Mike Stefano, host of the Obstacle Running Adventures podcast (subscribe and listen to his podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/obstacle-running-adventures/id1193039969 ), joins Evan to talk about the OCR Expo he is helping run in New England on March 11th.  You'll hear sneak peaks of some of the vendors, activities and details of the event.  Plus, Mike and Evan discuss 3k change to Spartan World Championships, Spartan Combat and Evan gives a sneak peak at his book being released in 2023 (also teased in the back of his latest book On Endurance....buy On Endurance here: https://www.teamstrengthspeed.com/on-endurance ).  Plus, the two attempt to settle the debate on who is a bigger video game nerd....

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Rachel Watters fresh off her win from Hannibal Race Kuwait joins Evan back on the podcast to talk about the experience.  The two talk travel, culture, the race itself and fun things they learned during the trip.  Plus, Rachel and Evan share their opinion on non-alcoholic beer....

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Rachel Watters joins Evan excited to take on Hannibal Race in less than a week.  Make sure you follow along our social channels (@UltraOCRman @StrengthSpeed @MudGearBOTLProTeam and @Rachel_Fit_Girl) for all the updates.  The first half of the episode they talk expectations and Kuwaiti culture, great if you are planning a trip to the Middle East to race for something like Spartan World Championships in 2023. 

The second half of the episode they talk about the "OCR Triple Crown", FISO and why they have reservations with the organization along with their events. 

Some further date details not included in the podcast:

Reference USAOCR (different than Adventurey's USOCRC):  

   2016: Organization founded (no events)

   2017: Put their label on Spartan Race in Florida

        Training camp held in Colorado in December (this is the best thing imo, the organization has done)

   2018: Event held Dec 1-2 in Southern California (referenced by Rachel, Evan mistakenly confused Florida event with this one)....again putting their label on a Spartan Race with some unique USAOCR twists

   2019: Event held in Oct at Black Diamond Course in Ohio (36 out of 60 athletes received a podium medal, all but 1 female who showed up received a podium medal.  Largest AG competition had 12 athletes, next largest 7 athletes)

  2020-2022: No events held

FISO (the world organization):

   2016: Organization starts (no events)

   2017-2018: No world or international events I'm tracking

   2019: National events outside the US including Phillipines

        Their 1st World Championship event, 100m in Russia

   2020-2021: No Events as far as I can tell

   2022: No event, they put their label on World's Toughest Mudder, no one at WTM mentioned them at any point during the pre-race briefing or post-race awards brunch

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MudGear-Battle of the Lions Pro Rachel Watters joins Evan to talk about her 105 mile OCR she complete to raise money for Lionhearts Fitness.  Rachel shares the challenges, unexpected change in weather and how she mentally overcame the hurdles to achieve a record setting performance as the most number of OCR miles complete by a female ever. 

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We found Brenna finally and dragged her back on the podcast! Brenna and Evan do a rundown for the holidays offering some gift suggestions for your athlete family and friends.  The two do a full toe to head rundown, talk stocking stuffers and offer some ideas for the OCR athlete that already has "all the stuff".  Use this as a guide for Black Friday through Cyber Monday, but don't wait, the deals only last for so long.

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OCR athlete, ultra-runner and tactical games athlete Zack Wisnowski joins Evan to talk about the Tactical Games and similar events. Zack's an accomplished ultra-athlete who has been involved in the sport since 2010 completing over 300 races!  If there's a race, Zack's done it including things like 6x World's Toughest Mudder, Spartan Iceland, OCR World Championships and more.  He's also the owner of UltraTraining.Net

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Filmmaker Bobby Ross and our favorite beer drinking ultra-runner Leaky Hourglass Race director Gary Shaw join Evan for a Halloween specific episode.  The three talk about some of their favorite Halloween franchises and why you should (or shouldn't) watch them.  The group stays spoiler free for any new movies and even manages to stay spoiler free for many of these movies that came out in the 80s.  They even manage to tie in some bizarre links to OCR in the horror movie world.

What do you think of this episode?  Did we miss any of your favorites?  Should we bring this back next year?

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2x American Ninja Warrior finalist, including making it all the way to the National Finals in Las Vegas, Kendall Ortez joins Evan to talk about OCR World Championships.  They share their opinion on 3k, 15k, 100m and Team before diving into Kendall's background.  A 15x+ podium finisher at major race series like Conquer the Gauntlet and Savage Race as well as a Team Pro Podium at North American OCR Championships, Kendall is used to the longer format of OCR.  He talks about his experiences working with Overcoming Obstacles Ministries, a group that brings kids into the sport of OCR/ninja while promoting the gospel.

Learn more about Overcoming Obstacles Ministries: Www.obstacleministry.com 

Follow Kendall at: www.instagram.com/kbortez

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Leaky Hourglass Ultra and beer ultra runner joins Evan to talk OCRWC and his plans to do a very unofficial beer mile at the OCR World Championships.

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