Obstacle Running Adventures

Katelyn and Mike had a very busy weekend working on the house and were running short on time for an episode, luckily Patreon supporter Mark Duplessis called in to talk about the Dopey Challenge that takes place every year down in Disney! 0 - 2:25 - Intro 2:25 - 4:37 - News 4:37 - 5:20 - Content Preface 5:20 - 32:21 - Mark's Dopey Interview 32:21 - end - Outro Will Dean Letting Tough Mudder Die? Se...

We are definitely the last of the bunch to release this on our feed (because of our 2 annual recap episodes) so feel free to just listen to the intro and outro if you have already heard the round table on I Am A Spartan or OCR Talk! Yet again this was all recorded before a bunch of crap went down with Tough Mudder so maybe it is worth listening to again! 0 - 1:46 - Intro 1:46 - 3:21 - News 3:21 -...

It's been a pretty damn great year! Huge thank you to everyone who have followed our adventures! Please enjoy this wicked long episode that has important lessons from every episode that came out in 2019  (episodes 105-154)! Hope this comes in handy during long New Year travels! Let us know that you enjoyed this by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or by shooting us a message on Instagram or Faceb...

It's been a pretty damn great year! Huge thank you to everyone who have followed our adventures! Please enjoy this wicked long episode that has funny clips from every episode that came out in 2019  (episodes 105-154)! Hope this comes in handy during long holiday travels! Let us know that you enjoyed this by writing a review on Apple Podcasts or by shooting us a message on Instagram or Facebook! 0...

Listen as Katelyn and Mike speak with Justin Manning and Simone Waugh about their new OCR themed children's book "Medal Club Kids: Winner's Circle"!   0 - 3:09 - Intro 3:09 - 6:50 - News 6:50 - 7:13 - Content Preface 7:13 - 1:08:58 - Medal Club Kids Interview 1:08:58 - end - Outro Vote for Mud Run Guide's Best of OCR 2019 (You better pick an actual OCR podcast!) Russia Banned from Olympics Man Cau...

Were our last 3 episodes too long, too exciting, and too awesome?! Well winter is here now and content gets more difficult so bear with us! Mike drove 2 1/2 hours up to South Portland, Maine to walk the Santa Hustle 5k on a frigid 12 degree morning.  0 - 3:50 - Intro 3:50 - 7:41 - News 7:41 - 8:36 - Content Preface 8:36 - 11:50 - Santa Hustle 5k 11:50 - end - Outro Vote for Mud Run Guide's Best of...

Biggest event of the year for us and we will be splitting this into a 3 parter! This is the first time we have split something up so much but what can I say, we went super hard! I know a lot of people have been excitedly waiting for this part 3! Before we get to a very intoxicated Javier you'll hear Katelyn talking to fellow pit crew members Mark Duplessis and April Dupree about what it takes to b...

Biggest event of the year for us and we will be splitting this into a 3 parter! This is the first time we have split something up so much but what can I say, we went super hard! Do not panic about the length of this episode! This second part will have about 50 minutes of audio from the 4 hour brunch award ceremony (Mike trimmed it down to just the good stuff)! Following that will be about 2 hours...

Biggest event of the year for us and we will be splitting this into a 3 parter! This is the first time we have split something up so much but what can I say, we went super hard! This first part will have Katelyn, patron supporter Mark Duplessis, and Davis and Chace co-host Josh Chace discussing how their hot lap went and speculated how the course will go for the full 24 hour event.  Following that...

Mike and Katelyn spent just about all day at Fenway Park to cover the elite's race in the morning (check out our Instagram highlight!), interview most of the top finishers, hang out with a lot of the humble elites and other fun people, and eventually run the course ourselves later that day! 0 - 2:37 - Intro 2:37 - 5:35 - News 5:15 - 5:35 - Content Preface 5:35 - 51:35 - Elites 51:35 - end - Outro...

Katelyn and Mike went down to New Jersey for a wedding! This was perfect timing as Mike had wanted to go to Vernon, NJ for the Tri-State Spartan Super which is the final race in the Mountain Series this year! He was able to see a lot of familiar faces and meet a few more! 0 - 2:35 - Intro 2:35 - 7:02 - News 7:02 - 7:57 - Content Preface 7:57 - 19:39 - Vendors 19:39 - 40:14 - Elites 40:14 - end - O...

Sunday morning Mike woke up and ventured down to Rhode Island to run the FIT Frills Trail Multilap Event, and Katelyn headed up to The Great Pumpkin Challenge at Eagle Obstacles! Katelyn was able to interview the co-owners of Eagle Obstacles to chat about their permanent obstacle course and the events that they host on the weekend! 0 - 3:40 - Intro 3:40 - 14:10 - News 14:10 - 15:33 - Content Prefa...

Mike and Katelyn took a road-trip down to New Jersey, so Mike could earn his 9x Tough Mudder Headband (this was WTM will be his 10th)! In addition to running a lap of the classic Tough Mudder, Mike interviewed the elites from the Tougher Mudder wave as well as some vendors!    0 - 2:53 - Intro 2:53 - 6:43 - News 6:43 - 7:58 - Content Preface 7:58 - 24:06 - Tougher Interviews 24:06 - 32:30 - Vendor...

