Obstacle Running Adventures

We were unsure as to what to do for this week's episode until we saw a post in the Southern Spartans Facebook Group about a guy who had just completed 400 Spartan Races!

His name is Tom Maming and I was excited to reach out to have him on the show to hear more about him, his achievement, and what he has planned for the future.

We discuss how he first got into OCR, Pinoy OCR, #eatmorerice, favorite moments in the sport, Buc-ees, favorite venues, and of course his impressive milestone!

Follow along with him via Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok!

0:00 – 5:19 – Intro

5:19 – 14:36 – Quick News

14:36 – 15:05 – Content Preface

15:05 - 1:05:10 - Tom Maming Interview

1:05:10 - End – Outro

Next weekend we have an interview planned with a guy who loves to check to see if you're sweating!

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News Stories:

Deka World Championships Date and Venue

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M.T.A. Wants Marathon Runners to Pay Bridge Tolls

Midwest OCR Medal Reveal

Spartan Race New Age Minimum Updates

Spartan TriState Super Podiums

Spartan Picton Sprint and Super Podiums

Tough Mudder Infinity Missouri Podiums

Challenge Race Podiums

KC Timber Challenge Men Podium

Deka Fit NorCal Podium: Men and Women

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Once again, we just had the third New England OCR Expo and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event!

We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part two you will hear from some athletes, the speeches, and from some of the staff that made this all possible! (see below)

We hope to get registration going for next year's event soon so we hope to see you there in 2025!

0:00 – 2:39 – Intro

2:39 – 5:02 – Quick News

5:02 – 7:39 – Content Preface

7:39 - 21:29 - Athlete Interviews (Zack Wisnowski, Daniel Yarrick, Jesse H, and Mario Valentin)

21:29 - 39:25 - Speeches (Oscar Mike, Josh Fiore, Ultimate Obstacles, and Billy Richards)

39:25 - 1:11:27 - Athlete and Staff Interviews (Darren from Just Right Entertainment, Mike Kantor, Robert Foster, Katie Callahan, Josh Fiore, Billy Richards, Brad Lane from It Starts Here Fitness, Eric Matta from Ultimate Obstacles, and Steve Bacon)

1:11:27 - End – Outro

Next weekend we may have someone on from the Spartan NJ Ultrafecta Weekend or someone else that we feel like talking to!

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News Stories:

Spartan Ultra World Championship Medal

Spartan Palm Beaches Saturday Sprint Podiums

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320. The Return of the New England OCR Expo with Steve "Bacon" Martin!

323. The Second New England OCR Expo with Vendors!

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The OCR Report

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

It's the third New England OCR Expo that has been put on and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event!

We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part one you will hear from the vendors (see below)

We hope to get registration going for next year's event soon so we hope to see you there in 2025!

0:00 – 3:13 – Intro

3:13 – 11:29 – Quick News

11:29 – 12:59 – Content Preface

12:59 - 1:14:24 - Interviews (Spartan Race/Tough Mudder, Epic Race Training, The Phoenix, The Medal Show, Challenge Yourself Fitness, Giv Soft Butter, Naticook Challenge, Operation Enduring Warrior, The Plunge Experience, Neighborhood Ninjas, Lucas Borgatti, Monkee Grips, Find Your Bold, Athletic Brewing, Oscar Mike, Isagenix, XMan Race, Race Ready Obstacles/Midwest OCR, MMB Performance Coaching, Viking Obstacle Race, BoldrDash)

1:52:19 - End – Outro

Next weekend Mike will be taking on the Cape Cod 20K trail race but the episodes will be more audio from the expo!

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320. The Return of the New England OCR Expo with Steve "Bacon" Martin!

323. The Second New England OCR Expo with Vendors!

Strength and Speed's S8E8: Boldr Dash and New England OCR Expo with Lynn Hall

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The OCR Report

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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

Mike finally traveled to New York to participate in and cover Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Wonderland Event!

Wanting to both support a small northeast race and get some good mileage in, Mike registered for the 6 hour race. He ran 3 laps, interviewed the 3 hour finisher athletes with some midrace brain fog, ran another lap, interviewed the 6 hour finisher athletes while freezing in the windy cold on and off rain, the DJ, Gabe Capobianchi, Asa Coddington, and then recorded a personal recap while driving back to New Jersey!

