Podcast appearances and mentions of heather bode

Every year since 2018 we have started the year off with a round table discussion with other podcasters in the sport of OCR.  In the past we have had Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, Josh Chace, Scott "the Fayne" Knowles, Jason Dupree, Anna Landry, Kim DeVoss, Rich Ryan, Brakken Kraker, and Fran Chiorando! This year we had Fran Chiorando from OCRWC Podcast, Dave Claxton from OFX Podcast, Scott "the Fayne" Knowles from I Am A Spartan Podcast, and Jason Dupree from OCR Tech Talk! We discuss our thoughts on the Spartan and Savage series in the United States, the sport in Europe as well as Canada, changes to the competitive waves, east and west coast age group series, the new Spartan Super Championships, the next OCRWC being in 2025, World Obstacle, 3 band system, mandatory obstacle completion, World's Toughest Mudder, favorite moments of the year, how 2024 goals went, and new 2025 goals! Please be sure to subscribe and check out these other shows in the sport! Start – 4:43 – Intro 4:43 – 7:15 – Quick News 7:15  – 8:21 – Content Preface 8:21 - 2:05:26 - Roundtable Chat with Fran, Dave, Scott, and Jason 2:05:26 - End – Outro Next weekend will be something we have never done before in the entire 8 year duration of the show, what will it be?  Wait and find out!  ____ News Stories: Chris White Married 67,161 Pull Ups in 2024 Strength and Speed's Final Episode Free Races for Spartan Elite Podiums Egg Crack Secret Link Chocolate Muffins Secret Link Bitter Interview Secret Link Hooked Shark Secret Link Heart Attack Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 105. OCR Roundtable Chat with Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, and Josh Chace! 157. 2019 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, and Anna Landry! 209. 2020 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, Anna Landry and Kim DeVoss! 261. 2021 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Matt B Davis, Scott Knowles, Dave Claxton, and Rich Ryan! 313. 2022 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Dave Claxton, Scott Knowles, and Brakken Kraker! 366. 2023 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Dave Claxton, Jason Dupree, and Fran Chiorando! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, Bonnie Wilson, and Steve Bacon from The New England OCR Expo. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

It is the end of World's Toughest Mudder coverage time ... for this year! Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage.  So much so, that we got 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part four though, it focuses on the bar crawl on Monday where both the interviewer  and interviewees may have been drinking a bit. You'll hear 15 more interviews to wrap up this year's coverage bringing the total number of interviews to over 80! Please share these episodes with your friends, I put a lot of time and effort into these episodes and it makes my heart happy when the numbers go up! Start – 6:29 – Intro 6:29 – 10:59 – Quick News 10:59  – 12:02 – Content Preface 12:02 - 1:36:57 - Bar Crawl Interviews (Joe Rucco and Andrew Robinson, James Golisano, Joe Perry and Cory Edwards, Abby Pires, Kevin VanderWoude, Josh Fiore, Preston, Christian Brown Johnson, Grant Polson, Tina Esson, Todd Esson, Melissa Dugan, James Del Verde, Deanna Brasz, and Jules Estes) 1:36:57 - End – Outro Next weekend will hopefully be an episode that I teased before WTM content with a road running guest who ran every street in Boston! ____ News Stories: Charlotte Curtis 6 Years Sober Amy Pajcic New Puppy Sarah Crowden Baby Announcement Ryan Kempson's Baby Triple Stroller Mile World Record World's Toughest Grand Canyon Rim Job Event 73 Year Old Runs Marathon Barefoot in Greek Soldier Atire Spartan Beast World Championship Podiums Taco Bike Secret Link Can Crush Secret Link Hippo Teeth Secret Link Chicken Breakfast Secret Link Bali Hangover Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! 358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)! 359. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance) 410. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 1: Pit Check In and Community Dinner) 411. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 2: Race Day Interviews with Athletes, Volunteers, and Pit Crew) 412. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 3: Brunch Interviews and Audio) ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, Bonnie Wilson, and Steve Bacon from The New England OCR Expo. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

It is still World's Toughest Mudder coverage time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage.  So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part three though, it focuses on the brunch on Monday. You'll hear interviews before the presentation, trimmed down audio from the presentation itself, and interviews after the presentation!  All totaling to over 30 interviews again! Be sure to register for next year's event at Belvoir Castle and we will see you there! 0:00 – 5:59 – Intro 5:59 – 14:13 – Quick News 14:13  – 16:43 – Content Preface 16:43 - 1:44:06 - Interviews Before Presentation (Serina Espey-Wolf, Nikki Perry, Scott the Fayne Knowles and Michael Roberson, Scott Lemos, Noel Medina, Tyler Veerman and Mark Gaudet, Mike Ronemus and Kevin LaPlatney, Carl Bonnefist and Adam Kuzkous, Will Chung, Felicia Lopez, Michael Schjott, Charlie Boher, Grant Thompson, Megan Beck, Kevin Anderson, John Castle, Jamie Scott, Lucas, Kevin Praytor, Francis Lackner) 1:44:06 - 2:36:22 - Presentation Audio 2:36:22 - 3:06:08 - Interviews After Presentation (Team Hot Guys, Evert Sers, Scotty Campbell, Hallee Milot, Tyler Movsessian, Nikki Caromba, and Matt B Davis) 3:06:08 - End – Outro Next weekend will be part 4 of our World's Toughest Mudder coverage where it will focus on the bar crawl interviews from Monday! ____ News Stories: Obstacle Wonderland Co-Race Director Joe Smith Dog Died Meg Jacoby Surgery Rachelanne Leaves OCRWC Registration Open for FIT Challenge 2025 Spartan Age Group Medals Spartan SoCal Super Podiums Spartan NorCal Sprint Podiums Spartan Fiji Ultra Podiums Spartan Phoenix Beast Podiums Spartan San Antonio Super Podiums Spartan San Antonio Sprint Podiums Spartan Phoenix Super Podiums Alpha Challenge Podiums Wine Glasses Secret Link Croatian Firefighters Secret Link Volcano Lightning Secret Link Cow Pizza Secret Link Blindfolded Darts Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! 358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)! 359. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance) 410. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 1: Pit Check In and Community Dinner) 411. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 2: Race Day Interviews with Athletes, Volunteers, and Pit Crew) ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, and Bonnie Wilson. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest  

Still World's Toughest Mudder coverage time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage.  So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part two though, it focuses on the event days of Saturday and Sunday. Interviews were done before the race with athletes, interviews and audio were recorded as I walked through the course 11pm - 4am to talk to each volunteer out there, and some pit crew were also interviewed!  All totaling to over 30 interviews! Be sure to register for next year's event at Belvoir Castle and we will see you there! 0:00 – 5:08 – Intro 5:08 – 9:20 – Quick News 9:20 – 11:58 – Content Preface 11:58 - 35:14 - Interviews Before (Ryan Reid, Mark Gaudet, Jamie Scott, Christian Brown Johnson, Jeff Moulton, Jenny Stipp, and Noel Medina) 35:14 - 1:47:29 - Volunteer Interviews (Victor the Kiss of Mud volunteer, Dan Coovas, Joe Herman, Dublin Walls audio, John the Reborn volunteer, Juan Bernell the Dizzy Bat penalty volunteer, Mike Badowski, Wendy Sibbald, Hanging Tough audio, Jared Hanlon, Andrew Ryan, Mallory the Cladder to Hell volunteer, Gordon Cate, Dave Haze, Jasmine Vincent, Kellen the Well Swung volunteer, Sandy Rhee, Blind Pete Cossaboon, AJ Lang, Randall Ohlson, Alexis Vasquez, Arctic Enema lifeguard, and Dunkin the Mudderhorn volunteer) 1:47:29 - 1:58:49 - Pit Interviews (Kevin Gregory, Nolan Gaudet, Jennifer Wright, and Deejay Fox) 1:58:49 - End – Outro Next weekend will be part 3 of our World's Toughest Mudder coverage where it will focus on the brunch interviews and audio from Monday! ____ News Stories: Li Meizhen and Period Shaming Obstacle Wonderland Looking for a Co-Race Director World's Toughest Mudder Team Podiums Spartan NorCal Super Podiums Spartan South Carolina Beast Podiums Spartan South Carolina Ultra Podiums Bike Beers Secret Link Shrek Dream Secret Link Car Jump Secret Link Fall Recovery Secret Link Baby Cockatoo Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! 358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)! 359. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance) 410. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 1: Pit Check In and Community Dinner) ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, and Bonnie Wilson. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

It's World's Toughest Mudder time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage.  So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part one though, it focuses on Friday. Interviews were while athletes were preparing their pit spots and a few more interviews were done at the community dinner! 0:00 – 5:14 – Intro 5:14 – 8:37 – Quick News 8:37 – 9:25 – Content Preface 9:25 - 33:04 - Pit Set Up Interviews (Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Brian Beal, Joe Rucco, Lisa Wawrzynowski, Will Chung, Charlie Boher, and JD Allen) 33:04 - 48:12 - Community Dinner Interviews (James Golisano, Marissa Theofanides, and Lucas) 48:12 - End – Outro Next weekend will be part 2 of our World's Toughest Mudder coverage where it will focus on race day interviews and audio from Saturday and Sunday! ____ News Stories: UIPM Potentially Declaring Themselves Sole Governing Body of Ninja and OCR Spain Hyrox Postponed Due to Flood Ulrikke Evensen Wins "Athletic Performance of the Year" Spartan Fenway Stadium Podium World's Toughest Mudder Podiums: Women and Men Piano Man Secret Link Hype Man Secret Link Slow Mo Secret Link Tennis Baseball Secret Link Fun Gringo Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! 358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)! 359. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance) ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, and Bonnie Wilson. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

