Obstacle Running Adventures

Mike went down to New Jersey to do his first rucking event since Tough Ruck 26.2 back in 2016. This event was Ruck: Beta which is potentially the start of something big from race directors Mark Jones and Brendon Welling!

Mike finished his short course of the trail, interviewed ruck trail participants, a talk with a Reign employee, recorded audio of the ruck games explanation, ruck game participant interviews, and an interview with the race directors! Keep an eye out for RuckFest and TPK events in the future!

0:00 - 2:44 - Intro

2:44 - 4:25 - Quick News

4:25 - 5:10 - Content Preface

5:10 - 21:01 - Ruck: Trail Interviews

21:01 - 22:55 - Reign

22:55 - 33:56 - Ruck: Games Station Explanations

33:56 - 51:44 - Ruck: Games Interviews

51:44 - 57:12 - Race Director Interview with Mark Jones and Brandon Welling

57:12 - End - Outro

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New York City Marathon Podiums

Spartan Arizona Super Podiums: Men and Women

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

195. GORUCK Star Course 26 with Mark Duplessis!

240. Ruckfest Beta Event with Mark Jones and Brandon Welling!

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Next episode Mike will be covering what he can of World's Toughest Mudder in Laughlin, NV!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Katelyn spoke with the first place women finisher at the Citizens Bank Park Spartan Race, Annie Schiller! Katelyn and Annie talked about her successes with Spartan Race, her gym, and her personal training!

0:00 - 3:28 - Intro

3:28 - 11:10 - Quick News

11:10 - 11:33 - Content Preface

11:33 - 28:29 - Annie Schiller Interview

28:29 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

Ryan Kempson Wedding

Rescinded Spartan Games Invite

Earl Rusty Adams Death

Yancy Camp's 1000th Workout

CTG Pro Team now Mud Gear BOTL Pro Team

WTM Contenders

OCR Buddy is Free

Spartan Virginia Super Podiums

Spartan Citizen's Bank Park Women Podiums

Spartan Virginia Sprint Podiums: Men and Women

Secret Link

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68. Citi Field Spartan Sprint with Elites, Vigilante Fitness Couple, and Crush Cancer 5k!

119. Citi Field Spartan Sprint with Elites!

149. Fenway Spartan Sprint with Elites!

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Next episode we will be covering Ruckfest in New Jersey!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

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We had planned to cover the 24 Hour FIT Trail Ultra but due to some event confusion, none of the runners were still out by the time Mike and Katelyn showed up!

We pivoted though and Katelyn got interviews at the FIT Frills Trail Race while Mike was running the multilap course! Race Director Robb McCoy stated that this will be the final year for the Trailfecta Series so this is unfortunately the final FIT Frills event!

0:00 - 3:34 - Intro

3:34 - 10:44 - Quick News

10:44 - 13:40 - Content Preface

13:40 - 30:17 - FIT Frills Interviews

30:17 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

Spartan Blue Mountain Beast Podiums: Men and Women

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Spartan Dallas Beast Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Dallas Ultra Podiums

Spartan Dallas Sprint Podiums

Tougher Mudder San Bernadino Podiums

Spartan National Series Top 10 Results: Men and Women

Spartan Canadian Series Top 10 Results

Secret Link

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118. FIT Challenge XII and Ultra with Elites!

223. FIT Challenge with Elites, Ultra Elites, and Robb McCoy!

242. F.I.T./Newbsanity OCR Extravaganza Live with Robb McCoy, Jarrett Newby, Elites, and More!

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Next episode we hope to hear from someone in the elite field at the Citizen's Bank Spartan Stadium Race!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

We did it! We finally had Ryan Woods on the show after missing him in New Jersey at a Spartan Race, again at North American OCR Championships in Vermont, and World's Toughest Mudder in Atlanta, GA!

We discuss his profession as a chiropractor, his thoughts on Spartan penalties and the emotional toll that it takes, as well as addressing the rumors about him retiring from obstacle course racing!