Nancy and Kay both ran the Chicago Marathon and once we were able to figure out the timing of a call we were able to have Nancy call in to talk about it! Massive congrats to all the other runners that crushed their marathon PR, or just finished the event in general!   0 - 4:26 - Intro 4:26 - 5:40 - News 5:40 - 6:39 - Content Preface 6:39 - 37:55 - Nancy Interview 38:10 - 40:20 - New England Half M...

Originally wanted to have a low key episode covering the Houghton's Pond Trail Race that I ran and have Jason from OCR Talk call in about his Savage Race Experience in Texas but instead we finally followed through with an idea that I wanted to do for months! Hear about who Javier thinks are the best looking athletes in the sport of OCR, music recommendations, stories of his mother's immigration, a...

Mike couldn't pick between Bridgewater Police 5k (6th annual event and never missed one) or Rugged Maniac (favorite short course OCR and top 3 overall) so he did the only thing that could be done ... both! He ran BPD 5k at 9 in the morning and then immediately drove 2 hours to Southwick, MA for Rugged Maniac so content for the former is scarce. He did spend about 4 hours at Rugged Maniac to talk t...

Angela ventured out to Barre, MA to take on both events at Bonefrog, the challenge lap and the sprint lap! This is was Angela's third year running Bonefrog and although she loves the obstacles, she does have some critiques about the event. However, this year we are prepared for hate mail!    0 - 3:49 - Intro 3:49 - 8:27 - News 8:27 - 9:00 - Content Preface 9:00 - 38:17 - Angela's Recap    38:17 -...

With Mike still busy with house renovations and Katelyn participating in a bachelorette party in New Jersey we really didn't have time to go and cover any races. If only there was another podcaster that we are friends with who has a show focused on Spartan Race who came up from Georgia to do Killington ... Yup we had Scott "The Fayne" Knowles on to talk about his second Killington Ultra experience...

Mike takes a break from renovating his new home, to travel down to Rhode Island to run a lap of Thrive Outside in the Mud! This event was run by Lynn Hall (does that name sound familiar?) she is the owner of BoldRDash! Lynn partnered with the non-profit company Thrive Outside, which helps build outdoor learning spaces and nature play areas in the out in the local community.  0 - 2:53 - Intro 2:53...

By going to a bunch of the Colonial Road Runner summer fun runs, Mike was able to meet Nancy's running coach Charlie. When Mike realized that Charlie was about to face off against the Death Race for the second time, he knew that he needed to have him on the show! Enjoy hearing from a badass that took on such a crazy event and plans to return! 0 - 3:48 - Intro 3:48 - 9:38 - News 9:38 - 10:24 - Cont...

Katelyn needed to go to California for work so Mike made it a weekend trip and guess what ... we found a race! San Francisco was an amazing place! Great weather, nice people, and it made for a great Bridge to Bridge 12k! 0 - 3:36 - Intro 3:36 - 8:13 - News 8:13 - 9:12 - Content Preface 9:12 - 11:16 - Vendors 11:16 - 17:20 - Angela Melchiori 17:20 - 24:21 - Recap  24:21 - end - Outro Our North Amer...

This episode not only has part two of our North American OCR Championships content but also a decent amount from Boston's Terrain Race! First off you'll hear from men's relay teams (we missed coed and women teams because I needed to do my own relay), then you'll hear from the awesome race MC Justin Manning from Medal Addict! Angela and Jimmie will follow that who discuss the 15k and our relay expe...

Mike, Angela, Jimmie, and Jason completed all 4 events at North American OCR Championships! You'll hear from us (minus Jason, be sure to listen to OCR talk!), elites, age group winners, other awesome people, and a malamute! Massive thank you to everyone who took the time to talk to us both on and off the mic, it was awesome seeing so many great people all in one weekend! 0 - 3:31 - Intro 3:31 - 6:...

Mike and Katelyn ventured down to Grisworld Connecticut, for two of Katelyn's favorite things: sunflowers and ice cream! Oh yeah, they also ran a 6k there!  0 - 2:23 - Intro 2:23 - 3:57 - News 3:57 - 6:12 - Content Preface 6:12 - 17:22 - Team Experience 17:22 - 25:17 - Vendors 25:17 - end - Outro Ultra Running Memes are No More   Warrior Dash is Gone Forever   Secret Link   Kitty Harbor Tackle the...

Jimmie and Angela conquer almost 2,000 feet of elevation at Tough Mountain Challenge at Sunday River in Maine! Jimmie calls in to talk about how he feels the event went, if he plans to return, and what type of weekend warrior would enjoy it most! 0 - 2:54 - Intro 2:54 - 4:53 - News 4:53 - 5:33 - Content Preface 5:33 - 21:14 - Jimmie on Tough Mountain Challenge 21:14 - end - Outro Kyle McLaughlin P...