Obstacle Running Adventures

Obstacle Course Racing World Championships is next weekend!  I'm excited and I figured what better way to build excitement on the show than to have one of the best OCR athletes in the world on to talk about it. Veejay Jones was my first choice as he is someone who I have only had the privilege of talking to at previous NorAm events and he is both easy to talk to and likely to do very well in the u...

There were a lot of big races this weekend, the biggest of which being Spartan Killington in Vermont.  We didn't want this to overshadow Tough Mudder 's first Infinite Hero Honor Challenge event though!  Luckily we were able to have Carissa on the show to talk about her experience at the first of these events! 0:00 - 2:34 - Intro 2:34 - 11:04 - Quick News 11:04 - 11:30 - Content Preface 11:30 - 35...

Finish at the 50 5k snuck up on us so we didn't get media passes and cover the event like we did last time  so this is more of a simple recap episode! We also talk more about personal stuff as well in case you are curious how life is going for us more in depth than our brief intros. 0:00 - 3:26 - Intro 3:26 - 8:06 - Quick News 8:06 - 8:37 - Content Preface 8:37 - 14:34 - Finish at the 50 5k Recap...

Mike and Katelyn had a wedding to go to in Philadelphia ... on a Sunday.  Due to this it was difficult to get an episode out in a timely manner. Luckily, we had friend of the show Michael Kantor call in to talk about his experience at Muddy Buffalo , an event that Mike has had his eye on for the past few years! 0:00 - 2:49 - Intro 2:49 - 10:46 - Quick News 10:46 - 11:13 - Content Preface 11:13 - 2...

Mike's most anticipated local OCR event finally happened!   FIT Challenge and Newbsanity teamed up and created an OCR Extravaganza that appears to have a bright future! We drove about 5 and a half hours to get to Binghamton, NY and as expected it was worth it!  In addition to running a lap of both courses Mike got close to 20 interviews with people who made the event as special as it was! Be sure...

Originally Mike hoped to make it out to cover Chicago Toughest but the flights were more expensive than he was willing to pay!  Backup plan was the New England Spartan Super and Sprint and we planned to cover the event and have Mike run the Super.  Motivation to do a Spartan Race wasn't really there so we had a more relaxing weekend and instead got stuff done around the house. We can never forget...

Mark Jones reached out about having us give his beta test event of Ruckfest a shoutout so we gave it some love during quick news in a previous episode.  We realized that we had room for a full episode in August so we planned out an interview with one of our most popular guests! Brandon Welling joins him on the call and is the other half of the event planning and production.  He is also head of Two...

About a month ago Mike saw this post  and thought that Lasheen Williams would be a great guest to have on the show! We talk about how he got into the sport, how OCR has made him a better hire and all around person, and we nerd out on some Marvel stuff! 0:00 - 2:06 - Intro 2:06 - 7:27 - Quick News 7:27 - 7:54 - Content Preface 7:54 - 34:04 - Interview with Lasheen Williams 34:04 - End - Outro ____...

Mike and Katelyn ventured four hours to Western Maine to finally check out Tough Mountain Challenge ! Don't let this local OCR fool you, it is a doozy! Tough Mountain Challenge takes place at The Sunday River Mountain in Newry, Maine and has about 1,200 feet of elevation and 20+ obstacles! If you're a New Englander, this local OCR should be added to your 2022 race schedule!  Sunday River is also h...

Lots of great events in the northeast this weekend!  Extreme Ravine, Rugged Maniac, Bonefrog, Tough Mudder, etc. but none of them had our eye like Toughest Mudder in the Poconos! Our first sponsored athlete and in general good friend Javier Escobar had a team of four that won their category of the race!  He called in to talk about the storm which had lightning that struck an obstacle, his team sit...

Months ago Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media asked if Mike would be able to support him as pit crew for his A-race of the year, Ode to Laz ! This was to be a battle between himself and Josh Chace , another friend and cohost of Davis and Chace.  Not wanting to choose sides, Mike drove over to Michigan with Josh in order to pit and document the event for the both of them!  This episode consist...

Somehow this is the first time that we have had Kevin Gregory on the show despite Mike being a fan of him and Bubbles for years!  We have a long talk about the early days of OCR, being comfortably wierd, as well as being a heavier "clydesdale" in the sport. His new gym Underdog Fitness  in Wallingford, Connecticut will be hosting it's first Deka Strong event on July 10th!  If you are in the area t...

