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Listen to every episode of "30 Podcasts Hath September" on Spotify. Here is a link to a Spotify playlist with every episode of our 30-Day Podcast Event.

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Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter host the Obstacle Running Adventures podcast. They have uploaded a new episode every single week for the past 400 weeks. That's over seven and a half years!

Mike and Katelyn join us to talk about their show, the sport of OCR, and the inside scoop on podcasting in general.

You can listen to their show Obstacle Running Adventures on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you find your podcasts.

Special shout-out from Mike to the New England OCR Expo. Check it out!

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This is Day Nineteen of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day for the month of September. Day Twenty will be tomorrow with a new episode from Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

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Listen to every episode of "30 Podcasts Hath September" on Spotify. Here is a link to a Spotify playlist with every episode of our 30-Day Podcast Event.

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Evan Perperis is the author of "Run If You Can, Destroy If You Must: Tiga Tactics Runner, Walker, and Hiker Guide to Self-Defense". The book comes out on September 30th and is available now for presale on Amazon.com.

Evan has written eight books on Obstacle Course Racing and multiple articles at The OCR Report.com. We are thrilled to welcome him and the Strength & Speed podcast to The OCR Report.

You can learn more about Evan at the Strength & Speed website or his Instagram page.

You can support Evan at his Combatives Patreon page.

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This is Day Fifteen of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day for the month of September. Day Sixteen will be tomorrow with a new episode from Obstacle Running Adventures. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

Subscribe to all eight podcasts and listen all month long!

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2024 will be the debut of the Spartan Sprint and 100 Meter World Championship race. These two new World Championships will be hosted by Hvar, Croatia.

Andrej Simatic is the President of OCR Croatia. He joins the show to talk about the growth of OCR in Croatia and offer a look at what the upcoming races could mean to the sport in his country.

You can follow OCR Croatia on Instagram at @ocrcroatia

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This is Day Eight of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day for the month of September. Day Nine will be tomorrow with a new episode from Obstacle Running Adventures. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

Subscribe to all eight podcasts and listen all month long!

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Laura and Kevin Tift are the Owners and race directors of ThunderDash. ThunderDash is a 5k and 10k OCR near San Antonio in Comfort, Texas celebrating it's 10th year. You can learn more at Thunderdash.com.

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This is Day Five of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day for the month of September. Day Six will be tomorrow with a new episode from Fran and Carlo get OCR Adjacent. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

Subscribe to all eight podcasts and listen all month long!

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Faye Stenning and Jess O'Connell run Grit Coaching.

Faye spent years as an elite OCR athlete at the top of the sport. Jess is an Olympian who competed at Rio in 2016.

They are the hosts of the Nitty Gritty Training podcast, a part of The OCR Report family of podcasts. Each week they deliver Training Tuesday to The OCR Report on Instagram and each month they host a Training AMA where they answer your fitness and training questions live on Instagram. You can learn more about them and Grit Coaching at Gritcoaching.net.

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This is Day One of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day for the month of September. Day Two will be tomorrow with a new episode from Obstacle Running Adventures. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

Subscribe to all eight podcasts and listen all month long!

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Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or on our Instagram page, @theocrreport.

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Are you an OCR Report Member yet? For less than $5 a month you can support the sport we love. We are on the way to our first 2,000 members. Join us today!

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Joe De Sena is the President of Spartan.

Joe joins Will Hicks to talk about Spartan School through 2Hr Learning. While they were talking, OCR in the Olympics came up, and they wrapped up with a story from Joe about how he used to wait for the school bus at a local funeral home where he saw a new dead body every. single. day.

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This past weekend there was controversy at the finish line of DEKA Norcal. The Director of DEKA, Yancy Culp joins us to talk about the finish line and the resulting updates to the DEKA Rule Book.

The OCR Report is the official live stream home of DEKA. You can watch the full race only on The OCR Report YouTube channel.

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Nicole Mericle is four-time OCR World Champion. After a two-year recovery from injury, she won the first race in the 2023 Spartan North American Elite Series last month and 3rd Place at DEKA Anaheim a few weeks ago.

This past weekend Nicole finished 6th at the second race in the Spartan NAES, in Big Bear California. After making it through the two preliminary heats and qualifying for the finals, Nicole did not participate in the final 3k race.

There has been a lot of chatter online about why Nicole did not race in the Big Bear Finals. She joins The OCR Report Podcast to set the record straight.

Nicole is sponsored by Sur PhytoPerformance, Pro-Tec Athletics, and Honey Stinger.

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Veejay Jones is a two-time OCRWC World Champion in the 3k Division. He won the first race in the 2023 Spartan North American Elite Series and this past weekend he won the 4th race in the 2023 DEKA Series, at Socal.

Veejay joins the show to talk about those two big wins and his race plans for the rest of 2023. He also shares some surprising news about his race plans for 2024.

Veejay opens up about his competitive nature and how he wrestles with whether that hyper-competitiveness is a good or bad thing.

Veejay is sponsored by Venga CBD.

You can watch Veejay win DEKA Socal and Spartan Palm Beach on The OCR Report YouTube channel.

DEKA Socal Livestream only on The OCR Report Spartan Palm Beach 3k Livestream only on The OCR Report

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Spartan Games Season Two debuts on March 24th! Christine De La Rosa-Stotz is the Head of Media for Spartan and joins us for a behind-the-scenes look.

Christine tells us about how they made the decision to bring back Spartan Games, what we can expect from Season Two, and "What about Spartan Games Season Three?".

Episode One of Season Two of Spartan Games debuts on March 24th. You can watch on Outside TV, Spartan TV, and Spartan's YouTube Channel.

Be sure to follow The OCR Report on Instagram for Spartan Games results, recaps, and interviews.

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