Obstacle Racing Media Podcast

Melissa joins the show to share her past experiences at World's Toughest Mudder, her love for tackling diverse athletic challenges, and her outlook for this year's event. But first, we dive into her mission to listen to every ORM episode all the way back to 2012.

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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels.

Race Director, Evert Sers, gives us some of what we can expect at this year's World's Toughest Mudder. We talk about prize money, start times, what's different from past years, and even obstacles (sort of).

Then Jason Rulo and Matt sit down to go over how you can prepare for this year's World's Toughest Mudder.

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Follow The Guests: Evert Sers | Jason Rulo

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Bryan Darling loves obstacle racing. He also loves the works of George R.R. Martin. So, when his favorite OCR podcaster asked for help, he came running. Enjoy this episode about Matt’s current favorite show, with some obstacle racing analogies thrown in wherever possible.

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Ninjas from the 100 Meter Course. Elite athletes from the Sprint course. Old friends, new friends, this episode has it all at the first ever Spartan Hvar Croatia Championships!

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Follow The Guests: Glenn Albright, Addy Herman, Stijn Lagrand, Frank Oosterom, Jesse De Heer, Richard Hynek, Lisa Norndorf and Doug Snyder, Leon Kofoed, Signy Karoline, Michael Nolan, Ian Ross, and Reece Statham - Quilty.

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Spartan Spades founder Mike Taylor joins us to share the inspiration behind creating the group and the success he's achieved with it over the past few years. Then, Thomas Blanc gives us a preview of what racers can expect at the upcoming inaugural Spartan Sprint and 100M World Championship next weekend.

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Follow The Guests:  Spartan Spades Mike | Thomas Blanc

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On the way to Savage Race Fall Georgia 2024, Matt decides to write the latest chapter by gathering stories about asking participants and staff their first experiences and favorite memories from Savage Race.

You will hear from : Rachel Watters, Jamie Horianopoulos, Shawn Roberts, Kevin Thompson, Jess Sheppard, Ryan Brizzolara, Jordan McDougal, Brett Crompton, Johnny Mares, Peter McNairy, Michael Mitchell, Jessika Poppe, Jeff Meeks, and Jenny Kitchens.

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Spartan's Senior Product Marketing Manager, Gary Belanger comes back on the show. This time, he's here to explain the 2025 Season changes to Matt and Scott The Fayne Knowles from I Am A Spartan Podcast.

We go over what will change for elite and age groups, why they are dumping pace groups, who we think should sponsor the all new East and West Coast Age Group Series and much more.

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Follow The Guests:  Scott The Fayne | Gary B

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Checking in from Costa Rica, John Howard talks about his weekend at the World Obstacle Racing Championships. It's his first time on the show, so we also talk his racing career to date and his future plans with OCR and Hybrid.

Then an old friend of the show, Wil Chung, stops by to talk about the massive announcement that World's Toughest Mudder is moving to the UK in 2025.

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Scott talks about Spartan racing, Spartan season passes, and elite prize money. Plus we talk Fargo, Acolyte, Wolverine and Deadpool, House Of The Dragon, and Mayor Kingstown.

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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels.