Obstacle Running Adventures

Second episode in a row recapping an obstacle course race in New York. This time it was Tough Mudder and Shon tells us about his experience competing in Tougher on Saturday and running with his family on Sunday! Next weekend we will be covering all 4 events at North American OCR Championships in Stratton, VT! Patreon: www.patreon.com/MStefanoRunning  MStefano Running Community Challenge: https://w...

Katelyn and Mike eventually stop talking about the wedding that they went to long enough to hear about Angela's experience at the Bonefrog event in Glenwood, New York! Don't forget to be awesome like Isaac and leave a review for the show! Next weekend we will hear from Shon at Tough Mudder in Andover, NY! Patreon: www.patreon.com/MStefanoRunning  MStefano Running Community Challenge: https://www.f...

Katelyn, Mike, and Angela spent their Sunday mornings in Lancaster, Massachusetts! Katelyn and Angela ran the Muddy Princess 5k and Mike hung out to snag interviews with Keith (the owner of Kalon Farm) and Sandra from the Muddy Princess 5k!   You will be hearing from a lot of people in this episode so we hope you enjoy it, be sure to leave a review if episodes like this are something you prefer! ...

Mike spent his Saturday getting a lot of content from the Boston Savage Race in Barre, MA while Katelyn was up in Burlington, VT killing her ice cream pint like it was her job!  You will be hearing from a lot of people in this episode so we hope you enjoy it, be sure to leave a review if episodes like this are something you prefer!  People Helping People: http://phpgmicrolending.org Patreon: www.p...

Katelyn and Alex went to cover Finish at the 50 5k in Foxboro, MA but unfortunately it was much more difficult to cover it this year!  After that we are having a competition to give away one of our podcast shirts that MudGear made for us! Email us at  obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com  or message us on our podcast Instagram  @ObstacleRunningAdventures  to submit your vote as to which number clip...

We have been looking forward to this call with Molly for a while now. This episode is dense with information but it could have some tips for how to not die at an endurance event!  Next weekend we will be covering Finish at the 50 in Foxboro, MA! Patreon: www.patreon.com/MStefanoRunning  MStefano Running Community Challenge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/168527377194955/  Use coupon code "adventu...

Hear from the elites at Tougher Mudder, some of the sponsors of the event, and how our teammates did at Tough Mudder on Saturday! Then hear our gameplan for Toughest, how it works out for us, and last but not least listen to what the Toughest elites had to say about their finishes!   Tougher Elites - Ryan Kempson, Matt Kempson, Cole Schwartz, Chris Ferland, Jarod Rego, Meg Julian, Serra Langone, a...

Angela talks about her experience at her first Bonefrog down in New Jersey and while she still had some complaints it sounds like it was more enjoyable than Jimmie's Bonefrog experience in Charlemont!  Next weekend we will be covering Tough, Tougher, and Toughest in Charlton, MA as well as the Shipyard Old Port Half Marathon in Portland ME and Savage Race in Albrightsville, PA ! Use coupon code "a...

Hear about Samurai Sprint Mud Run event from last weekend as well as Shon's experience down in Virginia running Tough Mudder on both Saturday as well as Sunday!   After both of those events you will hear from Alex's younger brother as he strives for 2 gold medals at his event in Attleboro, MA!  Next weekend we will be covering Bonefrog in Stanhope, NJ! Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGe...

Huge episode all about Tough Mudder! Alex and Mike piggyback off of a Colonial Road Runners fun run in Brockton to give out codes for those interested in their first Tough Mudder!  After that we get to the best part! Hear from the people behind the first Tough Mudder Bootcamp in the world! Massive thank you to Cathrin Bowtell, Eric (EROCK) Botsford, and Will Dean himself for taking the time to spe...

Jamesy was finally able to call in to talk about his experience at the first Toughest Mudder in Australia, get ready for some great lingo from down under! After the Ozzie call we hear about how John did at one of Boston's biggest half marathons despite a bit of an equipment malfunction!  Next weekend we will be covering Samurai Sprint in Westport, MA and if things go well a grand opening complete...

Mike went down to Terrain Race in Connecticut to give finish line interviews another shot and ended up running it himself after! Jimmie talks about his subpar experience at Bonefrog, we hear about Katelyn's NAMI walk, and not much about Australia's Toughest Mudder (but maybe next week because Jamesy just got back to me as I am writing this XD but we will see)  Thank you to the elites and Terrain R...

Mike and Katelyn finally get the chance to do another event put on by BoldrDash and this was their Color Run and OCR hybrid event! Before you hear about our experience at the event as guides to the Find Your Bold team you will hear from BoldrDash founder Lynn Hall and Find Your Bold board member Erin Doughty, as well as Lindsay, Claudia, Jude, and Bonnie from Best Buddies!  After the BoldrDash rec...