First episode of the year is our annual roundtable chat with other podcasters in the sport! This year we have Dave Claxton returning from OFX Podcast, Jason Dupree brought back OCR Talk so he joins, and newcomer to the roundtable is Fran Chiorando from The OCRWC Podcast! We discuss the Spartan 3K format, Spartan competitive wave format changes, no more free race photos from Spartan or Tough Mudder, Tough Mudder Infinity in Saudi Arabia, FISO's OCR World Championships, judging in hybrid racing, our highlights in 2023, and personal goals! Be sure to subscribe and check out their shows if you don't already! 0:00 – 2:45 – Intro 2:45 – 11:17 – Quick News 11:17 – 12:19 – Content Preface 12:19 - 1:46:16 - Roundtable Chat with Dave, Jason, and Fran 1:46:16 - End – Outro Next episode will be one of two ideas or maybe something else entirely! ____ News Stories: World Obstacle Bankrupts BOCRA? BOCRA Open Letter 2023 Elite Spartan Podium Leaderboards: Men and Women Spartan Denmark Instagram Hacked Garfield Griffiths No Longer Spartan Race Director Savage 2024 Pro Race Series Brett Milks Married Death of New England Spahtens Website Underdog Fitness Podium Chasers Team Dawgs 1, Dawgs 2, Dawgs 3, Elite Women, and Elite Men Team Hoyt Statue Restoration Home Depot Secret Link Human Press Secret Link Inside VCR Secret Link Snow Fall Secret Link Zoo Animals Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 105. OCR Roundtable Chat with Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, and Josh Chace! 157. 2019 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, and Anna Landry! 209. 2020 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, Anna Landry and Kim DeVoss! 261. 2021 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Matt B Davis, Scott Knowles, Dave Claxton, and Rich Ryan! 313. 2022 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Dave Claxton, Scott Knowles, and Brakken Kraker! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, and Seth Rinderknecht. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Finishing up our World's Toughest Mudder episodes, we have this last episode focused on the bar crawl on Monday afternoon and night! Check the time stamps below to see the different sections of the episode.  You'll hear interviews before a musical performance of Cali Schweikhart singing while Kris Mendoza plays guitar for a couple songs, and more interviews after! For part 1 we had coverage of the community dinner and all sorts of race day interviews and audio so go back and listen to that if you missed it.  Part 2 was last episode all about the brunch featuring audio from the presentation as well as many interviews with members of the community.  This part 3 has interviews from the bar crawl where I, along with many community members got pretty drunk! 0:00 – 2:10 – Intro 2:10 – 8:53 – Quick News 8:53 – 10:20 – Content Preface 10:20 - 51:57 - Interviews Before Musical Performance (Raymond Vincent III, Melissa Linden, Cory Edwards, Charlotte Engelman, Jules Estes, Jake Dean, and Cali Schweikhart) 51:57 - 1:01:23 - Cali Schweikhart and Kris Mendoza Musical Performance 1:01:23 - 2:01:49 - Interviews After Musical Performance (Michael Kantor, Miko, Deanna Brasz, Carlo Piscitello, Jack Goras, Grant Thompson, scottish talk, Josh Fiore, hot sauce shots with Chris Maltbie, Leanne Simmonds, Heather Bode, Trevor Cichosz, and Kevin VanderWoude) 2:01:49 - End – Outro Next episode will either be a Spartan Trifecta World Championship athlete interview, or an interview I did with a friend who hiked the entire appalachian trail earlier this year! ____ News Stories: Hope You Nominated Us for Best Podcast Hyrox Drug Testing Update 2024 Spartan Series Point Structure Rose Wetzel Habit Forming Coach Black Friday OCR Deals Nordic Race Copenhagen Podiums Roller Derby Secret Link Studying Law Secret Link Stalk Strangers Secret Link Rubik's Record Secret Link Meal Prep Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! 358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)! 359. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, and Seth Rinderknecht. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Continuing with our World's Toughest Mudder episodes, we have one focused on the brunch on Monday! Check the time stamps below to see the different sections of the episode.  It isn't as long as the last one but it does have a large section of the presentation and awards which you may want to skip.  You'll hear interviews before the presentation, the presentation itself (trimmed down), and some interviews after! For part 1 we had coverage of the community dinner and all sorts of race day interviews and audio so go back and listen to that if you missed it.  This part 2 is this episode all about the brunch featuring audio from the presentation as well as many interviews with members of the community.  Part 3 will have interviews from the bar crawl where I, along with many community members got pretty drunk! 0:00 – 5:56 – Intro 5:56 – 11:40 – Quick News 11:40 – 13:12 – Content Preface 13:12 - 1:13:07 - Interviews Before Presentation (Visit Granbury, Nick Artis and Jason Helmstadter, Matt Gill, Brittany Hall, Evan Perperis, Miranda Huber, Matt B Davis, Ernie Cheatham, Lone Star IV Medics, Hijacked Mic, Sofia Harnedy, Kevin Praytor, Hannah Carta, Stefanie Bishop, and Orion James) 1:13:07 - 1:51:17 - TMHQ Presentation and Awards Audio 1:51:17 - 2:12:10 - Interviews After Presentation (Michael Schjott, Joe Rucco, "Coach" Kyle Railton, Chris Maltbie and Jen Mizono) 2:12:10 - End – Outro Next episode will conclude our weeks long coverage of World's Toughest Mudder with an episode on the bar crawl! ____ News Stories: Please Nominate Us for Best Podcast Tough Mudder Medals Saudi Arabia's Tough Mudder Infinity Prize Money Finally Released Joe DeSena's Israel Video New 50 Mile World Record Leon Kofoed's Mental Health Post Deka Fit World Championship Qualifiers Deka Mile World Championship Qualifiers Deka Strong World Championship Qualifiers Deka Fit GORUCK World Championship Qualifiers Spartan South Carolina Ultra Podiums Spartan South Carolina Beast Podiums Spartan Phoenix Beast Podiums Jeff Jeopardy Secret Link Life Jackets Secret Link Flip Juggle Secret Link Long Jump Secret Link Golf Swing Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! 358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, and Seth Rinderknecht. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

World's Toughest Mudder came and went but we have you covered to relive the experience for the next few weeks! Check the time stamps below to follow along with this one, because this episode is a big boy!  You'll hear some interviews from the community dinner, more interviews on race day before the start, start line audio, interviews and audio from the course, and the same from the pit! For part 1 we have this coverage of the community dinner and all sorts of race day interviews and audio.  Part 2 will be all about the brunch featuring audio from the presentation as well as many interviews with members of the community.  Part 3 will have interviews from the bar crawl where I, along with many community members got pretty drunk! 0:00 – 3:05 – Intro 3:05 – 14:35 – Quick News 14:35 – 17:48 – Content Preface 17:48 - 44:03 - Community Dinner (JD Allen, Melissa "Sharkbait" Dugan, Christian Brown-Johnson, Elliot Rueb, Sandy Rhee, and Josh Fiore) 44:03 - 56:53 - Before Race Start (Evan Perperis, Miranda Huber, Diana Codispoti and Alexandra Codispoti, Ryan Ardigo, Seth Rinderknecht, Kevin Thompson, Austin Azar, Trevor Cichosz, James Del Verde, Melissa Linden, Kris Rugloski, and Gary Belanger) 1:12:42 - 1:35:29 - Race Start (Pit murmurings, Giles Chater and Chris Maltbie, Coach Kyle pump up, warm up and start) 1:35:29 - 2:28:28 - Obstacle Audio, Volunteers, Etc. (Everest audio, Gary Belanger, Augustas Gloop audio, Jamesy, Nikki Leonard, Sandy Rhee, driving, Operation talk, Cassie Hellyer, Operation audio, Operation volunteer, Dingleberries volunteer, Dingleberries penalty, Barrel Chested volunteer, Barrel Chested audio, Melting Point volunteer 1 and 2, Immordl Coffee, Spunky Monkey penalty volunteer, Everest volunteer, and Everest penalty loop) 2:28:28 - 3:10:18 - Pit Crew and Finish Audio (Kris Mendoza, Kevin Gregory, Brian Gracin, AC Hale, Christian Brown-Johnson, Matt B Davis, Evan Perperis, Alexandra Codispoti, Austin Azar not done, 200th Tough Mudder finish, Michael Schjott pit, More Heart Than Scars finish, Stephanie Bland pit, Joe Rucco pit, Cali Schweikhart pit, merchandise deal, live stream time difference, Kris Rugloski finish, Austin Azar finish, Michael Schjott finish, Jenny Overstreet finish, Joe Rucco and Matt Gill finish, Josh Fiore finish, Cali Schweikhart finish, Stephanie Bland finish) 3:10:18 - End – Outro Next episode will continue our weeks long coverage of World's Toughest Mudder with an episode on the brunch, following that will be the bar crawl episode! ____ News Stories: Oldest Hiker to Grand Canyon Rim to Rim OCRWC 2024 Registration Open Spartan Race Championship Races Schedule Tough Mudder Short Courses Didn't Go Away Erin Grindstaff Baby #2 Announcement Michelle Aitken's Mom Meets President Josh Fiore Injury Update Autism Fundraiser at World's Toughest Mudder Jarrett Newby Sets New GORUCK Hyrox Record  OCR Buddy's Community Choice Nominations Open Spartan Trifecta Championship Results Spartan Fenway Results World's Toughest Mudder Podiums Hyrox Chicago Podiums: Men and Women Savage Race Florida Podiums: Women and Men Savage Race Series Overall Podiums Baseball Transformation Secret Link Suitcase Bees Secret Link Shadow Puppet Secret Link Wrong Sayings Secret Link Garage Door Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, and welcome Seth Rinderknecht. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

