BeastNet Podcast

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 peopl...

Today Brother Boggs sits down with 2 of the founders of OCR Strong, Julie Wolff and Russ Blatt.  You may know Julie from Celtic Warrior Challenge, Scenic City Mud Run, OCRAddix, or more.   Russ, well, you probably know him as that OCRBuddy guy.  Chris Reel from Mud Racer Company was the other founder that was unable to join us to this episode.  Boggs reviews what OCR Stron...

Today Mike gets another chance to talk with Tammy Kovaluk. Tammy is the founder and Race director at Rise Challenge events.  Last weekend Mike traveled down to run her OCR Battle of the High Desert in Bend Oregon.    Mike and Tammy recap the race from 9/26 and went over the plan for the Troops Challenge on 10/17/2020   These races are not your normal run around, climb...

Today Pretty Mike James sits down and discusses Casey Noelle Hubbard and Virginia Nickelson's recent completion of the GORUCK Team Assessment. This year was the first year of a women's division at this event.  Casey and Virginia are a bit of an odd team as they spent a year training together for the Team Assessment virtually with one another.  Sending videos and training plans back and f...

Today Boggs gets to talk to one of the newest OCR Strong partner OCR directors, Ed Leon of Frontline OCR.  Frontline is an event put on by a current and former Law Enforcement Officer.  Ed recently retired from law enforcement and the other race director is still active.  Ed explains why they do this race and what it means to him.  Boggs and Ed talk about Amanda Sullivan and how she is such an ins...

Today Lisa-Anne gets to interview T-Rex(Brett Milks).  For the last year or so Brett has been doing OCR and road races in an inflatable T-Rex suit.  Brett Recently ran the Savage Maryland and managed to bring home 6 medals from the event.  Brett and Lisa have a great time talking about the Savage event and all the other events Brett does to raise money for local charities.  Bre...

Today Brother Boggs continues to talk Local Flavors with Race Directors who are still putting events on in 2020.  Robb Mccoy of F.I.T. Challenge is one of those Race Directors.  Not only is Robb still able to put on races, but, he has 5 more this year.  4 trail races and one obstacle.  He kicks off the remainder of the year with the Survival of the F.I.T.est 24 hour trail run o...

Today Lisa talks with Aimee Kohler, On Mountain training Manager and Race director for Blue Mountain Resort.   Blue Mountain is the Annual host to the Spartan Palmerton race.  2020 shut down Spartan, but #OCRISNOTDEAD and Aimee has decided to have an OCR the weekend Spartan was supposed to be there.  Becasue of COVID they have to keep the numbers lower, but Blue Mountain uses RFID o...

Today Mike gets a chance to talk with Jake Moore of War-X.   This is not you mother's OCR.   Something very different, fun, and inclusive.  They work to create an atmosphere of a war-zone in their permanent OCR facility in Ohio but at the same time make sure all the Heroes from Operation enduring warrior are able to run their race.  Mike and Jake talk about why they do what the...

Today Brother Boggs reaches out for some Local Flavor.  Chad Riffe, Race director and OCR fanatic, joined the show today to talk about Highlander Assault and Highlander Dark Ages.  Dark Ages just happened a three weeks back and still boasts COVID free for competitors who attended and Highlander Assault in coming up in Just over a week on September 19th.   There are only about 40 ent...

Today Mike gets a chance to talk with Tammy Kovaluk, Founder and Race director at Rise Challenge events, about her two upcoming events on 9/26 and 10/17/2020 in Bend Oregon.  These races are not your normal run around, climb walls, and get muddy events.  They have live fire, breach and secure, and axe Throwing along with the walls and more. Mike and Tammy talk about the idea behind her e...

Today Lisa has a laugh fest with Jodi V and Coach Sifu Brandon recapping the Adventure Soccer Mud N Muck run in Snohomish WA on 8/29/2020.  They recap the event, the atmosphere, the COVID compliance, and how much FUN it was.  There is one more event coming up September 12th in Snohomish sign up here: https://adventuresoccer.org/mud-run-2020 Not only is this a great event, they are fundra...

Today Lisa-Anne talks with Julie Wolff from OCRaddix, Scenic City Mud Run, OCRStrong, Addix Companies, and Celtic Warrior Challenge.  They first discuss everything going on with OCR in the world, Julie's Races, OCRStrong(and what it means to us) and of course, her team.   One of her races this year, The OCR Triad consists of Scenic City Mud Run, The Endo Challenge, and Wicked Race from M...

This month Brother Boggs sits down with Shannon Abraham to talk about her adventure into sobriety.  She's a paramedic that's had to overcome the effects of PTSD while serving her community and growing as a Sober Spartan.  Shannon tells her story of  how she got sober and where Spartan Race came in and how she met Amanda Kelley. Shannon started the non-profit No 911 Left Behind to he...

This week Brother Boggs talks with Heidi Williams, Featured athlete this week on Mudgear.com, Masters Elite competitor, and now Race Director.  They discuss the 2020 Season and how it isn't cancelled.  Heidi competed recently in the Grit Games in Texas, Spartan Jacksonville, and She will be taking on The Gauntlet here shortly.  Boggs and Heidi also get into her love for competition...

First and foremost, can you like this episode on whatever platform you are using/seeing this? Facebook especially has gone to the wolves with politics and pandemics.  We need to see something uplifting.  Ken's Story is one of the things that's uplifting. Ken and Lisa talk about his journey into OCR, how weight gain and Pokemon lead to an accident that changed his life starting him on the...

Today's episode with Lisa-Anne, Chris, and Sirena ran long, really long.  So we split it into two episodes. In part two today they discuss what got each of them into racing, what it was like on course, and how they all met.  Spoiler, the episode picture tells the story.  They continue the talk about OCR family and how it effects everything they do in life.  In 2020 Sirena and C...

Today Mike gets into the Guest Chair and is interviewed by Elliot, Virginia Nickelson's young Spartan.  Elliot is 10 years old and a 6th grader in Everett WA who got into Spartan Races 3 years ago. She is a competitive gymnast who trains year round and is planning on doing her first GORUCK Light this year. She has a heart for the special needs community working with kids with all abilities to...

Today's episode with Lisa-Anne, Chris, and Sirena ran long, really long.  So we split it into two episodes.  (you'll have to listed to part two, there is a sequence of about 5 minutes of laughter I am going to have to use as part of the best of episode someday) They discuss the lock down and and it's effect on them. Recap Chris doing the ORM UltraVirus 2 and UltraVirus 3.  They talk...

Today Lisa gets a chance to talk with Aaron Coffman fresh off the course at Savage Race Chicago.  Aaron got to run the Pro course and step onto the podium for 1st place age group.  Then he went back out and ran the Blitz open.  They discuss some of the safety protocols and the overall race experience.  Aaron and Lisa also review what got him into OCR after years of road racing...

Today Brother Boggs gets a chance to catch up with More Heart Than Scars.   Originally the BeastNet team had planned on talking about the Zack Attack race on July 18th 2020 with Joey McGlamory but he had to cancel last minute.  Then Joey suggested we just get everyone on the show from MHTS HQ since Joey was headed down to help build the rig that was donated to More Heart than Scars by Mi...

This month Brother Boggs is joined by Tatianna Pugmire, a former drug and alcohol counselor that has worked her own way though things to get sober at age 18. They talk about genetic predisposition and how they both have found more sobriety in their families after getting sober themselves.  Tatianna talks about the struggles of growing up in a small town in New Mexico where gangs were prevalen...

Lisa's Back and is talking with Dwayne Legrand, the Bayou Spartan.  Dwayne is an active OCR racer, competitive runner, Legendborne Ambassador, and Friend to everyone on course.   Before COVID Dwayne got to run Battle OCR with his team from Battle 611, his team uses Battle OCR as a guinea pig race to build new obstacles that have made their way into OCRWC.  They also talk history of...

Mike and Werico talk about what got him into racing, what it means to race with family on the course, and life during the break from racing.  Werico talks through having to relocate because his neighbors balcony fell off the apartment and took his wall out. They discuss Werico Bear's 10x Trifecta while he was going back to school because his wife is awesome and supported him doing these crazy...

Today  Pretty Mike talks with Hazelanna from Summit To Swamp and Kyoul Cha From 3 Elements.   Two of the 2020 Sagitta Series partners and Hazelanna's Farm is host facility to some of Beasts Endurance events.    This year Summit to Swamp has expanded to a multi day event 8/22-23 and Kyoul has brought PNW12 event overnight after the Summit to Swamp Challenge.  &nbs...