Shon goes down to Texas for Tougher Mudder and decides whether or not Tough Mudder has gotten their act together for the 2018 season yet! Angela talks about her experience running two laps at Savage Race in Maryland for the Savage Syndicate medal. Lastly we hear a bit about Ruban's Run that Angela helped organize for some of her students!  Next weekend we will be at the Boston Spartan Sprint in Ru...

Episode 69 (insert inappropriate sexual joke here) covers Jimmie and Angela's experience at the New Jersey Spartan Beast down in Vernon, NJ! Next weekend we will be at the Savage Race in Kennedyville, MD, and Tough Mudder in Smithville, TX! Patreon: www.patreon.com/MStefanoRunning   MStefano Running Community Challenge: https://www.facebook.com/groups/168527377194955/   Use coupon code "adventure"...

A very sleep deprived Mike went to the Citi Field Spartan Sprint to interview some elites and other interesting people. This is somewhat new for us so let us know your thoughts on this being a more regular aspect to the show!   Katelyn also gets a call in with John about the Crush Cancer 5k  in Bridgewater, MA where both he and Kay were awarded 2nd in their age groups! 4:35 - Men's Elites: Isaiah...

The weekend of the Boston Marathon and this episode we cover 4 races that we went to this weekend while unfortunately missing out on spectating the Marathon itself. 8:00 Kay on B.A.A. 5k and Knights of Columbus 5 Miler! 13:15 Katelyn on Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5k! 25:35 Angela on Dirty Dog Mud Run! Next weekend we will be at the Crush Cancer 5k in Bridgewater, MA! Use coupon code "adventure" for...

Listen to gain an inside look at Ultra FIT Challenge. Ultra FIT Challenge was a twelve hour obstacle course race, that involved over 8,000 feet of elevation, 50 obstacles and over 28 miles of running. You will also hear from race director Robb McCoy and race sponsor Sage Nutrition!  Sage Nutrition Instagram Handles @sagenutritionllc @mis_fit_sagenutrition  @weels_sagenutrition  @ty.images  Next we...

Jimmie and Angela were registered for the TI 10k in Manchester New Hampshire for Jimmie's birthday so Mike decided to surprise him and run it as well! They had a great time and were able to talk to Chris Lewis from TI Events! Use coupon code "adventure" for 10% off MudGear products: https://mudgear.com   New Facebook page for the podcast: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our new podcast Instagra...

Angela returns to Manchester, NH for the Shamrock Half Marathon and Shamrock Shuffle put on by Millennium Running! Another great year, sounds like we will need to have more of the team run it next year! This whole episode was recorded while driving back up to Massachusetts from New Jersey so apologies for any audio quality issues! Next weekend we will be back in Manchester, NH for the TI 10k and a...

You will hear from Shon who traveled all the way down to New Orleans in Louisiana for not one but two Tough Mudders! He was able to get his 10x Tough Mudder headband but unfortunately the course itself had more cons than pros. Not quite the exciting first event of the year as we had hoped for! Please consider writing a review on iTunes, as it really helps the show! Next week Angela and Jimmie will...

In this episode we hear from Angela who returned to the Greek Peak Winter Spartan Sprint for the second year with Jimmie! We hope to have more of the team there in 2019! After that interview, Katelyn talks to Alex Youngworth about how he is doing as a Tough Mudder Ambassador ... his answers may surprise you, haha. At the end we go over Meagan and Lucian's experience in Cumberland, RI at the FIT Ro...

Oh boy, you get to hear some inside information about Mike who is one of the co-founders of the team and podcast show. He is not usually one to disclose personal information but he lets his guard down a bit to one of his best friends for a talk about what keeps him running in racing and in life! We also discuss Nancy's personal record at the Myrtle Beach Half Marathon in South Carolina as well as...

Angela steals the show this week by registering for three events this weekend, unfortunately for a lot of people only two of those events ending up happening. Also Katelyn is back from spending her February vacation down in New Jersey and Mike becomes enraged by the words of an elite OCR athlete! Next weekend's episode may cover Angela's Peak Snow Devil 10k snowshoe race and Nancy's Murtle Beach H...

Mike had the pleasure of talking to Margaret Schlachter about topics ranging from her days as an elite obstacle course racer in early days of the sport to her being editor-in-chief of Mud Run Guide as well as the founder of Dirt in Your Skirt and host of the podcast of the same name! Yeah that was a bit of a run on sentence but it puts emphasis on just a few of the many ways that she pushes the sp...