Katelyn sat down with Mark Haverland to talk about his unconventional journey into fitness and OCR. They dive into his wild idea to bear crawl an entire Spartan Sprint and how what started as a "stupid idea" and challenge quickly grew into something far more meaningful and far bigger than Mark ever expected!

Mark also shares details about upcoming events supporting the Teddy Bear Crawl Foundation and how you can get involved with a foundation that truly gives back to the local community whether completing the Teddy Bear Challenge Wave at a variety of Spartan Races, attending the New England OCR Expo, or checking out Obstacle Wonderland!

Check out the Teddy Bear Crawl Foundation website, Facebook, and Instagram!

Start – 3:21 – Intro

3:21 – 8:18 – Quick News

8:18 – 9:06 – Content Preface

9:06 – 1:41:36 - Interview with Mark Haverland

1:41:36 – End – Outro

Next weekend we will be hearing about HartFit in Colorado Springs!

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News Stories:

New England OCR Expo

USAOCR Elite Athletes: Short and Standard, 100 Meter, and 400 Meter

USAOCR Age Group Athletes: Short and Standard, and 100 and 400 Meter

USAOCR Para-Adaptive Athletes

Lunge a Marathon

Women's 100 Mile World Record

Bear Crawl OCR

World Obstacle Recognizes OCRWC

Jeff Galloway Death

Butter by Running

Ry Claxton is a Canadian Citizen

Spartan Jacksonville Super South Series Podiums

Spartan Jacksonville Sunday Sprint Podiums

Drunk Level Secret Link

Arnold Alphabet Secret Link

Wiggles Months Secret Link

Zebra's Exist Secret Link

Humilitality Finisher Secret Link

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433. New England OCR Expo 2025! (Part 2: Athletes, Speeches, and Awards)

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest