BeastNet Podcast

Mike and Julie discuss the season so far, what all  came together to make it happen, and what remains. If you have never run an OCR from  Phoenix Race you MUST get out in 2022 and run one.  They are all in  small towns in partnership wit their council or chamber of commerce and  the towns are super appreciative and love what the OCR community brings  to their town. Ad...

Today Pretty Mike James  talks with Ryan Nicholas  fresh off the mountain from Spartan Spartan Extreme Endurance Death Race.  What is Death Race?  It is somethign you should do at least once.  Listen to Mike and Ryan talk about "Doing Stupid $h|t", DNF, and signing up to do it again! Want your own #raceLOCAL shirts? BeastNet has you covered: https://www.bonfire.com/beastne...

Today Mike set out to recap last weekend's event just outside of Enumclaw WA.  The SISU PNW.  Instead it turned out to almost be a 60 minute commercial for why you need to go run this race in 2023. sign up here: https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=95757 Generally we talk about events and how much fun they are but this race holds a special place for us at BeastNet.  From Lisa-A...

Today Mike sits down with Megan Beck, The OCR Trainer, to catch up.  She fresh from New Zealand and gave them a little extra to talk about.  Once they get caught up they dive into Mike's recent DNF and discuss some of his training needs to ensure he finishes his next race.  It makes for a great discussion and gives you some great tips on beginning to meditate.  Have a listen an...

Today Boggs talks with Amanda Kelley, founder of the Sober Spartans group and recently Damed into More Heart Than Scars.  They talk about sobriety, life, and recap the Spartan Fayetteville Ultra. If you need help, reach out on Facebook to Sober Spartans, or Email    BeastNetPodcast@gmail.com , other resources: www. AA.org, or www. NA.org   WANT FREE STUFF? Do us a fav...

Today's episode is a special one.  You get Sir Boggs of More Heart Than Scars talking with Nicoal Campbell, Cancer Survivor, Ms. Wheelchair Georgia 2020/2021, artist, and soon to be social media influencer.    She's on the show today to talk about her story overcoming an accident that caused a spinal cord injury, learning to walk again, Cancer taking the ability to walk away an...

Today Pretty Mike continues our monthly conversation with The OCR Trainer Megan  Beck.  She is an OCR trainer and can help you get better at obstacle completion or attacking the course.   She is also one of the hosts of The Middle of the Pack Podcast.  Have a listen to this monthly special and let us know what you think.       If you have a questio...

Today Pretty Mike talks with Jessica Thompson.  Member More Heart Than  Scars, Spartan, and Cancer Survivor.    Jessica and Mike talk about her  diagnosis, treatment(the complications of going through treatment during  Covid's peak), and how she is working everyday to get to where she  wants in her Zombie Gym.     From the Heart 5k Benefiting...

Today Mike talks with Ken Brown from Liberation Firearms Training.     Why talk to a firearms person on an OCR Podcast?  Well, many OCRs are starting to include a shooting aspect to their event and we me Ken at Rise Challenge Events in Bend Oregon last year.  Mike and Ken have a great discussion on firearm safety, training, and discuss why you need to take some classes on...

Today Pretty Mike talks with Brittany West about her journey from 4'10" and 280lbs almost unable to shop for groceries without using a mechanical cart to a ripped Spartan and member of More Heart Than Scars.    This is a great episode about team and community support both on the course and off.  Sit back, relax, and listen to this great story of overcoming.    Want your ow...

Today Pretty Mike continues our monthly conversation with The OCR Trainer Megan  Beck.  She is an OCR trainer and can help you get better at obstacle completion or attacking the course.   She is also one of the hosts of The Middle of the Pack Podcast.  Have a listen to this monthly special and let us know what you think.     If you have a question you would...

Today Pretty Mike has Brother, cough cough, Sir Boggs on the show to recap the first four months of the year, discuss upcoming events and promote some of our partners. James Safety Service CPR class 4/30/2022 In Orting: https://www.facebook.com/events/423055499583751/ Rise Events/Montana Tuneup workout 5/1/2022 In Bothell: https://www.facebook.com/events/1225105381359306/ Rise events Challenge 5/7...

Today Lisa-Anne has Erika Bogan who has been on before and her One-Leg Beast that she takes on OCR together on the show.     Brian is a single leg amputee from an accident that found himself through OCR.  This is a great episode discussing how he started, how they met, and the next couple big challenges including Spartan Ultra, Worlds Toughest Mudder, and a little trip up the l...