World's Toughest Mudder is coming up soon and Mike is wicked excited!  If you're also excited for it then this will be a great episode for you because we have Chris Maltbie on the show to talk about the upcoming weekend! Chris is the vice president of product for Tough Mudder/Spartan Race as well as the race director for the most epic 24 hour OCR that we all know as World's Toughest Mudder! We discuss his background in OCR, changes to the Tough Mudder season this year and if they will affect WTM, some information about WTM including a cryptic obstacle run down, and much more! 0:00 – 7:45 – Intro 7:45 – 12:10 – Quick News 12:10 – 12:46 – Content Preface 12:46 - 58:55 - Chris Maltbie Interview 58:55 - End – Outro Next episode Mike will be in Texas covering World's Toughest Mudder which should lead to enough interviews and audio for an upcoming 3 or so episodes but next week we will have an episode with Manuel Dufaux to release to buy Mike some time since there are more hours of editing needed than you can imagine for our WTM coverage! ____ News Stories: Crossing a River in a Pumpkin Emerald Necklace of Boston FKT Attempt World's Toughest Mudder Coverage Schedule Spartan Dallas Ultra Podiums Spartan Michigan Sprint Podiums Water Cup Secret Link Taxi Crow Secret Link Do Something Secret Link Underwater Colors Secret Link Emergency Exit Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington and Thomas Petersen. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest  

Another episode giving some well deserved love to The Grit Games!  Last episode we had Kris Rugloski on the show to talk about her experience and history with this event. Austin Azar is an athlete that we have only met a couple of times and somehow only once on the show at OCRWC for episode 300 but we have heard great things about him over the years. We discuss his recent victory at The Grit Games, his experience at the Spartan 3K in Palmerton, being one of the few athletes to reach 100 miles at WTM back in the day, what. he does for work, and more! Also, if you want to see more of The Grit Games then watch the event's live stream! 0:00 – 3:14 – Intro 3:14 – 7:07 – Quick News 7:07 – 7:49 – Content Preface 7:49 - 42:59 - Austin Azar Interview 42:59 - End – Outro Next episode we will have something, just not sure what yet! ____ News Stories: Rea Kolbl Wins Chic Chocs 23K Josh Chace took on Leadville Dustin Dorough's New Motorcycle Adventure Deka Fit Clitheroe Podiums Wrestling Kindness Secret Link Walking Speed Secret Link Fighting Control Secret Link Fat Lips Secret Link Minecraft Fishing Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 300. OCR World Championships 15K with Elites and Vendors! (with Live Intro/Outro and Shoutout Compilation!) 342. Spartan Poconos 3K Audio and Interviews with Elites! 345. Kris Rugloski on Winning The Grit Games! OFX Podcast's Episode 141 with Austin Azar ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, and Angela Bowers. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Another year, another round table chat with fellow OCR podcasters! This is the fifth year in a row where we have done this, the members frequently change but it's a good way to have fun, get fresh ideas, and help awareness that there are other great shows out there! In the past we have had Heather Olsen from Overcome and Run, Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media, Josh Chace from NE Spartan Show and then Obstacle Discourse with Davis and Chace, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles from I Am A Spartan Podcast, Jason Dupree and Anna Landry from OCR Talk, Kim DeVoss from OCR Coven, Dave Claxton from OFX Podcast, and Rich Ryan from Reinforced Running. This year we have Scott and Dave returning with an addition of Brakken Kraker from The Running Public and Race Brain! 0:00 – 3:45 – Intro 3:45 – 8:47 – Quick News 8:47 – 9:56 – Content Preface 9:56 - 2:00:18 - Round Table Chat 2:00:18 - End – Outro Next episode will be either live coverage from the Frozen Clam Obstaplunge or an episode on how to set proper goals with a guest who we have been planning to have on the show for months! ____ News Stories: MudGear Sandbag Spartan Labor Death and Fundraiser Kaci Monroe's Daughter's Birthday Local 3 Event Ultra Series Flying Secret Link Fence Secret Link Award Secret Link Ice Cream Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 105. OCR Roundtable Chat with Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, and Josh Chace! 157. 2019 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, and Anna Landry! 209. 2020 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, Anna Landry and Kim DeVoss! 261. 2021 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Matt B Davis, Scott Knowles, Dave Claxton, and Rich Ryan! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Matt B Davis, Shon Collins, Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Mark Duplessis, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, and Brett "The T-Rex" Milks. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

This is the second of two episodes on World's Toughest Mudder. Click here for part one.  For this episode we have Mark Gaudet and Kris Rugloski! Mark won the Spartan Ultra World Championships in Telluride last year and has an extensive military background.  Both of these add up to a pretty strong contender for WTM and he was able to place 2nd! Kris is the current Hyrox World Champion and has also set a record for the fastest time completing the ultra grand slam.  She went into WTM with the intention of getting 100 miles and that's exactly what she did! 0:00 – 2:55 – Intro 2:55 – 7:44 – Quick News 7:44 – 8:44 – Content Preface 8:44 - 45:10 - Mark Gaudet Interview 45:10 - 1:22:29 - Kris Rugloski Interview 1:22:29 - End – Outro Next episode will be an episode on the Deka World Championships with a first timer to the show! ____ News Stories: OCR Buddy's "Best of OCR" Nominations (likely closed at this point) Curt Maggit Engaged Rachel Watters and Lionhearted 100 Fundraiser Emily Sotello Death Yara Yara Yara Trifecta Record Deka Fit Team Podiums Dragon Secret Link Bubble Secret Link Ferret Secret Link Goth Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World's Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

We were planning for this and next episode to be on Deka World Championships but unfortunately there were a trifecta of reasons that stopped us from being in Atlantic City to cover it live! Instead, we plan to have two episodes on World's Toughest Mudder (released earlier than planned).  For this episode we have Tyler Veerman and DJ Fox! Tyler is no stranger to ultra endurance OCR as he did really well in Telluride last year for the Spartan Ultra World Championships.  WTM is very different than a Spartan event though, less burpees but much more water!  We talk about his experience at the race, his decision to stop after 100 miles, and him comparing the experience to Telluride last year! DJ came on the scene hot at last year's WTM and secured a podium position of third place!  He has since dedicated even more time and effort into this event and has been training at the Ultra House with Anthony Kunkel.  We would all say that it paid off as he took the win overall this year! 0:00 – 4:52 – Intro 4:52 – 11:00 – Quick News 11:00 – 12:05 – Content Preface 12:05 - 46:46 - Tyler Veerman Interview 46:46 - 1:21:14 - DJ Fox Interview 1:21:14 - End – Outro Next episode will hopefully be part 2 of our World's Toughest Mudder Episodes! ____ News Stories: Savage Point Series Spartan Fenway Stadium Results World's Toughest Mudder Team Winner Spartan San Jose Sprint, Super, and Beast Podiums Deka Fit Podiums: Men and Women Deka Strong Podiums: Men and Women Deka Mile Podiums: Men and Women Shark Secret Link Survey Secret Link Mermaid Secret Link Gym Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World's Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Making up for last week's lack of a guest we are having something of a double feature which we usually don't do in a single episode! First off we have Anthony Kunkel who runs the UltraHouse in Durango, Colorado.  He is a well known athlete in the running world but OCR has not been his main focus.  I (Mike) met him while covering WTM last year and it seems like he caught the ultra OCR bug and is ready to crush the course as an elite contender this year.  He is also sponsored by a bunch of companies and has a Patreon so please consider supporting him and his crew! The second interview is with Michael Lopez who had a short run of a podcast called My Journey to World's Toughest Mudder which I binge listened to back in April/May.  He is overcoming some health issues and is running this event in memory of his parents.  There are a lot of first timers each year to this amazing event but I wanted to have him on the show to hear from another every day person because in addition to elites, they makes WTM the incredible event that it is! 0:00 – 4:02 – Intro 4:02 – 15:35 – Quick News 15:35 – 16:21 – Content Preface 16:21 - 1:11:27 - Anthony Kunkel Interview 1:11:27 - 1:37:20 - Michael Lopez Interview 24:53 - End – Outro Next episode will be audio from our wedding if things work out the way that we hope that they do! ____ News Stories: Deka 2023 Schedule NYC Marathon Podiums NYC Marathon Fun Facts GoRuck Games Returning in 2023 OFX Podcast Hits 100 Episodes Grant Bercik's Dog Megan Jacoby Sets Women's Hyrox World Record Hyrox Chicago Podiums Spartan Trifecta World Championships Sprint Podiums Spartan Trifecta World Championships Super Podiums Spartan Trifecta World Championships Beast Podiums Spartan Trifecta World Championships Overall Podiums Blindfolded Secret Link Unicorn Fossil Secret Link Selfless Sports Secret Link Parenting Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