0:00 - 2:24 - Intro

2:24 - 9:35 - Quick News

9:35 - 10:00 - Content Preface

10:00 - 1:02:16 - Ryan Woods Interview

1:02:16 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

25% off OCRWC 2022 Registration

Emilee Stevens' New Gym

Kempson's Dad Death

Spartan Games Roster

Spartan Atlanta Super Podiums

Spartan Atlanta Sprint Podiums

Spartan Ocean City Sprint Podiums

Spartan Big Bear Beast Podiums

Spartan Big Bear Ultra Podiums

Spartan Big Bear Super Podiums: Men and Women

Tougher Mudder Washington DC Podiums

Meme

Secret Link

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We never had Ryan Woods on the show before!

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Next episode we plan to cover FIT Challenge's 24 hour trail race in Cumberland, RI. At the very least Mike will be running the 4 hour multi-lap course which is similar but different!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Obstacle Course Racing World Championships was two weeks ago but we are still just as excited to release even more content from the amazing weekend! This episode has many more interviews with about 35 more incredible people that made the event so epic! This episode is part three and covers Sunday with the the team races and the 100 meter finals. Make sure you listen to the previous 2 episodes that cover Friday and Saturday!

0:00 - 3:08 - Intro

3:08 - 13:48 - Quick News

13:48 - 16:46 - Content Preface

16:46 - 20:55 - Vendors (Riverbend CBD)

20:55 - 23:43 - Start Line Audio

23:43 - 51:09 - Teams: Team USOCR Midwest (Kevin Thompson, Seth Rinderknecht, and Ben Rittenhouse), Team Salming (Logan Broadbent, Ian Hosek, and Veejay Jones), Team Derti (Brian Turcotte, Ron Vaillancourt, and Joe Tepper), Team Newbsanity (Jarrett Newby, Ryan Brizzolara, and Jerine Klingberg), Team Mex Pro Team (Daniel Flores, Juan Andres Troy Fragoso Garcia, and Emmanuel Mare), Team Inov8 (Ida Mathilde Steensgaard, Patrick Patrong, and Leon Kofoed), Team MudGear Lions (Miranda Huber, Evan Perperis, and Phillip Hucke), and Team TBD (Jack Bauer, and Ally Tippetts)

51:09 - 1:08:16 - Engagement Blur: Engagement Announcement with Justin Manning, Hank Doyon, Sid Morris, and Gondola Ride with Katelyn

1:08:16 - 1:30:11 - 100 Meter Finals: Max Kearney, Aaron Sabia, Jaleesa Himka, Suzanne Himka, Yaris Cruz, Jay Lewis, and Beni Gifford.

1:30:11 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

The Run Show Expo

Race Ready Obstacles Advice

Kris Ruglowski in Spartan Games

Hunter McIntyre's bldr Nutrition

Savage Race Dallas Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Telluride Beast Podiums

Bonefrog Orlando Podiums

Chicago Marathon Results

Boston Marathon Results

Spartan Ultra World Championships Top 10 Finishers: Men and Women

Secret Link

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84. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

86. West Point Spartan Sprint and North American OCR Championships Relay and Charity 7k!

136. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

137. North American OCR Championships Team Relay and Charity 7k! Also Terrain Race with Dustin Dorough!

247. OCR World Championships 3K with Elites!

248. OCR World Championships 15K with Elites!

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Next episode is complicated, or maybe it won't be. Time will tell!

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Additional OCRWC 2021 Content from The OCR Report:

PreRace Show

Pro 3K Live Coverage

3K Recap Show

Pro 15K Live Coverage

15K Recap Show

Pro Team Race Live Coverage

Live Stream Highlights

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Obstacle Course Racing World Championships was a week ago but we are still just as excited to release more content from the amazing weekend! This episode has 20 more interviews with some of the incredible people that made the event so epic! This episode is part two and covers Saturday with the 15K World Championship event, look forward to part 3 focused on Sunday next weekend!

Apologies for the audio quality issues in the intro (our mic unplugged during the long recording). Also, Mike realizes that 111222 is not a palindrome, just a really cool number.

