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It's World's Toughest Mudder time!
Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year!
For this part one though, it focuses on Friday. Interviews were while athletes were preparing their pit spots and a few more interviews were done at the community dinner!
0:00 – 5:14 – Intro
5:14 – 8:37 – Quick News
8:37 – 9:25 – Content Preface
9:25 - 33:04 - Pit Set Up Interviews (Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Brian Beal, Joe Rucco, Lisa Wawrzynowski, Will Chung, Charlie Boher, and JD Allen)
33:04 - 48:12 - Community Dinner Interviews (James Golisano, Marissa Theofanides, and Lucas)
48:12 - End – Outro
Next weekend will be part 2 of our World's Toughest Mudder coverage where it will focus on race day interviews and audio from Saturday and Sunday!
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UIPM Potentially Declaring Themselves Sole Governing Body of Ninja and OCR
Spain Hyrox Postponed Due to Flood
Ulrikke Evensen Wins "Athletic Performance of the Year"
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World's Toughest Mudder Podiums: Women and Men
Piano Man Secret Link
Hype Man Secret Link
Slow Mo Secret Link
Tennis Baseball Secret Link
Fun Gringo Secret Link
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151. World’s Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews!
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254. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio)
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305. Preparing for a First World’s Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez!
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358. World’s Toughest Mudder 2023 (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)!
359. World’s Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio)
360. World’s Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance)
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The OCR Report
Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, and Bonnie Wilson.
Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
It has been a long time coming but we finally had Leon Kofoed on the show for his own episode!
He is one of the more popular social media personalities in the sport and one of the most well known Danish athletes in the sport of OCR. He was vocal about 2024 being his final year as a full time athlete so we discuss what that looks like, how it felt to take the win at an OCRWC event, his recovery from his Savage Race injury, the state of the sport in Europe compared to North America, how he feels about so many championships and much more!
Be sure to follow him on social media, check out his Get a Grip program, as well as the OCR Program that he developed alongside Ida Mathilde Steensgaard!
0:00 – 4:40 – Intro
4:40 – 9:50 – Quick News
9:50 – 10:40 – Content Preface
10:40 - 1:26:35 - Leon Kofoed Interview
1:26:35 - End – Outro
Next weekend is World's Toughest Mudder already, Mike will be there covering the event to hopefully make 3 or so episodes but before that we hope to air an interview with a member of our local road running group who ran every street in Boston!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
I have been wanting to do this for a while ... even though I'm not sure him or the others in The OCR Report believed me!
It's Jack Goras, the guy behind the camera at pretty much every major OCR that has happened in Europe or North America in the past 5 or so years!
We haven't had much time to talk in the past when covering events since we are usually busy doing interviews while he is taking pictures and editing. However we did get to hang out more at World's Toughest Mudder last year since it was a 24+ hour event, we shared a room at the air bnb, and he hung out at the bar crawl.
This was my way of getting to know more about him, so now you can also get to know him!
We talk about photography, his favorite places that he has been, how he ended up being the photographer for The OCR Report, some travel nightmares, how he is going back to Ukraine to help yet again, and much more!
0:00 – 3:25 – Intro
3:25 – 7:46 – Quick News
7:46 – 8:11 – Content Preface
8:11 - 1:02:15 - Jack Goras Interview
1:02:15 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will hopefully have another athlete on to talk about OCRWC and Spartan's Short Course Championship in Croatia or a member of my local running club who ran every street in Boston!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
A bit of a pivot for this week's episode since Mike had his "A race" of the year, the FIT Challenge Survival of the FITtest!
A couple years ago he planned to take on the 30 hour but due to an upcoming wedding, the final and most difficult semester of grad school, and some achilles pain the registration was moved back.
This is the raw and pretty unedited (especially since Audacity gave me issues with the episode and I needed to redo almost everything) journey of me being able to call myself an ultra runner again! So enjoy a look at the inside of my mind, many mistakes when talking, and a few ultra mistakes too!
Next week we plan to get back to something more interesting but I hope you enjoy this anyway!
0:00 – 4:20 – Intro
4:20 – 11:08 – Quick News
11:08 – 12:58 – Content Preface
12:58 - 18:55 - To Race
18:55 - 24:40 - Start Line Audio
24:40 - 40:22 - Lap by Lap Audio
40:22 - 44:00 - Finish Audio
44:00 - 49:35 - Shower Shananigans
49:35 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will hopefully have another athlete on to talk about OCRWC and Spartan's Short Course Championship in Croatia!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
OCRWC was last weekend in Mammoth Lakes, CA and we wanted to have Ja Shua Ried on for his own episode to talk about his experience!
Ja Shua was a prominent member of the OCR in the northeast before moving to Colorado, we chose him to be one of our sponsored athletes back in episode 300, and he has been Mike's coach for the past few months!
Hear us discuss van life out west, his athletic background, how he found OCR, the thrill of making the world your playground through fitness, his experience at OCRWC, his recovery from his shoulder injury in Tahoe, his interest in helping others in the sport, his upcoming FKT in the Grand Canyon, and more!
0:00 – 5:09 – Intro
5:09 – 9:53 – Quick News
9:53 – 10:24 – Content Preface
10:24 - 1:19:08 - Ja Shua Ried Interview
1:19:08 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will hopefully have another athlete on to talk about OCRWC and Spartan's Short Course Championship in Croatia!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
This weekend was OCRWC in Mammoth Lakes, CA and you will totally hear about that ... next week when I have time to schedule an interview with an athlete but it is Tuesday and people are still traveling home!