We finally had the podfather on the show for his own episode!  Hear from Will Hicks from World's Toughest Podcast, The OCR Report, and doggo dad of 3.  He is also in charge of the running group in the World's Toughest Mudder Community too! Make sure you follow along with The OCR Report on Instagram because we have been having explosive growth and we don't seem to be slowing down! 0:00 - 3:24 - Intro 3:24 - 6:08 - Quick News 6:08 - 6:46 - Content Preface 6:46 - 56:26 - Will Hicks Interview 56:26 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: Train with Bubbles the Clowne/Kevin Gregory Toughest Mudder Lap Distance and Team Format Changes Tough Mudder Infinity Medal and Headband Medalion How to Qualify for WTM Contender Status World's Toughest Podcast with Kyle McLaughlin and Chris Malbie 2022 Spartan Medals Hyrox North American Championships Podiums: Men, Women, and Mixed Doubles Epic Secret Link Also Epic Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) ____  Next episode we will either be hearing from someone from KC Timber Challenge or an athlete who competed in Chicago's Hyrox! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Another year another podcaster round table!  I found this to be a fitting way to end the year and go into the new OCR season with some hopes and goals. This year we have Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles from I Am A Spartan Podcast, Dave Claxton from The OFX Podcast, and Rich Ryan from Reinforced Running! Be sure to check out all of their shows as well, we all are doing our best to provide quality content for the sport that we love! 0:00 - 2:07 - Intro 2:07 - 4:03 - Quick News 4:03 - 6:15 - Content Preface 6:15 - 1:47:12 - Podcaster Round Table 1:47:12 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: Newbsanity Night Ops and FIT Ultra Joe DeSena's Show No Retreat: Business Bootcamp Muddy Dash and Terrain Race are Free ... Still Team OFX Roster Jamie Rahn 10 Years Sober Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 53. 2017 and 2018 Goals, Joe De Sena's 50 Burpees, and Ryan Wood's DHEA! 105. OCR Roundtable Chat with Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, and Josh Chace! 157. 2019 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, and Anna Landry! 209. 2020 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, Anna Landry and Kim DeVoss! ____  Next episode will be something, not sure yet. We are still putting together our schedule for the year! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Our final episode on World's Toughest Mudder.  This part 4 comprises of interviews that I did with the women's and men's winner for the event!  I interviewed Katie and Mark 2 weeks ago so I'm really excited to finally release it!  You can train with Katie at Knight Time Training and Mark at MGB Racing! Please go back and listen to part 1, 2, and 3 ... pretty please!  Look below for links of related episodes! Also, please give us some love and nominate/vote for us, it would mean the world to us to get back in the limelight a bit! 0:00 - 3:43 - Intro 3:43 - 11:31 - Quick News 11:31 - 11:59 - Content Preface 11:59 - 35:25 - Katie Knight Interview 35:25 - 1:24:41 - Mark Batres Interview 1:24:41 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: Lillie Elkin Working Alongside Rich Ryan Indian Mud Run 2022 Deka World Championships 2022 OCR Buddy's OCR Community Choice Awards Please Nominate/Vote for Us! Spartan World Championships Top 10 Women and Men Spartan World Championships Team Relay Podium Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) ____  Next episode Mike will be panicking trying to figure out what we will do for the final regular episode of the year! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Oh boy, we are really breaking these episodes up!  This WTM episode is all interviews during the bar crawl on Monday after the brunch ceremony. Please go back and listen to part 1 and part 2 if you haven't already!  Part 4 with Katie Knight and Mark Batres will be out next weekend! 0:00 - 2:26 - Intro 2:26 - 4:54 - Quick News 4:54 - 5:30 - Content Preface 5:30 - 1:34:47 - Bar Crawl Interviews: Jason Dupree, David Hayes, Matt B Davis, Kim DeVoss, Chris Mikolajewski, JaLisa James, Will Hicks, Trevor Cichosz, and Heather Bode 1:34:47 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: American Ninja Warrior Recruitment Jack Goras Calendars Mike Morris Left Spartan? Nick Ryker's New Puppy Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) ____  Next episode Mike will be on the final 2 interviews pertaining to World's Toughest Mudder: Katie Knight and Mark Batres! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

More World's Toughest Mudder content coming to your ears!  Originally I wasn't sure if we were going to get 2 full episodes due to showing up to the event late but thanks to working extremely hard it is looking like we will be getting 3! This is part 2 of 3 for our WTM coverage this year.  This episode covers Brunch.  We have interviews before the presentation, audio of the presentation, and interviews after the presentation.  Next episode will have the hour and a half of bar crawl interviews as well as potentially 2 more WTM related interviews that I have yet to record! Very sorry to Elliot and Hannah, my microphone cord had other plans and resulted in messed up audio for part of your interviews :-( Also, shout out to the people who correctly guessed the length of the content from last episode in our instagram story post: Obstacle Racing Media, Eric Martinez, Fo, Leon Kofoed, Samantha Domingos, Clare Nordyke, Morgan, Pierce Sports and Fitness, Cory Edwards, Victoria Richards, Candace Simpson, Doug, Katelyn Ritter, and Michelle! 0:00 - 3:43 - Intro 3:43 - 6:36 - Quick News 6:36 - 7:20 - Content Preface 7:20 - 42:58 - Interviews Before Presentation: Evan Perperis, Erin Rost, Christian Brown-Johnson, Elliot Rueb, Jake Ramsby, Coach the DJ, and Sara Korba 42:58 - 1:42:53 - Brunch Presentation Audio 1:42:53 - 2:10:49 - Interviews After Presentation: Vanessa Gebhardt, DJ Fox, Logan Nagle, Newlyweds, Deanna Brasz, Kelly Glynn, Joshua Reid, Hannah Carta, and Kyle McLaughlin 2:10:49 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: 105+ AG 100 Meter World Record 95 Marathons in 95 Days World Record Spartan Kids World Championships 2022 Spartan Citi Field Podiums Spartan Carolina Beast Podiums Hyrox Dallas Podiums Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) ____  Next episode Mike will be releasing the bar crawl interviews from World's Toughest Mudder and will be hearing from 1, potentially 2 more awesome WTM related athletes! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Despite the world throwing as much as it could in the way, Mike made it out to World's Toughest Mudder!  Unfortunately, he needed to fly out Saturday afternoon instead of Wednesday night as originally planned but it was still worth it! This is part 1 of 2 for our WTM coverage this year.  This episode covers from midnight (halfway through the event) to the end.  Next episode will have the brunch audio as well as a crap ton of interviews from the brunch and the bar crawl! 0:00 - 6:00 - Intro 6:00 - 10:55 - Quick News 10:55 - 12:15 - Content Preface 12:15 - 18:28 - Newbsanity Pit Audio 18:28 - 37:09 - On Course Interviews and Audio 37:09 - 58:06 - Back to the Pit (Jason Dupree, Carlo Piscitello, Newbsanity Pit Crew, Mark Batres Pit Crew, Javier Escobar Quick Pit Audio, and DJ Fox Quick Pit Audio 58:06 - 1:19:35 - Athlete Interviews (Brint Halstert, Javier Escobar, and Amelia Boone) 1:19:35 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: Newbys Set 100,000 Meter Co-Ed Tandem Ski OCR Cooperative Spartan Fenway Podiums Savage Florida Podiums WTM Podiums: Solo and Teams WTM 2022 Location Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion's Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot 150. World's Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar's Pit Planning Party, and Mike's Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World's Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World's Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World's Toughest Mudder Memories! ____  Next episode Mike will be releasing the brunch and bar crawl interviews from World's Toughest Mudder, he may or may not travel to cover Spartan Citi Field for an episode for the following weekend! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

We haven't had Matt B Davis on the podcast in a while so Mike had some interesting questions prepared for him!  We discuss his recent week of unplugging from social media and from his phone in general, how he continues to learn more about the importance of mental health, what the meaning of life is, and so much more! Oh and he is the founder of Obstacle Racing Media in case you haven't heard of it. 0:00 - 2:33 - Intro 2:33 - 8:23 - Quick News 8:23 - 8:41 - Content Preface 8:41 - 1:23:36 - Matt B Davis Interview (Watch it here) 1:23:36 - End - Outro ____ News Stories: Savage Maryland Podium: Men and Women Battle of the Lions Podium: Men and Women Spartan Montana Beast Podium: Men and Women Spartan Montana Ultra Podium: Men and Women Spartan Montana Super Podium: Men and Women Spartan Montana Sprint Podium: Men and Women Simone Biles Partners with Athleta Happy Birthday Tough Mudder Meme of the Week Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 50. Matt B Davis talks OCR, Atlanta, and More! 97. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event)! 105. OCR Roundtable Chat with Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, and Josh Chace! 151. World’s Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! ____  Next episode we will be having an elite OCR athlete on to discuss the ongoing pandemic in Canada and the importance of supporting your gyms! ____ The OCR Report Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Mike hosted another OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat! This time with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry (from OCR Talk), Josh Chace (from ORM's Davis and Chace), Scott "The Fayne" Knowles (from I am a Spartan) and Kim DeVoss (from OCR Coven). We talked about some 2020 OCR topics, like Spartan buying Tough Mudder, The Spartan Games and prize money coming back to WTM! We also set goals for the upcoming year!  0:00 - 2:17 - Intro 2:17 - 10:47 - Quick News 10:47 - 11:28 - Content Preface 11:28 - 1:16:58 - All Guests 1:71:00 - End - Outro   News Stories: FIT Challenge Events Run, Climb, Repeat - Adam Ribeiro's Podcast 2021 Spartan US National Series Justin Manning is Engaged! Rachel Schneider is Engaged! Kelly Sullivan's Shoulder Update Longest Walkable Road! UK OCR Podcast RIP - Hunter's Mullet CRR - Running Mileage Challenge Award Secret Link   Related Episodes: 157. 2019 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Josh Chace, Scott Knowles, Jason Dupree, and Anna Landry 105. OCR Roundtable Chat with Heather Bode, Matt B Davis, and Josh Chace!   Next week's episode might be hearing from another OCR podcast host and elite athlete!    The OCR Report Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