Today Pretty Mike sits down with Kati and Brian from Derti Development.  They are an OCR training facility, OCR coaches, and host multiple OCR events throughout the year.  Check the dates out here: https://www.dertidevelopment.com/events  They talk about what got them into racing, hosting, coaching and more.  Did I mention they have a Podcast also?  https://www.dertidevelo...

Today Pretty Mike continues our monthly conversation with The OCR Trainer Megan  Beck.  She is an OCR trainer and can help you get better at obstacle completion or attacking the course.   She is also one of the hosts of The Middle of the Pack Podcast.  Have a listen to this monthly special and let us know what you think.   If you have a question for The OCR Trainer se...

Today Lisa-Anne talks with Jason Waltman, son of Dallas Cowboys Chris Waltman, about his family'[s new OCR being held in Monroe WA April 16th 2022.  There is a ton of information in this episode about Stars Unlimited, Legacy Farm, and of course Farm Tough 5k OCR.  Register here: www.starsunlimited.team/ Social media pages FB:@starsunlimitedwa @legacyfarmmonroe Instagram:@Thelegacyfarm We...

Today  Lisa-Anne has Hazelanna McMahan from Summit to Swamp back on  the show.  Shes announcing that the 2022 event in Randall WA is expanding to a triple track event.  If you love the hill you can run it more than once, or if you loved the river you can run the river trail more than once, if you want to hang out in the swamp and run it over and over you can!  It's a great...

Today Pretty Mike catches up with Tony Matesi from That Endurance Guy, Legend of Death Race, and SISU PNW.  This is a great epsiode focused on the event SISU and overall back country wilderness hiking/racing safety.  We want to thank Tony Matesi, That Endurance Guy and Author of Legend of Death Race, for hosting this #raceLOCAL event.    SISU $20 Discount code all caps BEA...

Today Pretty Mike talks with race director and founder of HILDERVAT OCR Dan Woods.  They discuss the history of the race, what made him decide to do this, and some of the future of the races(including Team relay races).  They also talk a lot about mandatory obstacle completion and how it levels the field for elite racers. Lots of fun thing at this destination race series on the beaches o...

Today Mike talks with Ken Brown from Liberation Firearms Training.   Why talk to a firearms person on an OCR Podcast?  Well, many OCRs are starting to include a shooting aspect to their event and we me Ken at Rise Challenge Events in Bend Oregon last year.  Mike and Ken have a great discussion on firearm safety, training, and discuss why you need to take some classes on stressed fir...

Today  Pretty Mike James gets lost in conversation with The OCR Trainer Megan Beck.  Sound familiar?  He started this conversation Monday and you MUST listen to the rest. Megan is also one of the hosts of Middle Of The Pack Podcast.  They  were supposed to talk about her new training program "The Ultra OCR  Training" program but they got lost discussing what got her i...

Today Pretty Mike gets lost in conversation with The OCR Trainer Megan Beck.  She is also one of the hosts of The Middle of the Pack Podcast.  They were supposed to talk about her new training program "The Ultra OCR Training" program but they got lost discussing what got her into OCR.  This ended up being a 2 part episode and part 2 will be out later this week.  For now, sit ba...

Today Pretty Mike sits down with Beasts OCR ambassador Candice Day to talk about her new venture,  Warpaint Warrior Retreat.  They start out getting caught up with all the things in the world since last time we had Candice on the show. Due to covid it's been 3 years since she's been on the show. https://anchor.fm/beastnetpod/episodes/Episode-148-Candice-Thornton-Day---Rope-and-Dagger-e99...

Today Tim Frame returns to the show, You may remember him from an episode in 2018. If not, listen here: https://anchor.fm/beastnetpod/episodes/Tim-Frame-DOING-IT-ANYWAY-e7srbh Tim survived a deadly Brain eating disease and was only given a 3% chance of survival.  His story is uplifting and inspiring. Tim and Mike also talk about racing the last 2 years, training during COVID, and discuss Spar...

Today Lisa-Anne Catches up with Erika Bogan, Adaptive Athlete, former Miss Wheelchair USA, Spartan, Author, and now a Human Ruck? I won't give it away here, you have to listen to find out the story behind the episode name.   In today's episode Lisa and Erika recap the end of the shortened 2021 Season and the rescheduling of the Kilimanjaro trip due to covid.  The trip will be joined by a...