Obstacle Running Adventures

This weekend we headed up to Nashua, New Hampshire to cover the first OCR of the year, Blizzard Blast! You will hear some elite finish line interviews, from Mike Apfelberg, who is the president of United Way of Greater Nashua, and many other people who helped make the event come together. You will also hear about our experience at the Colonial Read Runner's Award Banquet, where Angela, Jimmie, Nan...

Fred Smith had the time to call in and talk about some changes with Smithfest events in order for them to appear less scary (because not all change is bad)! Following the call with Fred you will hear about Nancy's experience after running the Houston Half Marathon in Texas! 0-9 minutes - Intro 9-31 - Fred Smith 31-45 - Nancy 45-end - Outro Next weekend we will cover the elite side of Blizzard Blas...

When the person you are supposed to interview doesn't call in, it kind of makes things hard for an episode. Luckily we were preparing a give away so enjoy this shorter episode! Next weekend we will hopefully be hearing from Nancy about her Half Marathon in Houston, TX! BleggMit Extreme Robbing Polyana Viana 2018 Highest Earning OCR Athletes Boston Marathon 2019 Elite Field Boston Bombing Survivor...

Podcasters unite as we join Heather from Overcome and Run, Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media, and Josh Chace from the NE Spahten Show in discussing some hot topics in OCR! Next weekend we will still be enjoying the off season! You'll be hearing from someone ... we just don't know who yet! Runners of Vermont: Mark Jones Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and to join our Facebook grou...

Listen as as you hear about our most memorable moments from 2018. You'll hear from every guest we had on the show, as well as words of advice and wisdom we heard throughout the year.  We hope that you have enjoyed coming along on the ride that was our show in 2018 and hope you look forward to more adventures in 2019! Next weekend we will still be enjoying the off season! We will be sharing the pod...

Another year, another recap episode with all of the funny moments from the show! It is a bit long and it is more than your average dose of Mike and Katelyn so don't feel pressured to listen all in one sitting. We hope that you have enjoyed coming along on the ride that was our show in 2018 and hope you look forward to more laughs in 2019! Mud Run Guide's Best of OCR 2018 Results: http://www.mudrun...

Molly comes back on the show to save us from not having any content this week! Learn how to not be part of the 92% that fail their new year resolutions, how to support your loved ones, and how to be an overall better you! Molly Kenneth's WTM Article: https://www.theocrreport.com/iceland-and-hypothermia-lessons-from-wtm-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1JeHng_ouOgMsicpoK0g92EFiKwZzeD7MLPBr4_OKJCUalpURsHJ_nUhs   80...

Back for the final Trailfecta race of the year and this time we were able to use the audio from the finish line interviews! You'll also hear from our sponsored athlete Javier Escobar who took over Obstacle Racing Media's instagram to be media! Donate for Team Rubicon fundraiser: Paypal money to melissa.sharkbait@gmail.com  Chinese Half Marathon Cheaters:  https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a2536121...

We did it! We made it to episode 100 without ever missing a week! Many thank yous to everyone we have had on the show, everyone who listens to the show, and the people who tuned into our live recording and asked us questions! Listen and hear our intro that was recorded live during a Facebook and Instagram live and then a bit of content from the Santa Hustle 5k in South Portland, ME! In the outro y...

This episode was supposed to cover the Thanksgiving Trailfecta Race in Cumberland, RI but due to equipment malfunction 10 minutes of great interviews needed to be scrapped!  So instead you get a shorter episode where Katelyn and Mike catch up on news, discuss some events, and almost forget to talk about things that we are grateful for! Spartan's new Helix episode: https://www.facebook.com/tr1beocr...

Second half of WTM content, and then some local Turkey Trot audio! I will keep this description short since the episode is super long!  After some announcements from the brunch (skip if audio isn't up to par) you'll hear from Kris Mendoza, Allison Tai, Trevor Cichosz, Rea Kolbl, Javier EScobar, Erin Rost, and many others at the Champion's Brunch, plus even more people at the bar crawl! Lastly you'...

Hear the first half of Mike and Katelyn's experience down in Atlanta, GA! This episode covers the community dinner as well as the event itself!  You'll hear from Evan Perperis, Ian Panter, Melissa Sharkbait Dugan, Javier "Ecobar", and many others at the dinner the night before WTM! After that Sean Corvelle will get you pumped as you hear audio from the start line. Lastly hear the short clips of Mi...

Prepare for a pretty long intro with lots of news (we even excluded some), then you'll hear some content from Panic in the Dark, and lastly an experience from the New York Marathon!  From zombie makeup artist to a substitute race director at Panic followed by the experience of Mike running the course and Olivia and Katelyn as zombies! After that we hear about John Landry's experience at the NYC Ma...