Well, we missed going to yet another Indian Mud Run event!  However, this gave us a great excuse to have Amy Pajcic on the show to talk about her win! Amy is starting to get some more recognition and quite frankly we think it is overdue.  Beating incredible women like Lindsay Webster at the Savage Rig in Ohio earlier this year, being Magic Pajcic on American Ninja Warrior , some solid performances...

We have mentioned the  Obstacle Fitness X Podcast  a few times since their show started!   Dave and Bethany  do an excellent job bringing more awareness to Canadian OCR athletes who you should be aware of, and cover news in hybrid racing events like Hyrox , and DekaFit !  It is the only Canadian OCR Podcast that we have been consistently listening to and we highly recommend it!  Also, you should c...

We kept reading the name Miranda Kielpinski in recent podium results so we figured we would have her on the show after she ran the Triple-State Spartan Sprint weekend to get to know her a bit and to put a voice to the name! Miranda  talks about how she got into OCR in 2019, dealt with a knee issue, and has come back to a pretty solid start to 2021.  The most surprising part is that her athletic ba...

Mike finally crossed  Goliathon off of his OCR bucket list!  As excited as he was to finally run the event, he was also nervous about his lack of training.  Katelyn assured him that since it is a local race it will have simple obstacles ... but Mike knew better! It's a typical OCR until you're staring down one of their many ninja inspired rigs which luckily have 3 lanes of difficulty!  Green for b...

Zack Wisnowski had posted about how he was attempting his third 100 miler race after the first two had resulted in DNF, we reached out and told him that he had a spot on the show if he finished this one!  The race was Infinitus , one of The Endurance Society 's ultra events! Infinitus  is an event that will always be important to Mike since it was his first marathon course, he even has a map of th...

We had Julie Wolff on the show to talk about her background in the sport, the OCR team  OCR Addix , and being a race director of Phoenix Race ! We are all about supporting smaller races for the unique variety that they add to the sport, be sure to support this event and others like it in your community! 0:00 - 3:50 - Intro 3:50 - 9:22 - Quick News 9:22 - 9:48 - Content Preface 9:48 - 49:39 - Julie...

Mud Gauntlet is one of Newbsanity 's many great events that they put on every year!  Other notable ones are their Extreme Ravine , Commando Cup , Frozen Four Miler , and the new Newbsanity Ultra FIT weekend !  Many exciting races but Mud Gauntlet is the more straightforward OCR one. Ryan Brizzolara won the event so we discuss how he got mixed up in the Newbsanity group, he gives a description of t...

Jesse Bruce is one of the most influential Canadian OCR athletes and easily one of our favorites!  Between race podiums he volunteers, trains people at his gym ( One Academy ), and helps his community in other ways. We had him on to talk about how his gym is surviving the pandemic, his thoughts on the mini documentary made about him , and how he uses his previous dark times as motivation to push h...

We haven't had Matt B Davis on the podcast in a while so Mike had some interesting questions prepared for him!  We discuss his recent week of unplugging from social media and from his phone in general, how he continues to learn more about the importance of mental health, what the meaning of life is, and so much more! Oh and he is the founder of Obstacle Racing Media in case you haven't heard of it...

The universe was against us having our planned special guest on for this episode not once, not twice, but three times! We put together this episode together somewhat last minute thanks to Angela's availability! You're a true fan if you even listen to these unplanned episodes, your support means the world to us! All that out of the way, hear a bunch of news stories as well as how Angela's experienc...

BattleFrog  is remembered for both good and bad by those who ran it when it was around!  With the next incarnation of the event planning to resurface and the initial comeback weekend being this weekend, Mike figured that he would have his good friend CJ on the show to talk about running the event back in 2015! This is a simple episode reminiscing about the old days in OCR and doing commentary on o...

Mike spent 13 hours in Cumberland, RI covering FIT Challenge !  Interviewing, running, interviewing more, volunteering, and interviewing even more! You'll hear from a bunch of athletes including all 6 elite podium finishers, all 6 ultra podium finishers, the race director, and more!  See below for more information with time stamp specifics! 0:00 - 2:14 - Intro 2:14 - 7:06 - Quick News 7:06 - 8:27...

Mike had the chance to talk to one of his top 2 favorite Kempson brothers (not picking sides on this one)! Matt Kempson has switched his athletic focus more towards an event called The Tactical Games and other than following his Instagram posts, it's not an event that I know much about.  He came on to talk about that event, Hyrox , his thoughts on Spartan Ultra Championship in Telluride , Leon's i...