With Virtual World's Toughest Mudder happening last weekend we wanted to have someone from the event on to talk about it.  Mike and Katelyn also had an unrelated talk about how they never really had the chance to actually talk with one of the event Zoom hosts Carlo Piscitello despite being in a group message with him for the past year. It was a slight pivot but we were super excited to finally have Carlo on.  He is every bit as friendly and funny as you would expect and he warned us that he can be a bit chatty but that was exactly what we wanted! 0:00 - 1:56 - Intro 1:56 - 8:44 - Quick News 8:44 - 10:49 - Content Preface 10:49 - 1:22:03 - Carlo Piscitello Interview 1:22:03 - End - Outro Ultimate Ninja Warrior Season 12 Winner Terrain Race Website (Now Back up Again) OCR Stars 1 Mile Results Kelly Sullivan's "Gripper Chipper" Milo Guide Savage Race Florida Results 500 Pound Lift and 1 Mile sub 5 Minutes Secret Link OCR Discord (Plan out your Tough Mudder Schedule with Friends!) Follow Carlo Piscitello Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion’s Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World’s Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar’s Pit Planning Party, and Mike’s Lap By Lap Experience 151. World’s Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews 152. World’s Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview Next week's episode will be something related to FIT Challenge!  The OCR Report Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Virtual World's Toughest Mudder was this weekend!  We couldn't get too excited for the event but the news about 2021 WTM got us pumped up and Katelyn figured that we should talk about some WTM memories from 2017-2019! 0:00 - 2:21 - Intro 2:21 - 6:45 - Quick News 6:45 - 7:25 - Content Preface 7:25 - 30:13 - World's Toughest Mudder Memories 30:13 - End - Outro First Down Syndrome Ironman Virtual World's Toughest Mudder Results Veejay Destroys Ninja Competition OCR Baby The Obstacle Racing Collab Ryan Atkins Going to WTM 2021 WTM 2021 back in NV with Prize Money Secret Link OCR Discord (Start planning for WTM 2021!) Related Episodes: 45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World's Toughest Mudder Champion's Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion’s Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World’s Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar’s Pit Planning Party, and Mike’s Lap By Lap Experience 151. World’s Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews 152. World’s Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview Next week's episode will be something related to Virtual World's Toughest Mudder!  The OCR Report Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group For a podcast shirt, send $20 to Katelyn-Ritter-8 on Venmo with your size and address Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Coronavirus is causing the postponement and cancellation of multiple races, both in Spartan and the race companies. We talk about the current list of races affected and ask you to be patient. After an infection-heavy intro we talk with 7-time World Champion Lindsay Webster. Lindsay has won the Spartan World Championship back-to-back, the OCRWC World Championship 5 times, and is the only woman to ever win the Spartan US National Series, winning it every year since its inception in 2016. Lindsay recently won the first race in the 2020 Spartan US National Series and joined us to talk about the race, her new home in Quebec, and the best ways to learn a foreign language. --- We need your help! We just did a LONG episode with four separate interviews. This week we're doing a shorter episode, with one interview. What do you like better?  One longer episode or several shorter episodes? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts and we will read it on a future episode. Thank you! ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode, Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter, and OCR Talk with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Last year Nicole Mericle beat Lindsay Webster for the 2019 Spartan Race World Championship. Last week Lindsay Webster beat Nicole Mericle in the first race of the 2020 Spartan US National Series. Will talked with Nicole about her podium in Jacksonville, her goals outside of OCR, and some of the mental aspects of OCR that aren't often discussed. We need your help! Last week was a LONG episode with four separate interviews. This week we're doing a shorter episode, with one interview. What do you like better?  One longer episode or several shorter episodes? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts and we will read it on a future episode. Thank you! ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode, Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter, and OCR Talk with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Spartan has officially purchased Tough Mudder! This is the biggest news in the OCR industry since the OCR industry became a thing approximately 10 years ago. We open the episode with a brief discussion of the Spartan/Tough Mudder purchase story so far. It has been an emotional journey. This past weekend was the first race of the 2020 Spartan US National Series in Jacksonville, Florida. Ryan Atkins and Lindsay Webster took home the wins for the men and the women. On today's episode, we talk with the top four male finishers about their race in Jacksonville. We will talk with the top female finishers in future episodes. (Note on that below). Each man we talked with had a slightly different take on the race, and we talked about slightly different topics with each one. Ryan Atkins commented on OCR and social media during the off-season. Veejay Jones also touched on social media and the lengths people go to document their workouts. Ryan Kempson talked about his one-second win over Ryan Woods for 3rd Place and Ryan Woods talked about the non-controversy that was his Herc Hoist. We need your help! Today is a LONG episode with four separate interviews. The top women from Jacksonville will each have shorter, individual episodes. Would you prefer one longer episode or several shorter episodes? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts and we will read it on a future episode. Thank you! ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode, Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter, and OCR Talk with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Rea Kolbl is a two-time winner of World's Toughest Mudder and the reigning champion of the 24-hour Spartan Ultra World Championship. Rea joins us to talk about her win in Sweden last year, the lessons she brought with her from her two wins at the 24-hour World's Toughest Mudder, and the first-ever Spartan race in her native country of Slovenia. Rea is sponsored by Ascent Protein, Dry Robe, Stairmaster, and Ultimate Direction. You can follow her on Instagram at @reakolbl, on Facebook, and on her website. ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode, Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter, and OCR Talk with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

We start the show with a quick update on Spartan's potential purchase of Tough Mudder. It might happen, but the Tough Mudder co-founders are blocking the deal. If a deal doesn't happen, Tough Mudder is being forced toward bankruptcy by vendors they failed to pay in 2019. --- While Tough Mudder struggles to keep the lights on, Spartan continues to expand its fitness offerings. Yancy Culp has developed Spartan's newest program debuting in 2020: DEKAFIT. Yancy joins us to talk about what DEKAFIT is, what it is not, and how it is different from the CrossFit Games and Hyrox. One big difference: Anyone off the street can compete in DEKAFIT without having to learn new movements or new motions. Everyone knows how to throw something or push something. No one needs special training to learn how to run a lap on a track. Yancy is excited about removing that barrier to entry that might typically discourage the first-timer from competing. ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode, Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter, and OCR Talk with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Spartan sent out a press release on Christmas Eve announcing they have acquired an option to purchase the majority of Tough Mudder's international operations. The press release is below.   As of December 26th, there has been no actual transaction between Tough Mudder and Spartan Race. We reached out to Spartan and Tough Mudder for more information on this possible transaction. Tough Mudder was unavailable for comment.   Joe De Sena joined us to talk about how the option purchase came to be and how the relationship between himself and Will Dean, the co-founder of Tough Mudder has changed over the years.   Will Spartan buy Tough Mudder? Would that be good or bad for Obstacle Course Racing? Let us know what you think in a review on Apple Podcasts.   --- Spartan Race announced the acquisition of an exclusive option to acquire Tough Mudder's UK, Canadian, and German events today, as the first step in an effort to bring together a complete merger of the two obstacle course race leaders.  Tough Mudder events in those countries would continue to be operated by the same team and under the same brand, to be a part of the larger Spartan family of brands and events.  Tough Mudder associates and participants in the UK, Germany and Canada will be able to continue on with their Tough Mudder adventure. “This is a goal we've had for some time,” said Joe De Sena, Spartan founder & CEO. “Tough Mudder UK, Canada & Germany bring a unique experience and putting the success of the two together strengthens our global mission of getting 100 million people off the couch.” Under Spartan ownership, Tough Mudder UK, Canada and Germany races and events would focus on teamwork-based non-competitive festival events, leaving the competition to the Spartan side of the business.  “I look forward to creating a lasting partnership with Will and Guy as we seek to complete the merger,” De Sena said. “I'm excited about the prospect of what we can do together, as one team." Spartan will continue to work with Tough Mudder's founders, Will Dean and Guy Livingstone, in efforts to complete the acquisition and renewal of Tough Mudder's US-based events and operations in the coming days. ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode, Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter, and OCR Talk with Jason Dupree and Anna Landry.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The 2019 Obstacle Course World Championship was held recently in London, England. The 2019 15k race was won by Karin Karlsson, from Sweden. This is Karin's first win at OCRWC. In her four previous years at OCRWC she has five podium finishes and two fourth places. Going into 2019 she had never finished worse than fourth at OCRWC. Karin talks about her approach to the race and how she visualized her victory long before it happened. She and Will talk about the mental side of OCR and it's importance in winning big races and how her mental game helped her win the 2019 Obstacle Course Racing World Championship. ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The 2019 OCR World Championships are underway in London, England. For up-to-the-minute results, follow The OCR Report on Instagram at @TheOCRreport. Jon Albon and Nicole Mericle defended their titles as 3k World Champions. Jon finished the 3k course in 21:34. Nicole won her 2019 Championship in 26:41 The full 3k Podium: Men Jon Albon of Great Britain, 21:34 Thomas Van Tonder of South Africa, 22:13 Sergei Perelygin of Russia, 22:19 Women Nicole Mericle of the United States, 26:41 Ida Steensgaard of Denmark, 26:53 Rebecca Hammond of the United States, 27:07 Be sure to follow us on Instagram for results and photos all weekend long and subscribe to the podcast to get future episodes straight to your phone. ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Nicole Mericle is your 2019 Spartan Race World Champion.    This is Nicole's first world championship. Nicole and Lindsay Webster have been going back and forth all year in the Spartan US Championship Series and at the Spartan North American Championship. Nicole and Lindsay are clearly the top two women in Spartan Racing right now. Lindsay has won most of their head-to-head matchups this year, but in the race that mattered most, Nicole Mericle stepped on the gas and won by nearly 16 minutes.    Nicole's win at the Spartan World Championship this weekend was one of the most dominant World Championship performances we've ever seen, male or female. Her world championship places her alongside other past world champions including Lindsay Webster, Zuzana Cucomova, and Amelia Boone.   We talk about how she was scared in the starting chute at Tahoe, why she comes out of the gate so fast at every race, and what her plans are for the Spartan Race Million Dollar Challenge.   Nicole is sponsored by Darn Tough Socks, Spartan Race, and AltRed.   You can follow her on Instagram at @nickeldm.    ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Heather Olson is the host of the Overcome and Run podcast, on the OCR Report Network. She was at the 2019 Spartan Race World Championship and raced the brutal course this weekend. Heather and Will talk about the course, the winners, and whether anyone will win the Spartan Million Dollar Challenge.   ---   Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race.   ---   The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter.   ---   What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

