About Us
Our Story
OCDurance came together once I realized my training and my recovery weren't two separate efforts. They were running on the same set of principles.
I'm Tyler Andrews. I started OCDurance from my own lived experience, to bring athletes managing OCD into the same space, and to give anyone still struggling another path to lean on.
The two worlds have more in common than people realize. Both demand that you sit with discomfort instead of running from it. Both reward consistency over intensity. Both ask you to trust a process when your head is screaming at you to quit. And both are a hell of a lot easier when you're not doing them alone.
That's what OCDurance is. A community for people who train hard and think hard. Athletes managing OCD, anxiety, and the loud inner stuff that doesn't show up on a Strava feed. Runners, lifters, triathletes, hikers, weekend warriors, anyone who has used movement to find a little more space in their own head.
We're not a clinic. We're not a replacement for therapy. We're the group chat, the long run, the training partner who gets it. The place where the work you're doing in therapy and the work you're doing on the road belong in the same conversation.
If that sounds like your kind of people, you're already one of us.
Mission
Support anyone facing OCD through the power of movement and endurance.
Endurance sports develop the same skills recovery demands: persistence, resilience, and the courage to face discomfort one step at a time. Progress is possible, even in the face of fear.
Vision
Having OCD does not limit what you are capable of.
The endurance built through recovery becomes a real source of strength. It carries you through life's hardest moments and into achievements you never thought possible.
Showing up consistently. Staying present. Continuing forward even when the outcome is uncertain.
Persistence
Showing up on the days it doesn't feel worth it.
Resilience
Setbacks are data, not verdicts. The road back is part of the work.
Presence
Staying loose when the brain wants to tighten up.
Progress
Built through reps, not breakthroughs. Earned over time.
Philosophy
Recovery is not about eliminating discomfort.
OCDurance was built on the understanding that recovery is not about eliminating discomfort. It is about learning how to move forward with it.
Endurance sports teach this lesson in real time. In long runs, hard training blocks, and late race miles, you learn that fighting how you feel only makes things worse. Tighten up, force the pace, or panic about discomfort, and you burn out fast.
The athletes who endure are not the ones who feel the best. They are the ones who stay loose, stay present, and keep going anyway.
OCD works the same way.
Attempts to control, suppress, or eliminate intrusive thoughts often strengthen them. The harder you try to escape discomfort, the more persistent it becomes. Progress comes not from force, but from willingness. From allowing discomfort to exist while continuing to live your life.
On the Road
Endurance athletes stay present and keep going anyway.
Looseness and presence are what carry you to the finish. Fighting the discomfort only burns you out faster.
In Recovery
People who recover allow discomfort rather than fight it.
Progress comes from willingness: moving forward alongside uncertainty, not waiting for it to disappear.