We highly recommend you check out an Obstacle Wonderland event, the Northeast Ultra OCR Cup put together by Viking OCR, and come to the New England OCR Expo adding the virtual run for an awesome medal!

0:00 – 2:45 – Intro

2:45 – 7:40 – Quick News

7:40 – 8:38 – Content Preface

8:38 - 15:33 - Start Line Audio

15:33 - 36:18 - 3 Hour Athletes (Ken Murphy, Kevin Donahue, Analisa Everingham, Stephen Leonard, Jameson Kowalczyk, Nick Eichhorn, Bryan Everingham)

36:18 - 1:20:23 - 6 Hour Athletes and DJ (John Ricker, Kelly Schiavone, Mike Kantor, Mario Valentine, Joseph Stritmater, Erin Cummins, Kevin LaPlatney, Joey Cristello, CJ Emmons, Dean Leggiero, James Del Verde and Melissa Linden, Esther Frustino, Ryan Brizzolara and Jarrett Newby)

1:20:23 - 1:43:50 - Gabe Capobianchi and Asa Coddington

1:43:50 - 1:52:19 - Mike Recap

1:52:19 - End – Outro

Next weekend we will be at the New England OCR Expo and we hope to see you there! The next 2 episodes will likely be covering this event as we will be talking to fellow vendors, athletes competing in the events, and are planning to set up a basic recording station for all to use at our booth!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Back in the day Spartan Stadium races were our favorite to both run and cover as media. We remember seeing a large man in a clown mask doing well at most of the events that we went to. Over more recent years Kevin Gregory/Bubbles the Clowne has grown to be even more of a threat in the hybrid racing scene!

Kevin has also become a friend of the show, as well as Mike's coach for about a year. Mike vowed that his first hybrid fitness race would be at his gym Underdog Fitness in Wallingford, CT! It took a while to get a date to fit in the schedule but Katelyn and Mike took it on despite Mike being pretty nervous (I am not a strong man) and having back issues (likely a weak core), and Katelyn waking up sick on Friday.

You'll hear from David Rundio, Kristine Pavelchak, Robert Landman, Ashley Harten, Lauren Carlson, Melinda Noel, Michael Racine, Greg Viggiano, Katelyn Ritter, ?, Heather Dall'Aste, Elizabeth Almansa, Kelly Sullivan, Taylor Febus, Mike Tubiak, Lisa Wawrzynowski, Kiefer Callisto, Amber Tait, Alexander Golik, Jess Gregory, Zack Tait, and Kevin Gregory!

0:00 – 4:54 – Intro

5:54 – 19:53 – Quick News

19:53 – 21:03 – Content Preface

21:03 - 1:23:08 - Underdog Fitness Interviews

1:23:08 - End – Outro

Next episode is hopefully going to cover Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie 3 and 6 hour event in New York!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

just a totAlly normal ePisode, Really nothIng to see here. compLetely normal!

0:00 – 6:56 – Intro

6:56 – 14:07 – Quick News

14:07 – 14:13 – Content Preface

14:13 - 15:23 - Interview with Timber and Appa

15:23 - End – Outro

Next episode is planned to be coverage of the Deka Strong at Underdog Fitness, home of Kevin Gregory aka Bubbles the Clowne (well not actual home but you know what we mean)!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

We haven't done one of these episodes in a while, and we were totally okay with that!

With recent changes in the industry (unfortunately most being negative), we wanted to have an episode where we share our thoughts and feelings on some events that are not with us anymore like Warrior Dash and Rugged Maniac or have extremely unclear futures like Terrain Race and Bonefrog.

The videos referenced were our 2014 Rugged Maniac, 2016 Warrior Dash, 2016 Rugged Maniac, 2017 Warrior Dash, 2017 Rugged Maniac, 2018 Bonefrog, 2019 Terrain Race, and 2019 Rugged Maniac so check one, two, or all of them out!

0:00 – 2:31 – Intro

2:31 – 7:54 – Quick News

7:54 – 8:25 – Content Preface

8:25 - 37:32 - Info and Memories of Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, Terrain Race, and Bonefrog

37:32 - End – Outro

Next episode is hopefully something that we have been wanting to do again for a while!

