Race Brain Podcast

In this episode, the Race Brain squad reviews the Spartan Race PanAm champ's results in Washington State. They discuss Baylen Bean's ascendancy and Nicole Mericle's dominance and then turn their support to the upcoming USAOCR Championships and organization. Plus, they update the OCR Power 11.

00:00 State of the Sport for OCR
18:30 USAOCR Fundraiser (link below)
27:00 Spartan Race Seattle
1:00:00 Power 11 Updates

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In this episode, the RB squad talk about Jack's controversial victory in Ocala, Flordia, and the final field for the DEKA World Champs. They then update their OCR Power 11 Rankings after the Spartan Euro Champs. Finally, they draft the top athletes for the Spartan race PanAm Championships in Seatle, WA.

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00:00 Intro

02:45 Deka Ocala

32:45 Spartan Euro Champs Review and Power 11 Updates

47:47 Spartan Pan American Champs Preview

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In this episode, the RB squad discusses the loaded field at the upcoming Spartan European championships in Austria. Then, they are joined by Dave Claxton, the newly appointed Head Judge of DEKAFIT. The four go over Dave's role and preview Deka in Ocala.

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00:00 Intro

04:35 Spartan Euro Champs

11:15 Women's Field

32:54 Men's Field

54:00 Dave Claxton!

55:00 Talking Rules

01:27:00 Deka Florida Preview

This week, the RB squad discusses the most recent FISO OCR World Championships in Costa Rica. Then, they update the OCR power rankings to reflect the sport's most recent performances. Finally, they touch on the new contenders in DEKAFIT PA and some penalties that were dished out.

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00:00 Intro

01:48 FISO WC

03:11 FISO Info

08:00 3k Results

19:28 15+/-

22:40 Controversy!!

35:30 Why does this always happen with OCR?

42:42 OCR Power Rankings

01:20:20 YouTuber takes over FISO

01:11:50 DEKAFIT PA

01:17:50 DEKA Penalties

#spartanrace #ocr #hyrox #dekafit #spartanrace

In this episode, the RB squad chats about the most recent HYROX event in Brisbane and some of the crazy fast times, the second FISO OCR World Championships, and a stacked field for the upcoming DEKAFIT in Oaks, PA.

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00:00 Intro

03:05 HYROX Brisbane

10:34 Brisbane Course Layout

17:45 Brisbane Men

23:05 Men's athlete DQ'd

32:11 FISO OCR World Championship

01:02:40 FISO Women's Field

01:25:30 FISO Men's Field

01:42:40 DEKA PA

#hyrox #spartanrace #hyroxtraining #dekafit #podcast

In this episode, the RB squad discusses topics such as whether we think HYROX could make the Olympics, what training trends we have noticed for HYROX, the impressive performances at the CrossFit Games, and our final chat about track and field.

00:00 Intro

04:00 Does OCR being in the pentathlon matter?

13:34 Could HYROX be in the Olympics?

27:48 Training Trends for HYROX

55:27 CrossFit Games

57:38 CrossFit 1600m

01:30:30 Track and Field - The Final Chat

#hyrox #spartanrace #hyroxtraining #dekafit #podcast

In this episode, Jack does some serious homework to tell us how correcting HYROX times changes the elite 15 field. They discuss their observations around the Olympics regarding formatting and competition, and then they go hard on some track and field.

00:00 Intro

02:38 Jack's BUTT

07:55 Hyrox Times Shake-ups

09:00 Women's

20:20 Men's

52:33 What we've learned from the Olympics

01:24:10 Olympic Track Talk

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In this episode, the RB squad talks about the pros and cons of the new Hyrox Major season and the World Championships qualifications.

00:00 Intro

03:24 Brakken's late takes

07:23 Quick Olympic Talks

15:44 Hyrox Qualification 24/25 System

19:08 Happy with stability

21:00 Two races minimum for time qualifiers

48:22 LCQ backfill for World Champs

58:00 Prize money bumped

59:15 Increase doping testing

01:04:44 Too many autos?

01:13:00 Season is too long

01:19:00 Hong Kong con

01:27:00 Current Elite 15 list

#hyrox #spartanrace #dekafit

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In this episode, the RB squad previews the upcoming events for Spartan Race Utah and DEKAFIT Ultra in Fort Wayne, IN.

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00:00 Intro

01:19 Spartan Utah USNS Preview

10:38 Men's Top Contenders

22:18 Women's Top Contenders

29:20 Hoka Tecton X 3 - Quick Look!!

32:27 First Ever Deka Ultra

36:25 Deka Ultra Men's Field

38:18 Deka Ultra Women's Field

45:04 How fast will they go?

57:27 What would we want an Ultra Hybrid to look like?

01:12:30 BK does Chad

01:26:20 DEKA Ultra Predictions

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