BeastNet Podcast

Today Lisa-Anne gets to sit down with Joey McGlamory.  How do you introduce Joey? He is involved in so many things, but heres a short list:  More Heart Than Scars Georgia President, More Heart Health & Wellness owner, Phoenix Race OCR Director of Adaptive Programs, Shower Toga Ambassador, BerserkerBrew Ambassador, LegendBorne Sportswear Ambassador, The Original WarriorPak Ambassador,...

Today Pretty Mike talks with the Founder of Battle Miles, Josh Hamilton. Mike finally gets to meet the creator of his favorite virtual event series. Josh tells mike where he got the idea from and they discuss some of the races. (The ones they can discuss, monthly challenges and Impossible are not to be talked about) Kinda like Fight Club, if you know you know. Follow Battle Miles on FB and Insta @...

Today Lisa-Anne Lindley talks #raceLOCAL with Justin Scholl race director of the upcoming Fenix Fit Indoor OCR in Easton PA.  This event is brought to you by Justin of course, Thomas Karlick, and Danny Cabrera.  Justin and Lisa talk about 2020 and the COVID effect as well as how Justin and the team plan on providing a COVID safe event. There are a few surprises in store if you stick arou...

Today Mike James keeps to our #raceLOCAL initiave here at BeastNet and sits down with Julie from Phoenix Race OCR, one of our new partners here at BeastNet, about their upcoming 2021 season.  In 2020 with COVID19, Hurricanes, and all the unrest Julie managed to still put on events that were safe, COVID free, and affordable to all those who attended.  2021 they have 4 races on the books n...

Today Mike gets Jeremy "Captain" Kaufmann on the phone and they discuss his OCR/Ninja career, his family dynamics in OCR, and how All Terrain Events formed.  They discuss in detail the previous ATE events from 2020, how they went, and more. In 2021 ATE has multiple events planned out starting with Monthly Virtual Challenges and some in Person Events.  First in Person event for 2021 is Th...

On this episode of BeastNet Pretty Mike Talks with Victor Carrillo of Machete Labs and Machete Madness.  This is an episode focused on Local Flavor #raceLOCAL where we talk with Race directors from smaller independent races. Victor and Mike talk about what got Victor into racing, where his passion for training and coaching others comes from, and what keeps him committed to getting people off...

Today Pretty Mike sits down with Aaron and Molly from Terrapin Events and discusses the end of 2020 and upcoming events for 2021.  Terrapin is based in Oregon and has been putting on events for some time including their two mud runs, My Muddy Valentine and Dirty Leprechaun, which are to be the return to in person racing in the PNW.  They discuss the challenges to hosting events in the wo...

Today Pretty Mike James talks with John Medvec recent winner of the 2020 Battle Miles Championship.  This episode starts a little slow as Mike was bucking hay right before and right after, but once they get going it turns out to be a great conversation.  They talk about what got John into fitness and why he is called The Machine, winning Battle Miles this year, and John's Non-Profit he i...

Today Pretty Mike and Brother Boggs sit down with The Dominguez Brothers.  If you have done an endurance event in the past 4 or 5 years on the West Coast you may know these guys.  Jerry "MAP" Dominguez and James "Dingo" Dominguez.  Map and Dingo have run and participated in many endurance events with many different brands and with their background in Military and LEO they are bringi...

Today Lisa-Anne talks with Tamara Williams fresh off the Celtic Warrior Challenge where she got 3rd place.  They spend most their time talking about Tamara's Story as she has taken the tough road in life and has come out with a great attitude.  She takes a different approach to things from other people.(you can see it in the Video edition on Facebook and Youtube)  All in all you nee...

Today Lisa-Anne gets a chance to talk with Kayla, one of the founders of the 406Spartans.  They talk about many different things including starting the 406Spartans, moving to California and the online presence Kayla and her husband are forming to give an oasis from Facebook where all you find is encouragement.   The Bench Connection is here for: Posting your Workout! Posting Your Pics! P...

So, we set out to have an episode talking Christmas, 2020, and beyond and ended up with about 20 minutes of Christmas and an hour of mental health/dealing with 2020.  Join Mike, Lisa-Anne, Kyle and Boggs as we invite you all to listen, reach out, send us some thoughts on your 2020 and as always we hope you have a happy and safe holiday season. WANT FREE STUFF? Do us a favor and rate us and le...

Today Mike gets a chance to talk with Nate Boley from Strength Warehouse. At Tammy Kovaluk's Rise Challenge Events Battle HD Nate and his team provided the weightlifting and safety instruction for the lifting components of the event. Nate runs Strength Warehouse in Bend Oregon and leads classes while working towards his own power lifting goals and competitions. If you want to work on lifting or ne...

Today Brother Boggs steps into the hosts chair and talks with Jason Rich recent runner up at the Celtic Warrior Challenge. Jason is a family man who found his love for OCR a few years ago with Battle OCR but found in his area there is very few options for other races. Because of this Ninja course racing and competition has been his primary focus which worked out well as his kid likes doing it with...

Today Lisa talks with Lisa.  Lisa just completed Celtic Warrior Challenge and took 1st place.  Lisa has quite the store about coming back from losing a bicep and being able to still complete in the elite heats of OCR.  Lisa and Lisa talk about OCR during the COVID world, safety, and compliance at the venues and more.    WANT FREE STUFF? Do us a favor and rate us and leave...

Aaron and Lisa had such a great time, we had to split this into 2 episodes.  Here is Part 2 Today Lisa-Anne talks with Aaron Franck, this is the second part of his episode and it spends time talking about the Team aspect and the effect we all have on each other, on and off course.   OCR Overload Feb 6 2021 https://runsignup.com/Ocroverload Use the code BEASTNET20 for a 20% Discount on en...

Today we have a special episode. Brother Boggs set out to record a Sober Spartans episode, but ended up with a cross over for BeastNet. We host MJ Jensens, Sober Spartan, online training coach, and friend of the show. There is a lot of information we go over in the show, but for this one please listen to her why she is trying to do 72+ races, over 1500 obstacles, and over 1000 miles in one year. h...

Today Lisa-Anne gets to talk with Kressa Peterson, Inventor and Owner/Operator of Shower Toga, about her company. They discuss where it came from, the Walmart diaper cover material that was V 1.0, and all the way through the new Biodegradable option created to be sent to catastrophes and help the front-line workers. Kressa is a Spartan who found it a little dysfunctional to try and get clean (I th...

Aaron and Lisa had such a great time, we had to split this into 2 episodes.  Here is Part 1 Today Lisa-Anne talks with Aaron Franck, former podium chaser and now member More Heart Than Scars, and founder of OCR Overload Races.  They discuss Aaron's history and how he went from podium chaser, receiving one penalty at a race that changed his life, and the transition to an on course support...

Well, it's been 3 years since Mike James launched the first episode of BeastNet.  Many things have changed over the years, different hosts, different podcast providers, and even the introduction of Video.  Today's episode features Lisa-Anne Lindley, "Hammer" Kyle Jolliff, "Brother" Boggs, and of course "Pretty" Mike.  They talk about whatever they want and have a ton of fun doing it...

Today Mike gets a chance to talk with Ryan Hedinger, local OCR buff that lives in NW Washington state but will travel to race.  Ryan and Mike recap both Rise Challenge events races from this year and catch up on all things Race Family.   They haven't posted dates for RISE 2021 yet, but bookmark the page, follow BeastNet, Rise, and MR.PickleRuns to keep informed on next years dates: www.r...

Today Erika Bogan and Lisa-Anne Lindley recap Erika's take on Scenic City Mud Run, Wicked Trail Running, Sober Spartans/MHTS Rising In Recovery 5k/10k, and more Today's episode also delves into what's going on in this world right now and you hear Lisa and Erika talk about people being able to just be people.  Being Kind, being thankful, and of course being awesome.  One subject they talk...

Mike reaches out to Coach Beast Elise to check in on his weight loss and fitness journey.  Long term listeners would know that host Mike struggles with his weight and his overall physical fitness.  He has sustained many injuries in his life and his go to recovery has been to sit on the couch and eat potato chips.   Mike is down over 80# this year and we will start to check in m...

Mike reaches out to Coach Beast Elise to check in on his weight loss and fitness journey.  Long term listeners would know that host Mike struggles with his weight and his overall physical fitness.  He has sustained many injuries in his life and his go to recovery has been to sit on the couch and eat potato chips.   Mike is down over 80# this year and we will start to check in m...

Today Lisa-Anne talks with Justin Scholl, Founder of the Lehigh Valley Spartans, and brewing training partner brewing beers in Pennsylvania.  They discuss everything from Justin getting into OCR to the current status of OCR and training as part of a team.  Justin has been working with Aims Koh to expand his teams presence at Blue Mountain and in their On Mountain Training events.  Justin talks abo...