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38. Rugged Maniac New England and Jamestown Half Marathon! (2017)

72. Terrain Race New England with Elites, Bonefrog New England, and NAMI Walk! (2018)

76. Bonefrog New Jersey! (2018)

82. Bonefrog New York! (2018)

87. OCR Events Eulogy: Remembering Battlefrog, Superhero Scramble, Spartan Cruise and Many More!

88. Bonefrog Boston with Elites! (2018)

109. Mark Jones on Tough Mudder Changes, and the Last Polar Bear Challenge with Elites and Rob Butler!

142. Bonefrog Boston! (2019)

143. Bridgewater Police 5k, and Rugged Maniac with Jeff Scott & Christopher Calandro! (2019)

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Paul Lachance recently ran his 200th Spartan Race at the age of 82 this caught The OCR Report's attention for a post which then caught our eye for a potential episode.

We were excited to reach out to him both for the impressive accomplishment, and because he represents a unique age demographic who take on OCR. Older OCR athletes have always been inspirational to us but we haven't had an episode focus on it before.

We discuss how he found obstacle course racing, his family's military background, favorite and least favorite Spartan venues, medical barriers that he has pushed through in his life, how it feels to be embraced by sponsors and the community, how to buy his shirts, plans for the rest of the year and much more!

I really enjoyed talking and laughing with him. Be sure to add him on facebook, follow him on Instagram, and reach out about getting yourself a shirt!

0:00 – 5:06 – Intro

5:06 – 13:13 – Quick News

13:13 – 13:39 – Content Preface

13:39 - 52:24 - Paul Lachance Interview

52:24 - End – Outro

Next episode isn't planned yet but we have no shortage of ideas!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

We have been wanting to have Alisa Petrova on the show for a while now with us first reaching out to her back in December 2022 to talk about the Spartan World Championships that year! Her being 9 hours ahead of us made it pretty difficult to plan a good time to record but it was worth recording at 5am our time to finally have her on the show!

Alisa talks about how she wasn't medically allowed to engage in sports at a young age but eventually got into speed walking and later became involved with Hero Race. In more recent years she has continued to prove herself to be a podium threat at many championship events including the Spartan World Championships.

Within the past month she took on a new challenge in the form of an ultra by competing and winning Tough Mudder Infinity in AlUla. We discuss the barriers of fueling, pacing, and dealing with poor race day communications at the event. Also, her experience at the Government Games in Dubai this year!

0:00 – 6:35 – Intro

6:35 – 16:00 – Quick News

16:00 – 16:40 – Content Preface

16:40 - 51:46 - Alisa Petrova Interview

51:46 - End – Outro

Next episode is planned to be with Paul LaChance who recently ran his 200th Spartan Race at the age of 82!

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257. World's Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres)!

270. Ida Mathilde Steensgaard on Jacksonville Spartans, Savage Florida, and More!

302. Nicole Mericle on the OCR Dream Team, Injury Recovery, Returning to Racing, and More!

308. World's Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski!

316. Ulrikke Evensen on Spartan World Championships, World's Toughest Mudder, and More!

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The OCR Report

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This week Katelyn sat down with Hannah Franciosa!

They talked about Hannah's exerience both as a special education teacher, as well as a substitute teacher. She shares about being coached by Kirk DeWindt and what a typical training week looks like for her. Hannah also discusses her experinces with completing ultras, marathons, rucks, hurricane heats, and her recent podium at the first race of the Spartan US National Series in Jacksonville!

0:00 – 3:36 – Intro

3:36 – 13:51 – Quick News

13:51 – 15:45 – Content Preface

15:45 - 56:34 - Hannah Franciosa Interview

56:34 - End – Outro

Next episode is maybe going to be with a Tough Mudder Infinity AlUla athlete or Rugged Maniac related episode!

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343. Rachel Watters on Hannibal Race, Lionhearts 100, Savage Race Chicago, Mental Health, and More!

368. Cassandra Gill on Dealing with Failure, Ice Cream, Podium Success in 2023 and More!

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The OCR Report

Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, 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, Anna Landry, 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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Check out our Threadless Shop

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Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest