I AM A SPARTAN OCR PODCAST

On this Episode, Lisa Gonzales and Garret Hartman are back on the show to tell us about their experience at the Spartan Winter 24 hour Hurricane Heat. This Hurricane Heat was at the same time as the Winter Death Race this year. We hear about their highs and lows, and the aftermath, the event took on them.

On this Episode, Spartan Atlanta Trifecta Weekend recap with yours truly, Brian Beal, and Michael Roberson. We talk all about the weekend in Atlanta! Brian places first over all in all three competitive races ! I placed 3rd in my AG, and we all got a cool Spartan Trifecta Weekend Fidget Spinner Medal!!

On this Episode, Brian Beal , Michael Roberson, and I recap the Jacksonville Spartan Race from this past weekend. We discuss the new competitive wave format, the different venue this year, the difficulty people were having with Zigzag wall, and Brian’s First place finish on Saturday.

On this Episode, Chad Conley, Founder of the “50 for the Fallen”organization, is putting on an endurance event with Spartan Race at the Tampa Bay Stadion venue May the 17th. The event is called the “No Ma’am 50”, and it starts at 6 am Friday;  you do 50 burpees , run one mile for 50 rounds with a 24 hr time limit. Event can be done Solo , 2 person and 5 person teams. Finishers receive Stadion race pass and entry into the 2025 “Death Race”. Awards will be given to top Finishers, as well. Chad tells us about why he started “50 for the Fallen” and about some of the other events they have coming up too!

On this Episode, Jamy Walker tells us about being 1 of 3 Finishers at the “Spartan Winter Death Race”, that took place at Pittsfield Vermont. He tells us about breaking the ice on a frozen over pond, and doing water submerging before registration even begun! Lots of other crazy tasks we talk about, as well, on this 48 hr event.

On this Episode, Michael Roberson and I question Brian Beal on how his weekend went at “The Conquer“- last man standing event . The Conquer event is 3.4 miles , 1000 feet of elevation every hr until 1 person is left, with a climb of 605 stairs at the end of each loop. Race takes place at  Amicalola Falls State Park in Georgia, which is at the approach trail of the Appalachian. We also talk about some other Ultras Brian has done recently, as well.

On this Episode, Eric Langdon talks about doing the “Killington Sprint” as his first Spartan race.  Then after losing 40 lbs , he comes back to Killington and does his first Spartan Ultra, and two weeks later does the New Jersey Ultra! It was a good story and episode - if you’re thinking about doing an Ultra!

On this Episode, Jessica Wong tells us about doing her first Spartan Ultra at Newberry S.C., where she placed 1st in her age group. Before that, we talk about her placing 3rd in Savage Race Pro Wave, and going to Belgium for the World Obstacle OCR Championship

On this Episode, Nick Klingensmith talks to us about being a 4x cancer survivor, recovering alcoholic, and a type 1 diabetic. He tells us about his OCR journey, and what it’s like racing with Diabetes. Nick has written a book called “ Through the Fire”, and is beginning to do motivational speaking, as well. Which you can find at Stridemotivation.com

On this Episode, Stephanie Bland tells us about finding Ultra running, and what made her decide to do “World’s Toughest Mudder” this year! Stephanie goes over the whole race with us -pacing, fueling, and pit strategies. She placed 3rd place after getting 85 miles, but records over 100+ miles with the added penalty loops. Stephanie had an amazing mindset for this race, and expressed how much fun she had!