0:00 - 3:08 - Intro

3:08 - 13:03 - Quick News

13:03 - 14:00 - Content Preface

14:00 - 16:09 - Women's Elite Start Line Audio with Justin Manning

16:09 - 56:15 - Elite and Age Group Interviews Part 1 (Egor Belousov, Ryan Kempson, Ryan Brizzolara, Aaron Newell, Rose Wetzel, Lindsay Webster, Patrick Petrong, Meg Julian, Ian Hosek)

56:15 - 1:05:02 - 13+ AG Men Start Line Audio with Justin Manning

1:05:02 - 1:48:58 - Elite and Age Group Interviews Part 2 (Jason Dupree, Sarah Hetzel, Kris Ruglowski, Chris Hoover, Aliyah Emas, Amy Pajcic, Megan Beck, Grant Bercik, Logan Broadbent, Terry Perperis)

1:48:58 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

Fastest Man on Two Hands

Kirk DeWindt and Alcoholism

Reinforced Running Training Plan

RuckFest Registration Closing

Devil's Den Registration Extension

Tough Mudder Infinity

OCR 2022 Announcement

100% OCRWC Completion Rates

Spartan Tahoe 2022?

World's Toughest Mudder 2022 Location Change

Savage Race Georgia Podiums

OCRWC 100 Meter Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Nashville Super Podiums

Spartan Nashville Sprint Podiums

Spartan TriState Beast Podiums

Spartan TriState Ultra Podiums

Spartan TriState Super Podiums

Spartan TriState Sprint Podiums

Tougher Mudder Pennsylvania Podiums

Legends of the Falls Podiums

Red Bull's Conquer the Castle Podiums

Secret Link

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84. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

86. West Point Spartan Sprint and North American OCR Championships Relay and Charity 7k!

136. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

137. North American OCR Championships Team Relay and Charity 7k! Also Terrain Race with Dustin Dorough!

247. OCR World Championships 3K with Elites!

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Next episode we plan to release part 3 of episodes covering OCRWC!

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Additional OCRWC 2021 Content from The OCR Report:

PreRace Show

Pro 3K Live Coverage

3K Recap Show

Pro 15K Live Coverage

15K Recap Show

Pro Team Race Live Coverage

Live Stream Highlights

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The OCR Report

Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Obstacle Course Racing World Championships happened and it was amazing! Mike went so hard with interviewing and collecting event audio that we may have enough content for 3 episodes which has only been done once before, for World's Toughest Mudder 2019! This episode is just part one and covers the 3K World Championship event, stay tuned for the upcoming episodes with even more interviews with incredible people!

Oh and Katelyn and Mike are now engaged so there is a little bit of that in here for true fans of the show (more planned for episode covering Sunday)!

0:00 - 3:40 - Intro

3:40 - 8:07 - Quick News

8:07 - 9:49 - Content Preface

9:49 - 25:11 -Thursday Audio (Tim Guinan, OCR Gives Back, and Airbnb Ring Talk)

25:11 - 28:39 - Start Line Audio with Justin Manning

28:39 - 1:34:51 - Elite and AG Interviews (Jarrett Newby, Aaron Newell, Leon Kofoed, Ian Hosek, Rachel Corigliano, Kris Ruglowski, Kelly Sullivan, Chrissy McFarland, Lindsay Webster, Meg Julian, Ryan Brizzolara, Beni Gifford, Veejay Jones, Egor Belousov, Rose Wetzel, Jack Bauer, Hubie Cushman, and Ida Mathilde Ruben Steensgaard)

1:34:51 - 1:37:56 - Quick Recap with Jimmie and Angela

1:37:56 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

World Doping Agency Reconsiders Cannabis Ban

Winner of Half Marathon gets DQ for Running Wrong Race

Spartan North American Championship Podiums: Men and Women

OCRWC 3K Podiums: Men and Women

OCRWC 15K Podiums: Men and Women

OCRWC Team Relay Podiums: Men, Women, and Coed

Secret Link

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Related Episodes:

84. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

86. West Point Spartan Sprint and North American OCR Championships Relay and Charity 7k!

136. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

137. North American OCR Championships Team Relay and Charity 7k! Also Terrain Race with Dustin Dorough!

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Next episode we plan to release part 2 of potentially 3 total episodes covering OCRWC!

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The OCR Report

Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar and Kelly Sullivan!

Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Obstacle Course Racing World Championships is next weekend! I'm excited and I figured what better way to build excitement on the show than to have one of the best OCR athletes in the world on to talk about it.

Veejay Jones was my first choice as he is someone who I have only had the privilege of talking to at previous NorAm events and he is both easy to talk to and likely to do very well in the upcoming 3k. He also put some solid work into his Black Forest OCR training facility. This was recorded last week so if there are any out of date comments made then that is why.

0:00 - 3:31 - Intro

3:31 - 13:39 - Quick News

13:39 - 14:12 - Content Preface

14:12 - 45:52 - Veejay Jones Interview

45:52 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

Spartan Pass for 2022

Spartan Kissimee Sprint Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Midwest Beast Podiums: Men and Women

Deka FIT New Jersey Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan European Championship Podiums: Men and Women

Empowered Obstacle Barn Podiums: Men and Women

Phoenix Race Tennessee Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Midwest Sprint Podiums: Men and Women

Cerus Luv Podiums: Men, Women, and Ruk

Mik Gerylo Spartan Red Deer Disqualification

Secret Link

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Related Episodes:

84. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

136. North American OCR Championships 3k and 15k with Elites!

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Next episode we be at OCRWC in Stratton, VT and we plan to release part 1 of 2 or 3 total episode!

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The OCR Report

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

There were a lot of big races this weekend, the biggest of which being Spartan Killington in Vermont. We didn't want this to overshadow Tough Mudder's first Infinite Hero Honor Challenge event though! Luckily we were able to have Carissa on the show to talk about her experience at the first of these events!

0:00 - 2:34 - Intro

2:34 - 11:04 - Quick News

11:04 - 11:30 - Content Preface

11:30 - 35:10 - Infinite Hero Interview

35:10 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

Rea Kolbl's World Record in Slovenia

The Final FIT Trailfecta Series

Ryan Kent Deka Mile Record

Aaron Newell Race Schedule

Spartan Killington Beast Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Killington Ultra Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Killington Sprint Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Nationals Park Stadium Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Seattle Beast Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Seattle Super Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Red Deer Super Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Red Deer Sprint Podiums: Men and Women

Spartan Red Deer Beast Podiums: Men and Women

Tougher Mudder TriState Podiums: Men and Women

Savage Race Maryland Podiums: Men and Women

Hyrox World Championships Podiums

Secret Link

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74. Tough Mudder Bootcamp Burlington with Cathrin Bowtell, ERock, and Will Dean!

146. Tri-State Tougher Mudder with Elites!

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Next episode we have an interview with Veejay Jones ready to get you excited for OCRWC!

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest

Finish at the 50 5k snuck up on us so we didn't get media passes and cover the event like we did last time so this is more of a simple recap episode! We also talk more about personal stuff as well in case you are curious how life is going for us more in depth than our brief intros.

0:00 - 3:26 - Intro

3:26 - 8:06 - Quick News

8:06 - 8:37 - Content Preface

8:37 - 14:34 - Finish at the 50 5k Recap

14:34 - 20:31 - Catching Up with Katelyn and Mike

20:31 - End - Outro

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News Stories:

Samuel Hebert Engaged

Lauren Weeks Married

No More Tougher Mudder Wave

Lindsay Webster Presidential Traverse FKT

Ida Mathildee Wins Nordic Race

Karin Karlson Won Something Too

Tatyana McFadden Olympics Recap

Secret Link

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26. Meet #15 Lura Adun and Finish at the 50 5k & 10k!

79. Finish at the 50 5k, and Podcast Give-away Competition!

131. Finish at the 50 5k with Tom Donovan!

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Next episode we hope to hear from someone running the first Infinite Hero event put on by Tough Mudder!

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The OCR Report

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Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up

Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest