Obstacle Racing Media Podcast

Our final WTM episode of the year has more interviews from The Bruch, including many of the top male and female finishers.

You'll hear from: JD Allen, Sean Rombough, Nikki Carmoba, Sarah Tucker, Andrew Robinson, Michael Schjøtt, Peter McNairy, and Jenny Stipp.

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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

Part 2 begins at The World's Toughest Brunch on Monday morning. We sit down with

Kate Wray from Spartan/TM | Joshua Fiore | Will Chung and Gary B. | Grant Thompson | Jules Estes | MIchelle Carney.

This is part 2 of 3. One more hour plus of fun left from The Brunch in the next episode.

We are proudly supported today by speedlabs.co Energy Gum and Energy Gummies. Speed Labs products are formulated to help you power through your toughest workouts, long meetings, or late-night study sessions – with no mess, no shakes, and no crash. Just fast, effective energy when you need it most.

So, if you’re looking for a quick boost, head over to speedlabs.co and try their Energy Gum and Energy Gummies today

Use code ORM25 for all 2025 Spartan Race, Spartain Trail, and Tough Mudder races for a 20 percent discount.

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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

It's our 12th year at World's Toughest Mudder! First Matt gives some of his first thoughts after returning home from Central Florida. Then, the interviews begin. We spoke with several athletes throughout Saturday morning and continued our conversations well into the night. This is part 1 of 3 parts for WTM 2024.

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Follow The Guests: Will Chung | Tyler Veerman | Katie Willman | Gary B. | Mike Stefano | Kevin Gregory | DJ Fox | Fran Chiorando

We are proudly supported today by speedlabs.co Energy Gum and Energy Gummies. Speed Labs products are formulated to help you power through your toughest workouts, long meetings, or late-night study sessions – with no mess, no shakes, and no crash. Just fast, effective energy when you need it most.

So, if you’re looking for a quick boost, head over to speedlabs.co and try their Energy Gum and Energy Gummies today

Use code ORM25 for all 2025 Spartan Race, Spartain Trail, and Tough Mudder races for a 20 percent discount.

You can listen to the podcast here or the link below.

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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

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.

Follow The Guest: Melissa Linden

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We are proudly supported today by speedlabs.co Energy Gum and Energy Gummies. Speed Labs products are formulated to help you power through your toughest workouts, long meetings, or late-night study sessions – with no mess, no shakes, and no crash. Just fast, effective energy when you need it most.

So, if you’re looking for a quick boost, head over to speedlabs.co and try their Energy Gum and Energy Gummies today

Use code ORM25 for all 2025 Spartan Race, Spartain Trail, and Tough Mudder races for a 20 percent discount.

You can listen to the podcast here or the link below.

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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.

Here is our 2024 WTM Prep Series in full - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWod48XXPrZF84R6EsKempjNnxIfKByrM

Use code ORM25 for all 2025 Spartan Race, Spartain Trail, and Tough Mudder races.

Use code 2024-ORM for all 2024 Spartan Race, Spartain Trail, and Tough Mudder races.

Follow The Guests: Evert Sers | Jason Rulo

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

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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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

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!

Use code 2024-ORM for all Tough Mudder and Spartan Races for 20 percent off.

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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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

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.

Use code 2024-ORM for all Tough Mudder and Spartan Races for 20 percent off.

Follow The Guests:  Spartan Spades Mike | Thomas Blanc

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Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

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.

You can find the entire Book of OCR here.

Use code 2024-ORM for all Tough Mudder and Spartan Races for 20 percent off.

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

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.

Use code 2024-ORM for all Tough Mudder and Spartan Races for 20 percent off.

Follow The Guests:  Scott The Fayne | Gary B

Support Us On Patreon for LOTS MORE behind the scenes.

You can listen to the podcast here.

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