This weekend is the Spartan Race World Championships. Jack Bauer and Will Hicks have a special two-part preview of the athletes to watch.  First up: The Men. Jon Albon is the defending champion and Jack and Will both think he will defend his title. Other men to watch include Johnny Luma-Lima, Ryan Woods, and Ryan Atkins. --- Ready to make your own predictions on the race? Go to YancyCamp.com and call your shot. —- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

This weekend is the Spartan Race World Championships. Jack Bauer and Will Hicks have a special two-part preview of the athletes to watch.  Part two: The women. Lindsay Webster is the defending champion and the favorite going into this year's race. Nicole Mericle has given Webster all she can handle all year long. Jack and Will agree: The 2019 Spartan World Champion will come down to Lindsay and Nicole. Other women to watch: Rebecca Hammond, Miriam Guillet-Boisset, Rose Wetzel, and Rea Kolbl. —- Ready to make your own predictions on the race? Go to YancyCamp.com and call your shot.   --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The final race of the 2019 Spartan Race US Championship Series is in the books and Ryan Atkins and Lindsay Webster have once again won the title of Spartan US Champion. This is the fourth consecutive US Series Championship for Lindsay Webster. Webster has won the title every year since the series was introduced in 2016. This is the second US Series title for Ryan Atkins. Atkins also won the inaugural series in 2016. --- 2019 Spartan Race US Championship Final Standings Men Ryan Atkins, 1356 Points Johnny Luna-Lima, 1189 Points Ryan Kempson, 1158 Points Ryan Kent, 1046 Points Tyler Veerman, 1001 Points Women Lindsay Webster, 1428 Points Nicole Mericle, 1368 Points Rose Wetzel, 1022 Points Faye Stenning, 1000 Points Leigh Anne Wasteney, 978 Points --- Spartan US Championship Series Utah Results Men Johnny Luna-Lima, 1:14:52 Ryan Atkins, 1:15:25 Tyler Veerman, 1:16:09 Ryan Kempson, 1:16:45 Robert Killian, 1:18:21 Women Lindsay Webster, 1:26:05 Nicole Mericle, 1:28:55 Faye Stenning, 1:30:29 Rose Wetzel, 1:31:46 Leigh Anne Wasteney, 1:31:53 --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

This weekend is the final race in the 2019 Spartan US Championship Series. Jack Bauer and I talk about Ryan Atkins' dominance and pick a winner between Lindsay Webster and Nicole Mericle on this week's The OCR Report podcast. Jack and Will talk about the race and what to expect from the top men and women runners this weekend. Jack is in anguish over having too many good male athletes to pick from for his top five finisher predictions. Will makes a pick for his top five female finishers that Jack thinks is terrible and he lets Will know about it. --- Be sure to go to YancyCamp.com and click on Trivia/Contests to make your predictions for this weeks race. You have a chance to win a huge prize pack from Goodr Sunglasses, Beet Elite, and Yancy Camp. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The OCR European Championships were recently held in Gdynia, Poland. On the same weekend, the Spartan European Championships were held in Alleghe, Italy. The best OCR racers in Europe had to choose which of the two championship races to attend. --- 0:37 Intro 2:28 OCR Euro Champs: 6k Men's Results 4:36 OCR Euro Champs: 6k Women's Results 6:03 Age Groupers beating the elites? 10:56 OCR Euro Champs: 15k Men's Results 14:53 OCR Euro Champs: 15k Women's Results 18:03 Why were the OCR Euro Champs and Spartan Euro Champs held the same weekend? 22:16 Spartan Euro Champs Men's Results 28:28 Sidebar: The Mount Marathon race in Alaska 31:21 Spartan Euro Champs Women's Results 39:19 A brief thought on the Spartan Euro Race Coverage 40:58 Upcoming races this weekend 44:32 The Spartan Ultra Million Dollar Challenge: New Rules for 2019 50:47 Who could win the Million Dollars? 54:21 “If you had to bet, right now…"  1:00:46 Star Power at the Dallas Spartan Stadion 1:07:10 Cassandra Ohlman broke her foot and still finished 9th 1:10:07 OCR on TV vs. Stadion Races on TV 1:13:24 What if Spartan added a Stadion Race to the US Championship Series? 1:15:26 Wrap up --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

Johnny Luna-Lima had the race of his life this weekend at Spartan Big Bear. He beat Ryan Atkins and the field for his first win of the 2019 Spartan US Series Championship and his first podium at a US Spartan Race ever. With his second-place finish Ryan Atkins has all but guaranteed he will win the 2019 Spartan US Championship when the final points are totaled after the upcoming final race in the series. On the women's side Lindsay Webster held off Rea Kolbl and Nicole Mericle for the win and moved into sole possession of first-place in the US series. Lindsay Webster and Nicole Mericle have won every race in the 2019 US Series Championship. With her third-place finish Nicole Mericle finds herself 24 points behind Lindsay Webster. Although she is technically behind Webster, due to the point structure of the US Series, she will be able to pass Webster in Utah for the series win as long as she does two things: 1) Finish no worse than 4th. 2) Finish ahead of Webster To state it simply: If Nicole Mericle can beat Lindsay Webster in Utah, she will become the first woman not named Lindsay Webster to win the Spartan US Championship Series. Lindsay Webster has won the series every year since it's inception in 2016. If Lindsay Webster beats Nicole Mericle in Utah she will defend her title and become the four-time defending champion of the Spartan US Championship Series. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

This weekend is the fourth of the five races in the Spartan US Championship Series. Jack Bauer and Will Hicks discuss the standings and who they expect to win the race this weekend in Big Bear. Three men have risen to the top of the field in the series points race. Ryan Atkins, Ryan Kempson, and Ryan Kent all need to win Big Bear or at least place high to remain in the hunt. On the women's side it has become a two-person race. Lindsay Webster and Nicole Mericle have separated themselves from the field and are both positioned to take the series win with two more strong races. However, the Big Bear venue seems to be tailor-made to fit the strengths of Rea Kolbl.  This will be a great weekend of racing in Big Bear. Be sure to follow @theOCRreport on Instagram to follow the results live. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

Spartan Seattle is the third race in the 2019 US Championship Series. Ryan Kempson and Nicole Mericle lead in points after two races. Jack Bauer and Will Hicks break down this weekend's action as well as predicting the top five men and top five women this week in Seattle. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

This weekend kicks off the 2019 Spartan Stadion Series with the Stadion Race at Citi Field in New York City. Jack Bauer and Will Hicks break down the series and tell you who to keep your eye on as the series unfolds. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

This weekend is the second race in the Spartan US Championship Series. If Ryan Kempson and Nicole Mericle repeat their first place finish from Jacksonville they will be in strong position to win the entire five-race series. Jack Bauer and Will Hicks break down the athletes and what to expect from the race this weekend. Look forward to a muddy, sloppy race in Alabama. --- 0:00 Intro Let's talk some News! 3:19 No live-streaming of Spartan Alabama 4:46 Spartan Las Vegas race results 5:44 Veejay Jones and Nicole Mericle are ridiculous this year 8:51 Another Spartan podium disqualification 10:22 Spartan Greek Peak Sprint race results 10:52 Spartan Stadion France race results 12:35 The Million Dollar Mile comes to TV starring OCR athletes you know 16:13 Five Stars! 17:19 Spartan Alabama Preview with Jack Bauer 47:28 Outro --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

Jack Bauer joins us to recap the wild first race in the Spartan U.S. Championship Series from Jacksonville, Florida. Ryan Kempson and Nicole Mericle took the win in the first race of the 2019 series and have a strong position going into the second race of the series in Alabama.  Ryan Woods finished in second place but suffered a controversial disqualification and then an unprecedented reinstatement with a five-minute penalty. Jack and Will break down the points and tell you what to expect the rest of the series. --- 0:00 Intro Let's talk some news! 2:22 US Series Race Results 2:40 Jacksonville Top Ten Men 3:18 Jacksonville Top Ten Women 4:16 Jackson Bullet Points: A lot to unpack 5:56 The Spear Throw: Bad obstacle or WORST obstacle? 6:44 Jacksonville Sunday Race Results 7:17 Savage Race Gainesville Race Results 7:56 Best sourse for fast race results? The OCR Report Instagram page 8:27 Tough Mudder lawsuit info 9:41 FIVE STARS! 10:37 How much non-OCR content should an OCR podcast have? 12:15 Jack Bauer intro 12:38 Let's go to the phones! with Jack Bauer --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The Spartan US Championship series starts this weekend and we talked with Jack Bauer about what we can expect this year. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook this weekend to watch the race as it happens. Jack says to expect more dominance from the three-man combo of Ryan Woods, Ryan Atkins, and Robert Killian and look for Mark Batres to join those men in the upper group of male athletes. On the women's side he says to expect three new women to join the top five of 2018, but still plan on Lindsay Webster showing why she is the three-time winner of the US Championship Series. --- Do you think you know who will win Jacksonville? Go to YancyCamp.com and click the TRIVIA tab to predict the top five male and female finishers. There will be prizes for the best predictions! --- 0:00 Intro 2:14 Let's talk some news! 5:32 FIVE STARS 7:54 Let's go to the phones! with Jack Bauer 22:08 Women's Predictions 36:24 Men's Predictions 50:34 Competitive Series Date Conflicts 59:50 Outro. Go spend time with someone you love   --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The 2019 Spartan US Championship Series kicks off this weekend in Jacksonville, Florida. Ryan Woods and Lindsay Webster will be there to defend their 2018 series wins. Be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook this weekend to watch the race as it happens. --- Ryan Woods won the 2018 title by holding off Ryan Atkins by one place in the final race of the series. One of his series wins came in the first race of the series in San Jose. Lindsay Webster won the title in 2018 for the third consecutive year. Since Spartan introduced the series in 2016 Webster has won the series title every year. We talk about their experiences last year, their plans for this year and who they think their greatest competition will be. (Hint: Webster is married to Wood's competition.) Ryan Woods is a member of the 2019 Spartan Pro Team. He is sponsored by EndurElite. You can find him on Instagram at @rjwoodsy. Lindsay Webster is sponsored by HumanN the makers of BeetElite, and VJ Shoes. You can find her on Instagram at @lindsaydawnwebster. --- Before we talk with Ryan and Lindsay we talk about the first championship race of 2019 held in the United Arab Emirates. We also break down the new qualification requirements for the Spartan World Championship held in Tahoe, California. There have been diagrams and charts and wordy explanations, but it's very simple. You have two options for Tahoe qualification: a) National Series or b) Regional Series. We break down the details and what they mean for you. We also answer the question: "Is there a way to run ONE RACE and qualify for Tahoe?" (Spoiler: Nope.) --- 0:00 Intro and Welcome 1:43 How to follow the US Series online Let's talk some NEWS! 4:27 Middle East/Africa Regional Championship Results 5:35 How to qualify for the Spartan World Championship 11:31 US Championship Series Overview 12:11 Two BIG rule changes for 2019 14:03 FIVE STARS!!! 16:55 Guest Intros 17:51 Ryan Woods 30:12 Lindsay Webster 42:08 Outro. Go spend time with someone you love Note: In our talk Ryan mentions a former Spartan employee, Joe Di. This is not the same person as Spartan CEO Joe DeSena.  --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Nicole Mericle may be the fastest woman in OCR. Nicole is the reigning two-time back-to-back 3k champion of the OCR World Championships. In 2018 she won the Red Bull All In OCR in Oberstdorf, Germany. In 2018 she also placed second in the Spartan Trifecta Championship in Athens, Greece. This year she has won three of the four Spartan races held so far and she will be on the start line at the first race in the Spartan U.S. Series on February 23 in Jacksonville, Florida. Nicole is a member of the Spartan Pro Team, and is sponsored by Darn Tough Socks, and AltRed Beet Supplement. She is an ambassador for Salomon Trail Running shoes. (Nicole likes the S/Lab Sense 7 SG.) Before we talked with Nicole we talked dates and venues for the Spartan Mountain Series and Spartan Stadion Series. We also answer the question: "What is a Stadion?" (Spoiler: It's a distance. Not a location.) We also read our first batch of reviews from Apple Podcasts. If you would like to be a part of the show by leaving a review: Open the purple podcast app on your iOS device Search for "The OCR Report" Click our logo Scroll down and click "Write a review" And we will read it on a future episode! THANK YOU for helping the show by leaving a review. For more on the Spartan Arizona race be sure to listen to the latest episode of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode. --- 0:00 Intro and Welcome 1:48 World's Toughest Podcast 2.0? Let's Talk Some News! 3:33 Spartan Arizona Race Results 4:53 Mountain Series Dates and Venues 6:07 Stadion Series Update 6:55 "Stadion" sounds like a made-up word 7:47 Stadion Series Dates and Venues 8:15 Change in Series Points for 2019 11:12 24-Hour Ultra Champs Date and Venue: Åre, Sweden! 15:07 FIVE STARS! 18:44 About our Guest: Nicole Mericle 19:13 Let's go to the phones! with Nicole Mericle --- Spartan Arizona Sprint Results (Feb. 9, 2019) Elite Men Veejay Jones, 35:17 Matt Rock, 36:39 Daniel Sorenson, 37:50 Elite Women Nicole Mericle, 37:11 Amanda Nadeau, 41:37 Ashley Heller, 42:24 --- Spartan Arizona Super Results (Feb. 10, 2019) Elite Men Veejay Jones, 1:06:50 Ivan Santana, 1:07:26 Nikolaj Dam, 1:10:26 Elite Women Nicole Mericle, 1:14:47 Amanda Nadeau, 1:21:04 Ashley Heller, 1:25:44 --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Runwith Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventureswith Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.      

The 2019 OCR season is underway! The first race of the year was Spartan Socal and the big winners were Veejay Jones, Nell Rojas, and Nicole Mericle. Spartan Socal Super Results Elite Men Veejay Jones, 1:02:27 Nikolaj Dam, 1:02:46 Kirk Dewindt, 1:03:39 Elite Women Nell Rojas, 1:10:37 Nicole Mericle, 1:11:48 Natalie Miano, 1:15:24 --- Spartan Socal Sprint Results Elite Men Veejay Jones, 27:33 Nikolaj Dam, 27:57 Ryan Kent, 29:14 Elite Women Nicole Mericle, 31:41 Nell Rojas, 32:19 Natalie Miano, 34:18 --- We talk with Jack Bauer about the results and how they stacked up to expectations. After we talk with Jack we talk with Heather Bode of the Overcome and Run podcast about the race. Heather ran on Saturday and Sunday and talks about the course, the venue, and the new obstacles Spartan is rolling out for 2019. We wrap up the episode with another chat with Jack about upcoming races. Just before this was recorded the news began leaking out that Tough Mudder would no longer pay prize money for their competitive races. Jack and Will give their first takes on the news, less than an hour after it was made known. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Amelia Boone and Kris Mendoza join us to talk about the recent announcement that Tough Mudder will no longer offer prize money to top finishers at World's Toughest Mudder and their other races. Amelia Boone is a Spartan Race world champion and a three-time champion of World's Toughest Mudder. She has been a part of the OCR community since running in the very first WTM in 2011. With her TV commercials, magazine covers, and endorsement deals she is the most high-profile athlete, man or woman, in Obstacle Course Racing. Kris Mendoza is the 2018 champion of World's Toughest Mudder. He won the closest race in WTM history by passing 2016 champion Trevor Cichosz with less than one mile to go in the race. Mendoza finished the race with 100 miles, his second time breaking the 100-mile mark at World's Toughest Mudder. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Tough Mudder announced they will eliminate all cash prizes for all their race brands in 2019. This includes TMX, Tougher Mudder, Toughest Mudder, and World's Toughest Mudder. We talked with two-time women's champion Rea Kolbl to see what she thought of the decision and if she would defend her title as women's champion at World's Toughest Mudder. Rea WILL NOT race World's Toughest Mudder this year. She gave us her reasons and talked about what OCR races and non-OCR races she will run this year. We also held a panel discussion with Will Hicks, Heather Bode, and Katelyn Ritter about Tough Mudder tightening the purse strings. There was agreement that this is bad for the elite side of the sport but there are possible silver linings for those that are not full-time professional athletes. They also made a few guesses about how this decision may play out over the next several months. What do you think about Tough Mudder removing prize money? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts. Open the purple podcast app on your iOS device and search for The OCR Report. Click our logo and then scroll down to click "Write a review". We want to know what you think! --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.    

Jack Bauer joins Will Hicks to discuss the men's field for the 2019 Spartan season. Topics include the first race of the year in Socal, the US Championship Series and the point structure for 2019 and the 2019 Spartan Race World Championship at Lake Tahoe, California. Jack says the top men to watch this year in the Spartan US Series are Ryan Woods, Ryan Atkins, and Robert Killian. When Championship season starts, he says you can be sure to add Jon Albon to that mix. Jack also talks about some new names to keep an eye on and breaks down exactly how much money Ryan Atkins would have lost last year if the 2019 US Series point system was used in 2018. (Spoiler: THOUSANDS of dollars.) --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

Jack Bauer joins Will Hicks again to discuss the women's field for the 2019 Spartan season. Last year there were five women who dominated the Spartan US Series. Jack says this year there will be six women fighting for the podium each week. The six women to watch this year are Lindsay Webster, Faye Stenning, Rea Kolbl, Alyssa Hawley, Nicole Mericle, and newcomer Rebecca Hammond. Jack also talks about the dominance of Lindsay Webster. Jack says Lindsay will be a heavy favorite going into every race she enters this year. Do you want to help mold The OCR Report Podcast? Listen to the end of the episode. We are deciding between three songs for our new outro music. Listen to all three and then let us know your favorite in a review on Apple Podcasts. --- Welcome to The OCR Report Podcast!  We are the only podcast to focus exclusively on the Elite SPORT side of Obstacle Course Racing. Each week we talk about who won the latest race, who lost, and what that means for next week's race. The OCR Report Podcast is hosted by Will Hicks, the host of World's Toughest Podcast, and presented by The OCR Report, home of Overcome and Run with Heather Bode and Obstacle Running Adventures with Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter. --- What do you think of The OCR Report Podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and let us know. Subscribe to get new episodes as soon as they are available and find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.  

Podcasters unite as we join Heather from Overcome and Run, Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media, and Josh Chace from the NE Spahten Show in discussing some hot topics in OCR! Next weekend we will still be enjoying the off season! You'll be hearing from someone ... we just don't know who yet! Runners of Vermont: Mark Jones Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and to join our Facebook group Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products  Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Leave a voicemail: 617-807-0542 Check out our team's website: www.mstefanorunning.com Like our team on Facebook: MStefano Running Follow our team on Twitter and Instagram: @MStefanoRunning Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Heather Bode spent all day at the first ever daytime Toughest Mudder, at Toughest Mudder West in Sonoma, California. We talk about the differences between a Toughest Mudder during the day and one at night. What parts were better? What parts were worse? If Heather had the power, would she make Toughest Mudder a day or a night event? Before we talk with Heather we talk about the Toughest Mudder West winners and all of the Elite Contenders to come out of the weekend. There were plenty of familiar faces to those that follow the sport. Two big announcements in this episode: 1) We are giving away five pair (pairs?) of Merrell Trail Running Shoes in our next five episodes. Text TOUGH to 228-28 to be entered to win. 2) With WTM less than a month away, Will is scaling way back on social media to focus on the podcast. He needs five to ten people to join his "World's Toughest Social Media Team" to get the word out about the podcast and about new episodes. If you're interested in doing some work for the show listen for the details and then email willhicks@gmail.com with Social Media in the subject line. In the body of the email write your name, email address, phone number, and links to your social media accounts. Good luck! Would you like to be a part of the show? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Amazon.com and we'll read it on a future episode. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every week.

In this weekend we hear some audio from Tough Mudder's last official event of the year, the Champion's Brunch! The audio consists of the founder and CEO Will Dean, Matt B. Davis getting his award, and top 5 finishers in all categories! After that we get to hear from fellow podcasters Will Hicks and Heather Bode! Will Hick's World's Toughest Podcast: https://worldstoughestpodcast.libsyn.com  Heather Bode's Overcome and Run Podcast: http://www.overcomeandrun.com  EDIT: After the interviews this reuploaded version has the continued conversation with Mike and Alex recapping the weekend. At the end we read about Shae and Kay's experience at the Kingston 5k Turkey Trot as well as Angela's new heart condition and her completing the Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon despite the news! Next weekend we will be at: FIT Thanksgiving Trailfecta in Cumberland, RI Please consider writing a review on iTunes, as it really helps the show! Check out our website: www.mstefanorunning.com Like us on Facebook: MStefano Running Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @MStefanoRunning Follow us on Tumblr: MStefanoRunning Subscribe on Youtube: MStefano Running Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Heather Bode is a full-time wedding/portrait photographer and together with her husband Jay, she runs the Overcome and Run podcast, where she interviews athletes, coaches, race directors, and anyone passionate about the sport. On the rare weekend when she doesn't have a wedding, photo shoot or race, she's probably hanging out with Jay and her two Great Danes. Find Heather: Website: www.overcomeandrun.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/overcomeandrun/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/overcomeandrun   Show Sponsored by:  Four Sigmatic - http://www.foursigmatic.com Use code: DIYS to save 10% on your order Keto Kookie - http://ketokookie.com?aff=156 Use Code: DIYS to save 10% on your order   Mistobox Coffee Club - http://mbox.coffee/Y9FA Use Code: DIYS to save $10 on your subscription   Full Shownotes:  http://www.dirtinyourskirt.com Join the Facebook Group:  http://www.dirtinyourskirt.com/tribe Support the Show: http://www.dirtinyourskirt.com/support 

Today’s episode features Heather Bode, a new friend, host of the Overcome and Run Podcast, and a fellow Tough Mudder. Heather and I spent most of Sunday with a group of other Mudders really enjoying the course. It was so much fun. Be on the lookout for me on her show soon! We talk about what we love about Tough Mudder and then we get into Star Wars and all our favorite theories! Enjoy the show! #WorkOutNerdOut Also, if you are thinking about starting your own podcast cast, check out their hosting services at pinecast.com. Recorded 11/07/2017, Posted 11/08/2017 Contacts: http://www.overcomeandrun.com/ Facebook - @OvercomeAndRun Instagram - @OvercomeAndRun If you would like to contact me, send an email to ken@dumbbellsanddragon.com. You can also follow the show on Facebook at Dumbbells And Dragons. Follow us on Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and Tumblr at @DumbbellsDragon. As always, thank you to Assorted Intricacies for our theme song, Roll A D6, and you can find links to their music here. Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/dumbbells--dragons/cd8dbb61-6281-49da-b410-20f5b6c172c8 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Jay and Heather Bode join me to talk about their experience at Toughest Mudder Los Angeles and to talk through the course map for this weekend at Toughest Mudder Atlanta. Jay and Heather host the Overcome and Run podcast, as well as writing for their site, OvercomeAndRun.com Jay and Heather talk about the details of their Toughest race in L.A. and how you can use that info as you finalize preparation for Toughest Atlanta, including what gear they wore, what food they brought, and how they handled cramping on course. We also go through the course map and talk about each obstacle at Toughest Atlanta and how to complete each one. Congratulations to Alexandria Badenhop! She's the lucky winner of an entry to Toughest Mudder Atlanta and a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex trail running shoes. She won because she is subscribed to the World's Toughest Podcast email list so she heard about the 48 hour "Flash Contest" held this past weekend. We're in the middle of a big Merrell giveaway. Now is a good time to get on the list. If you'd like to join the list and enter the contest for a free pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex shoes email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with Merrell in the subject line and the following in the body: 1) Your name 2) Your email address 3) Your cell phone number 4) Yes or No to the question "Would you like to receive updates from Merrell and World's Toughest Podcast?" Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know on the WTM Community page, the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, or leave us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

A little about our guests. Heather is a professional photographer living in Pensacola, Florida. Jay is active duty in the Navy, is putting together a podcast that launches in January and works with his wife, Heather, in their photography business. They have been together for 4 years, are married for 2 years and have worked together since they got married. Jay and Heather moved to Pensacola from Seattle, Washington. Heather, while an avid movie fan, does not have her tickets for Star Wars as of the recording of this episode. A little about their business. Heather realized that photography was her passion while in college pursuing her BA in Communications. She started hcophotos in 2010 after she shot her first wedding. Heather has a passion for art and does most of the hands-on work and editing. Jay is an entrepreneur who has run his own business in the past. After moving from Seattle to Pensacola, Heather realized she needed a second shooter and Jay is a natural. In addition, Jay is a CPA and handles the business and accounting aspect of hcophotos. Jay is also working on a podcast called Overcome and Run about obstacle course racing. Heather has become part of the podcast by joining Jay in the Ultimate Mudder Race (24 hours). They will be using the experience as part of the show. Jay plans to launch January 2016. One piece of advice (the nutshell version) Be patient with your partner. You are both bringing different skills to the table and you need to learn how each other operates. As you learn how the other works, be patient. Reading Material 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyThe War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne Get in Touch with Our Guests www.hcophotos.comFacebook.com/hcophotosInstagram – hcophotosHeather@hcophotos.com