Obstacle Racing Media Podcast

BeLive with Josh Chace and Heather Bode - Spartan on ESPN/Tahoe Predictions

Ryan Atkins and Ryan Woods come back again. This time to discuss the West Virginia Championship, the upcoming Spartan Tahoe Championship, closing the gap on the best men and women in OCR, and much more.

Brittany came to town for a "girls weekend" with two of her clients. Those 2 women happen to be my wife and her best friend. Both Melissa and Stacie have received life changing benefits after having multiple children while working with Coach B. We sat down on my front porch to discuss the what it takes to overcome mental and physical obstacles to get your mind and body right. Sensitive ears alert!...

Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM for 10 percent off all 2018 races!

BeLive - 9/3/18 with Heather, Matt and Mike Obstacle racing discussion with Matt B. Davis – Obstacle Racing Media Podcast Heather Bode – Overcome and Run Podcast Mike Stefano – Obstacle Running Adventures Podcast Topics Include : Terrain Race safety and viability. Spartan Race sandbag controversy. Burpees vs obstacle completion and more. This was recorded live on Facebook using BeLive on 9/3/18.

Rugged Maniac sold a majority stake in it's company to New Media/Gatehouse live. Cofounder Rob Dickens answers questions on the news and the future plans for Rugged Maniac and future acquisitions.

Spartan CEO Joe Desena on Hawaii, his new book, Tahoe, and World Domination.

A day at Conyers, Georgia Horse Park with a parade of voices from the festival area. Tretsch - The Grey Berets Carly Force Shannon Uden Jason McNulty Brad "Frosty" Frost Yuri Force Jared Franklin Nick Pelliccia Julie Wolff - OCR Addix Amy Lindenfelzer - Rugged Maniac Sean White - Dirty Work Ent. Charley Harper ( ran the H9 50 Miler ) Jaxson and River Davis Thorne Family - Anytime Fitness - Opielik...

Lindsay Webster just got back from sweeping the NORAM OCR Championships . She won the 3k, 15k , and team championships. On today's podcast we talks about: Winning when it counts. Drug testing in OCR. Being under rated. Why World's Toughest Mudder is NOT her favorite. Coming out of the shadow of being "Ryan's girlfriend". Having the eye of the tiger. Globe trotting this year and in 2019 Plus: More...

Garfield made his own races before working for multiple OCR companies, and eventually landing with Spartan Race. Let's learn about what happened before that... Casino dealer? Club DJ? Arms dealer? Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM for 10 percent off all 2018 races! Show Notes: Garfield and Carl Garfield 2012

Hoonter talks TMX, OCR broadcasters, and more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Hunter's Salty Nuts.

Eric runs a website and podcast about everything in the ultra running world. Like not just the big names and/or big gear etc. So he's sort of the Obstacle Racing Media of the Ultra world. Except that he came first, so I am the OCR Eric Schranz. Anyhow, we had a cool chat about similarities and differences, and whatever else came to mind about OCR and Ultra. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: runragna...

Race Director Type Person Garfield Griffiths comes on to answer some questions about The Utah Spartan Course taking place this weekend. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rehband - Pain is part of the game, but Rehband has the products to protect and get you past the finish line."

Josh Chace makes great post race videos for Obstacle Racing Media. John Christon makes great protein bar/food review videos for ORM as well. I like both of these guys a lot, let's get them on the horn and chat for a few. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Orange Mud - Innovative products that work just as well for the elite runner as the person at the back of the pack! Show Notes: Recent John Video R...

Meeting Matt doing burpees in Temecula 2014. Becoming a wildland "hot shot" firefighter. Working as a Spartan Endurance leader. Creating innovative events Three Elements Endurance and Firefighter Fit Endurance. Much more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: runragnar.com Enter code ORM18ALL for $60 OFF any 2018 Ragnar Relay Trail or Street Series Show Notes: The Three Elements Endurance Firefighter Fi...

Jon Albon on the recent European OCR World Championships, Tougher Mudder UK, and the rest of 2018. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Savage Race : New obstacles, new locations, new syndicate medal. Check them out at Savage Race.com Show Notes: Jon's blog Jon on Strava

Ami Sawran from Mudstacle and Sebastian David talk about their experience at the European OCR Championships. We cover how the race went down, what they thought of the course and the controversies that occurred. This episode will serve as an educator to the European OCR scene. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM for 10 percent off all 2018 races! Show Notes: OCR European Ch...

A lengthy interview with Jamie Monroe, vice chair for USAOCR. The organization knows as USAOCR is putting on a national championship event in December in Chula Vista, California. We do go over a good bit of "How we got here" on today's episode, however, here is some additional reading/listening either before or after you listen today for further context. March 2017 - Podcast with Tim Sinnett, the...

Win 3 Spartan Championship Races (and get 100 miles in Iceland) and you can win 1 million dollars. Joe DeSena from Spartan Race comes on the podcast to talk about the three Spartan Championship races in Tahoe, Sparta, and Iceland. He explains his logic behind the challenge, how he got an insurance company to back it, and more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rehband - Pain is part of the game, but...

Ryan Atkins and Ryan Woods come back for another episode of The Two Ryans. We discuss: Should one be allowed to bring a sock stuffed in your shorts to help you do obstacles? Redefining success in OCR. Sponsored posts. Spartan US Championships points stuff. Hair styles and general grooming at the start line. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Ragnar Relay and Ragnar Trail Series runragnar.com Enter co...

*Be sure to watch Tough Mudder X, this Summer on CBS July 14, 21 and 28. 1pm EST So set your DVRs now. The onsite interviews continue from Part One . We spoke with even more athletes for Semi Final and Final rounds of 2018 Tough Mudder X. Grant McCartney Neil "Crazy" Craver Dylan Miraglia Scott Panchik Hunter McIntyre Orla Walsh Matt Kempson Kimberlee Dekrey Patrick Vellner Lauren Weeks Corinna Co...

Tough Mudder X took place on Friday June 8, 2018. We got so much content that TMX 2018 will be one of those "2 parters from live events" that you have come to know and appreciate from ORM. Today's episode starts Rich Abend, who we spoke to the evening before TMX began. Rich is the Vice President of Global Partnerships for Tough Mudder. He sat down to discuss his long career with health and wellnes...

The "Matt B. Davis Runs" Podcast was born on BlogTalkRadio on Monday July 2, 2012. I did not have any podcast recording or editing tools and had zero clue what I was doing. Someone must have told me about BlogTalk and I figured out this super basic platform. I knew that I could play an intro song, have people call in to the show in the middle, and play a song at the end for an outro. That's as muc...

Deanna Brasz appears on the show for the first time. We talked at length after her 2nd place Philly Tougher performance and discussed growing up on a Canadian fruit farm, NAAP, her OCR career, and handling depression. April Hartwig called in today to discuss her 3rd place finish at Chicago Toughest, what she's been up to, and how she's changed since we last spoke. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: O...