntlet- ran Conquer The Gauntlet Tulsa for 48 hours covering 91 miles and raising over $6,500 for the charity Folds of Honor (longest OCR time-wise ever)
2017 Race Results:
10th Savage Race Georgia Spring
Championships: -2nd 2+ Team World's Toughest Mudder with 80 miles (Team Merrell)
-10th Pro Coed Team- OCRWC Team Relay
-16th Pro Male at USOCRC
-89th Pro Male at OCRWC
Other: -Ranked 6th overall on Toughest Mudder mileage competition (total of three highest mileage counts for the year)
-Finished 1st or 2nd at every 24 hour OCR in the USA (4 races) in 2017*
2016 Race Results:
1st CTG-XTC Mega OCR1st BattleFrog BFX Kansas City
1st BattleFrog BFX Chicago
1st Hannibal Race Awkar, Lebanon
2nd Conquer The Gauntlet Dallas
2nd BattleFrog BFX Nashville
3rd BattleFrog BFX Charlotte
3rd Conquer The Gauntlet Little Rock
3rd Conquer The Gauntlet Louisville
4th Conquer The Gauntlet Kansas City
4th Hardcore Mudd Run
6th Warrior Dash Wisconsin
26th Spartan Beast- Montana
World Championships: 8th World's Toughest Mudder (90 Miles)- CBS Sports Televised
73rd Pro Men OCR World Championship
35th OCRWC Pro Men's Team: Strength & Speed-Ultra
Other: -OCR America: Charity fundraiser event for Folds of Honor, running OCRs at 7 different venues for 7 days in a row, totaling 161 miles (average 23 miles a day), 1,000+ obstacles and 31,000+ feet of elevation gain (a record for the most OCR miles in one week) raising $3,500+
-Three BattleFrog Xtreme podium finishes in one month (2nd Nashville, 3rd Charlotte and 1st Kansas City)
-First athlete to win 3 BattleFrog Xtreme Races (a record for most BFX wins total, now tied with two other athletes)
2015 Race Results:
1st BattleFrog BFX Cincinnati
1st in Mud Run Guide's Summer Splash
2nd 24 hours of Shale Hell
2nd Fugitive Run (summer)
2nd Warrior Dash IL
3rd Conquer the Gauntlet Wichita
3rd The Battlegrounds (spring)
3rd Rugged Maniac IN
3rd Team in Atlas Race KC
5th Hannibal Race Le Plateau de Bakish, Lebanon- LBCI Televised
6th Atlas Race KC
8th Warrior Dash Nebraska
9th Rugged Maniac KC
39th Spartan Race Super Palmerton- NBC Sports Televised
OCR Warrior competitor
11x Tough Mudder (laps at normal events)
World Championships: 22nd at World's Toughest Mudder
Other: Four podium finishes in three weeks (2nd Fugitive Run Summer, 1st Mud Run Guide's Summer Splash, 3rd Conquer The Gauntlet Wichita and 2nd 24 hours of Shale Hell)
2014 Race Results:
5th Warrior Dash Missouri
World Championships: 13th (7th American) World's Toughest Mudder
52nd at Obstacle Course Racing World Championship (Elite)
59th at Warrior Dash World Championships
2013 Race Results:
2nd Warrior Dash Kentucky
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One minute video highlight on focus from the Tulsa based multimedia company Stoke Shed filmed during the five hour Conquer The Gauntlet Continuum Oklahoma City 2019.