Instead we finally had Kevin "The Mudman" LaPlatney, on the show who has been in the sport since 2010 and has seen a lot of events come and go during his time living on Long Island. He owned Obstacle Athletics which was a well known OCR gym in the area for many years, and continues to be a prominent member in the northeast OCR community. We discuss his favorite events over the years, his love of ultras, being a dad, his thoughts on the changes in the sport, the fact that OCR is not dead yet, and more!
0:00 – 5:11 – Intro
5:11 – 9:39 – Quick News
9:39 – 10:18 – Content Preface
10:18 - 1:12:54 - Kevin LaPlatney Interview
1:12:54 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will hopefully have an athlete on to talk about OCRWC or cover Naticook Challenge or BoldrDash's Doggie Dash!
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The OCR Report
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
We had Yaris Cruz on the show once before while doing interviews at OCRWC in 2021, having her on again for her own episode was long overdue!
Yaris as an athlete is known to be a force to be wreckoned with whether it be OCR, ninja, or even hybrid racing. We discuss her background in sport before finding OCR (or lack thereof), the importance of mental health as an athlete, how her position as the vice president of Puerto Rico OCR Association has changed her perspective on the sport, her thoughts on World Obstacle's OCR World Championships in Costa Rica, and much much more!
Also, in a time where many North American races are having their final events, there are some new ones just getting started! Race Ready Obstacles has been building obstacles for races and selling quality training equiptment to people for years. This year they hosted their first obstacle course themselves, MidWest OCR and Yaris took the gold!
0:00 – 5:54 – Intro
5:54 – 14:15 – Quick News
14:15 – 14:48 – Content Preface
10:40 - 1:17:43 - Yaris Cruz Interview
1:17:43 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will hopefully have an athlete on the show to talk about their experience at OCRWC!
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Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
We have been hearing about Baylen Bean for a while now, after his recent victory at Spartan Pan-American Championships we figured that it would be a perfect time to finally have him on the show!
We talk about his athletic background, how he found obstacle course racing, the qualification process to join the elite field, his favorite race distances, how his championship event in Seattle went, how that ranks in his all time racing accomplishments, potential interest in World's Toughest Mudder in the future, and much more!
Be sure to support the sponsors who support our athletes in our sport like Elete Electrolytes, Kriva CBD, and Honey Stinger!
0:00 – 4:32 – Intro
4:32 – 10:01 – Quick News
10:01 – 10:40 – Content Preface
10:40 - 56:30 - Baylen Bean Interview
56:30 - End – Outro
Next weekend we may have an athlete on the show to talk about MidWest OCR put on by Race Ready Obstacles!
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The OCR Report
Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, and Bonnie Wilson.
Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
Well, we still can't believe this is the first time that Josh Fiore has gotten his own episode but here we are!
Josh has been involved with OCR in the northeast for well over a decade as a weekend warrior, volunteer, motivational speaker, and as an elite. He has been on the show 7 times previous to this (episodes 114, 194, 328, 358, 360, 382, and 401) due to seeing him at Spartan Greek Peak, Kismet Cliff Run, FIT Challenge, World's Toughest Mudder, New England OCR Expo, and BoldrDash!
This time however, we focus on his background of finding the sport of obstacle course racing, life changes he needed to make in order to compete as an elite, his thoughts on local OCR, how the Spartan Killington Ultra went, unfinished business at World's Toughest Mudder, and much more!
0:00 – 3:00 – Intro
3:00 – 8:49 – Quick News
8:49 – 9:11 – Content Preface
9:11 - 48:30 - Josh Fiore Interview
48:30 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will be hearing from the male winner of the Spartan Pan-American Championships!
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Misplaced Money Secret Link
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The OCR Report
Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht, and Bonnie Wilson.
Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest
There were some big events that happened this weekend with Tough Mudder Infinity in Pittsburg, the final Conquer the Gauntlet under the Mainprize ownership, the first of the Savage Point Series races in Maryland, and the Spartan European Championships, but we covered the final BoldrDash OCR in Exeter, RI!
BoldrDash as a race series had a huge role to play in our overall OCR history! It was Mike's 9th ever OCR, and Katelyn's 7th ever OCR back on May 3rd 2014 (video here). We have also volunteered more at this race than any other, whether it was Mike waking up really early to volunteer all day at an obstacle, or helping people through the course with the Find Your Bold/all abilities team!
While it didn't have the huge reputation around the country or even world like FIT Challenge had with the annual community awards, it was still an integral aspect of local OCR in New England! Lynn Hall started these events back in 2011, has put on events at incredible venues such as beaches, ski hills, and former amusement park land, before settling at a permanent course at Canonicus the past few years. We wish Lynn the best in what she continues to do with Find Your Bold!
Lastly, if you have information as to the spelling or last name of the guests in this episode, we would appreciate it.
0:00 – 6:40 – Intro
6:40 – 18:17 – Quick News
18:17 – 21:03 – Content Preface
21:03 - 25:27 - Start Line Audio
25:27 - 1:13:29 - Interviews (Laura Conkelin, Lisa Addelin, and Emily Addelin, Jasmine Somatis, Kya, and Kaleen, Katie Callahan, Eric, Anthony, Jose, Jack, and Jesus, Andy, and Matt, Carolyn Fritz, Becky, Steve Bacon, Jacqueline, Connor Nolan, and Sandra Pearson, Mike, Kristen, Angelica, Dazar, Amir, and Kesha, Lee Carney, and Tracy Carney, Ryan McGowan, Joe Cronin, and Kevin LaPlatney, Greg Hall, David, Josh Fiore, Amy Haskell, Andy Haskell, Mike Stefano)
1:13:29 - 1:21:35 - Lynn Hall Interview
1:21:35 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will have an episode on Spartan Pan American Championship in Seattle, the Killington Spartan Beast, or something else!
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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up
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