Her trip consisted of:

• Obstacle Racing World Champs in England - (PS She won the 3K and Women's Team Events)
• Rock climbing in Kalymnos, Greece
• Trifecta World Championships in Greece (PS She finished 2nd)
• Pit crew/cheer on friends at Spartan Iceland
• Red Bull All In - Germany (PS She won this one too)

Josh Chace and Matt B. Davis break down some recent obstacle racing news.

• Spartan Race Gyms and their partnership with 24 Hour Fitness
• The Mud Run Guide Awards
• The OCRWC television show
• Spartan US Series and North American Championship
• Ragnar Relay

Ryan Atkins starts off by talking to us the Iceland Spartan Ultra World Championship. What was it like to have Joe Desena throw all that money around? Was he colluding with Albon? How does it compare to World's Toughest Mudder? Is 100 mile possible in Iceland?

We also learn about the "Villification" of Woodsy, and what 2018 races Ryan Woods regrets altogether.

All of this and a peek into the Ryans' 2019 obstacle race plans.

Todays Podcast is sponsored by:

Wetsuit Wearhouse - Use ORM15Off for 15% off everything in the online store.

The last time Brett Stewart was interviewed on the record by ORM was November in 2012 for episode #23. That was 316 episodes ago when the show was still called Matt B. Davis Runs This Podcast.

Listen in as Brett explains the origins of Mud Run Guide along with his personal involvement with The Obstacle Racing World Championships. In addition, Matt asks some questions and has some critiques on the Mud Run Guide Awards. Most importantly, Matt and Brett attempt to get to the bottom of some beefs (real and imagined) over the last several years. Enjoy this 90-minute that is conversation 6 years in the making.

Show Notes:

The original episode from 2012

Mud Run Guide Awards

Review from the first ever OCR World Championships

Josh Chace and Matt B. Davis break down all the up to date news happenings in the world of obstacle racing.

This edited video program goes live every Thursday morning.

The unedited audio version will be posted on this feed every Thursday as well.

This week's topics:

Tough Mudder's new stadium race.

Joe Desena/Spartan's Christmas "deal"

We preview the new NBC program "The Titan Games" hosted by the Rock.

Working with Spartan.

A lot of good that can come from Anger.

Being real vs. oversharing on social media.

Being kind.

So much more.

Show Notes:

Patreon Link

Dr. Lara Pence

Spartan Up

2018 World's Toughest Mudder Post Event Brunch Interviews

• Jesse Bruce
• Allison Tai
• Erin Rost
• Mike Stefano
• Lindsay Webster and one of The Angels, Brian Gowiski
• Trevor Chichosz
• Kristopher Mendoza
• Diana and Alexandra Codispoti
• Javier "EcoBar"
• Rea Kolbl
• Ja Shua Reid and Monica Albizu

Todays Podcast is sponsored by:

Additional Notes:

Morning.Gratitude

ORM Patreon

Ballad of Kristopher Mendoza

Conversations with Jon Albon after the Greece Trifecta Championship and after the Malaysia UltraBeast.

We find out his thoughts leading into the Spartan Ultra World Championship in Iceland this weekend.

Todays Podcast is sponsored by:

Wetsuit Wearhouse

Show Notes:

Jon's Malaysia Blog Recap

Anders Varner is the host of Barbell Shrugged and the guy who oversees all of the cool content over at The Shrugged Collective. Matt and Anders talked for an awful long time. So long in fact, it's broken up into 2 episodes. Part one is an hour long and they discuss:

• Annoying neighbors.
• Crossfit.
• Orange Theory.
• Fat burners.
• Running in the desert.
• and much more.

Show Notes:

ORM Patreon

Shrugged Collective

The Poddy's - SNL Skit

Anders on IG

Pis N Cox make a video show about World's Toughest Mudder. Here's an audio version. I meant to begin doing these 2 years ago. Here they are, so you may now enjoy on a run at 1.5 times speed.