087: How I won Toughest Mudder East with Allison Tai and Shaun Stephens-Whale

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW. Toughest Mudder East was held last week in Boston, with Shaun Stephens-Whale and Allison Tai taking home the win for the men and women. We talk with Shaun and Allison about their wins, the course, and their plans for the rest of the Tough Mudder season. Before we talk with Shaun and Allison we talk about some news in Tough Mudder and around the OCR world. Our News segment of the program has been growing lately. What do you think about it? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts or Amazon.com. Speaking of reviews, what do you think about our new "Five Stars" intro? Will covets your feedback. ----- 0:00 Intro 1:00 “On today’s Show…” 3:11 Fourth of July birthdays 4:00 Tough Mudder News 4:06 Lindsay Webster wins another race 4:26 2019 Tough Mudder Dates have begun trickling out 5:32 Tough Mudder debuts in Oman 6:11 European OCR Championships featuring Jon Albon 8:06 Spartan wants to give away $1,000,000 11:40 Tougher Mudder European Championship race 11:55 Toughest Mudder East results 14:02 “FIVE STARS” 15:16 How to be a part of the show 15:54 Our talk with Allison Tai 31:09 Our talk with Shaun Stephens-Whale 44:20 Outro ----- BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2018 Podcast Awards are currently open for nominations! The 10 podcasts with the most nominations move on to the final voting stage. We would be honored if you would nominate World's Toughest Podcast. (Free registration required.) You can nominate us in both of two categories: People's Choice and Sports. (The "Sports" category LOOKS like it's just Fantasy Football. Don't let it fool you.) THANK YOU for your nomination. ----- World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2 or Merrell All Out Crush 2.0 trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email [email protected] with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Both options will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win. --- Do you have a moment from your experience at Tough Mudder that you would like to share with the audience of World's Toughest Podcast? Would you like to win a pair of Merrell trail running shoes? Share your Merrell Mudder Moment with us at [email protected] with MMM in the subject line. In the body of the email, tell us your story. What did you overcome to complete the course? What did Tough Mudder help you over in your personal life? Selected Merrell Mudder Moments will win a pair of Merrell trail running shoes and be invited as a guest on a future episode of World's Toughest Podcast. ----- Follow us on Twitter or Instagram. What do you think of the podcast? Who in the Tough Mudder community would you like to hear? Let us know on the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page at facebook.com/worldstoughestpod. 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