Who knew that trying to interview elites after they finish a race in a Nor'Easter would be so difficult? Regardless we were able to snag a quick word with Robert Killian, Joshua Riedinger, and John Penland! Following that we hear a bit from Jason Dupree (from OCR Talk) about his experience running the Spartan Ultra in Dallas, TX. Lastly, before the outro Katelyn will explain the rules for the seco...

Listen as you will hear about Mike and Chrissy's experience at FIT's 'Frills Trail 5k Multi-lap! You will also hear from two elites from the event. Unfortunately, there's not as many podium interviews because Mike was too busy crushing his goal, of completing three laps.  Next weekend we will cover the Tri-State Spartan Super in Vernon, NJ and hopefully hear from Jason or Jimmie about the Spartan...

Katelyn is back which means this episode is fun enough to make up for the lack of her last episode! For the real content of the show you'll hear from Kay who ran the full marathon course as well as Lucian who ran his first half marathon! Next weekend we will cover the FIT Frills trail run in Cumberland, RI! Ryan Atkin's article on ORM:  https://obstacleracingmedia.com/editorial/the-last-10-percent...

No Katelyn this weekend but Mike has Jason Dupree on to talk about his 20k trail race, Rugged and Raw! OCR Talk: https://anchor.fm/ocrtalk   Next weekend we will hear from Kay who will be running the Hartford Marathon and will join Shae and friends for the relay event as well! Facebook live with Obstacle Racing Media: https://www.facebook.com/ObstacleMedia/videos/169411230658011/ Patreon: www.patr...

We took it easy on the traveling for this episode and covered the Bridgewater Police 5k as well as the Houghton's Pond Trail Race! Katelyn, Meagan, Shae, and Mike all give recaps of the road race in Bridgewater, MA, you'll hear from a police podium, some Colonial Road Runners, as well as Rebekah Caylor the race director and Chief of Police Officer Delmonte! For Houghton's Pond Trail Race we were a...

This episode was recorded from Gunstock Mountain because we ventured to Tough Mudder Northeast! You'll hear from elites like Ryan O'Connor, Jean-Benut Boudreau, Addison Dolido, Meg Julian, Kera Perzuti and Serra Langone and many more! You will also hear from Nikki Perry from the Tough Mudder Community, a potential future American Ninja Warrior as well as a recap from Mike, Shon and Katelyn. Next w...

Mike skips the Killington Beast for the first time since the Founders Race in order to go all in on media! Unfortunately his voice fizzles out pretty quickly and Katelyn steps up to conduct most of the interviews! You'll hear from elites like Rea Kolbl, Ryan Kempson, Brakken Kraker, and Kelly Sullivan from the Beast, Anne Champagne, and Jesse Bruce from the Ultra, and soooooooo many more! Towards...

Mike runs his first Bonefrog event and luckily it seems to have been one of the better ones Jimmie and Angela have run this year! We have been known to be somewhat critical of Bonefrog in the past but this event met our expectations! Katelyn had some difficulty with obtaining elite interviews but makes up for it with great talks with vendors and some other  interesting people. Mike was able to cat...

No events this weekend?! We use the free weekend to discuss a series of races that we have run in the past that are either gone forever or have left our part of the country and we likely won't be able to do them again! Not nearly as much editing in this episode as it is more of a conversational filler episode but let us know what you think! Do you have fond memories from any of these events? Run f...

Listen to Angela as she talks about her experience at the West Point Spartan Sprint in Orange County, New York! She talks about the unique obstacles Spartan Race brought to this event and whether or not she plans to return to this event next year!  The second half goes back to our weekend at North American Championship relay and charity 7k! You won't hear from elites or podium content like part 1...

For the first time we are covering a road race more in depth than a simple racap! Over the weekend we covered the press conference, the expo, elite and high school mile, as well as the Falmouth Road Race! In addition to the usual cast of teammates you'll hear from a bunch of vendors at the expo, and athletes like Des Linden, Craig Engels, Daniel Romanchuk, Tatyana McFadden, Ben Flanagan, Rachel Sc...

This is a long episode but we promise that it is worth it! Angela and Jimmie ran the 3k and 15k courses at North American OCR Championships and you will hear their recap, and the podiums! Oh and interviews with elites like Ryan Atkins, Lindsay Webster, Alexandra Walker, Samuel Hebert, Rachel Corigliano, Jesse Bruce, Kelly Sullivan and many more! You will also hear from quite a few vendors at the r...