Obstacle Running Adventures

Katelyn had the opportunity to meet Patreon supporter and longtime listener Kenny West (over Zoom, of course)! They chat about his recent first place finish at The Dutchman Creek Trail Run which is a Transylvania Production Race!  0:00 - 2:57 - Intro 2:57 - 7:41 - Quick News 7:41 - 9:13 - Content Preface 9:13 - 45:06 - Kenny West Interview 45:06 - End - Outro Blizzard Blast 2021 Registration Savag...

We had Mark Duplessis on once again, this time to talk about his first time doing GORUCK's Star Course !  He is a much more experienced Rucker than we are and he makes us want to pursue the sport even more after the interview!  0:00 - 2:26 - Intro 2:26 - 6:27 - Quick News 6:27 - 7:06 - Content Preface 7:06 - 37:50 - Mark Duplessis Interview 37:50 - End - Outro Savage Race Women and Men Podium Moll...

Mike and Katelyn were finally able to cover a live event- The Kismet Cliff Run in Conway, New Hampshire! Listen and you will recognize some familiar east coast elite voices, and you'll also hear from Coree Woltering ( a member of team Onyx ) from the World's Toughest Race: Eco Challenge - Fiji!  Of course, we also interviewed the race director or the Kismet Cliff Run aka The Hardest Half Marathon,...

It's been a long time since we had Angela on the show but long time listeners are very familiar with her as she has been on at least 30 different episodes! This weekend Angela ran her first OCR since last November and she was kind enough to take time out of her night to chat to chat about her experience volunteering and running the Thunder Run 5k in New Hampshire!  0:00 - 3:16 - Intro 3:16 - 13:24...

Even more Virtual Toughest Mudder Content, this time Katelyn has Jes Parker  the women's winner of the event! If you missed our recap episode we highly recommend checking it out to relive the event experience, and to hear both Mike and Katelyn suffer through trying to enjoy the event. Last episode had the overall winner Joe Carollo! 0:00 - 3:40 - Intro 3:40 - 12:39 - Quick News 12:39 - 13:28 - Con...

More Virtual Toughest Mudder Content, but this time hearing from the overall winner of the event, Joe Carollo ! Also apologies for Mike being extra cranky, he hates his birthday and he isn't approaching his 30s gracefully. If you missed last episode we highly recommend checking it out to relive the event experience, and to hear both Mike and Katelyn suffer through trying to enjoy the event. 0:00 -...

We survived through Virtual Toughest Mudder! Lots of emotions ranging from sincere gratefulness to complaining about boredom and everything in between for this one. You'll hear what TMHQ planned for their 13 lap obstacles, get some sweet Sean Corvelle and Kyle McLaughlin in your ears, as well as lap by lap pit audio as we persevere through our first overnight virtual race! 0:00 - 2:50 - Intro 2:50...

Katelyn and Mike discuss Tough Mudder Challenges as well as next weekend's Virtual Toughest. You may strongly disagree with Mike's grumpy hot takes but if you leave us hate mail please word it kindly because Katelyn manages our mail. That being said feel free to disagree, we hope as many people are enjoying whatever they can through this pandemic!  0:00 - 3:08 - Intro 3:08 - 8:44 - Quick News 8:44...

Have you been wondering where we have been for the past few days? Are you worried about us because we have been quiet on social media? Well, worry no more! We have some quick news that we wanted to share and talk about and a quick personal update. We did have plans to have a guest on for this episode, but a series of unfortunate events kept our schedules from aligning.  0:00 - 4:03 - Intro 4:03 -...

We needed some actual obstacles to play on so we went down to Exeter, RI to run on the permanent BoldrDash course! It was a really good time and it felt great to be doing what we love again. We highly recommend that you check it out if you're in the Rhode Island area and hope you enjoy our interview with BoldrDash founder, Lynn Hall. We had some issues while recording the intro and the outro so ex...

We wanted to have Jason on to talk about how his ultra race went but ended up talking more about things that he is working on in the OCR video space once the events start up again! 0:00 - 2:58 - Intro 2:58 - 5:12 - Quick News 5:12 - 5:34 - Content Preface 5:34 - 41:43 - Call with Jason Dupree 41:43 - End - Outro Joe DeSena on Joe Rogan Garmin Issues Adopt a Mudder to Help with Challenges Secret Li...

Katelyn and Mike went on a hiking adventure in New Hampshire and figured that it'd be a different kind of episode for this week, especially since there are still not many things going on in OCR right now. We still have some exciting things planned so stay tuned! 0:00 - 1:35 - Intro 1:35 - 6:05 - Quick News 6:05 - 6:20 - Content Preface 6:20 - 13:43 - Hiking Recap 13:43 - 20:07 - Live Unboxing 20:0...

We wanted to have Jack Bauer on the show to talk about his incredible beer mile performance and to see how he was doing during this pandemic.  Little did we know that he is working on another epic OCR related tournament where you can vote for your favorite OCR venue ! (If that link doesn't work then thank you for being an early listener but check Jack's Instagram bio  for a link soon!) We also hav...

Mike wanted to do an episode about virtual runs earlier on in the pandemic when they were starting to really resurface since we have a history of running them way back in our OCR history. Better late then never, especially since episode ideas are getting harder to come by since there are no events to go and cover! 0 - 2:38 - Intro 2:38 - 8:33 - News 8:33 - 22:46 - Virtual Run Talk 22:46 - end - Ou...

Mike has been wanting to have Brakken on the show again for a while!  Since we won't be able to do cover events live and see our favorite athletes for an unknown period of time it's the perfect time to reach out for more in depth conversations with them. We discuss how things are going with The Running Public and plans for the future of the show, how he is recovering from his two knee surgeries, s...

Kim DeVoss and Jessica Johnson were awesome enough to join Katelyn on a call about the virtual Toughest Mudder which is coming up in August! We are really excited to see how this event does virtually and what we will need on our packing list beforehand! 0 - 2:51 - Intro 2:51 - 5:41 - News 5:41 - 6:30 - Content Preface 6:30 - 41:45 - Call with Kim and Jessica! 41:45 - end - Outro OCR Podcasters Vid...

Our guest for this episode disappeared so we needed to change it to a last minute giveaway episode! You'll hear who won Evan Perperis' Ultra OCR Man Audio Book, and how to win some Caterpy laces! 0 - 4:37 - Intro 4:37 - 12:27 - News 12:27 - 13:04 - Content Preface 13:04 - 14:34 - Ultra OCR Man Giveaway Winner! 14:34 - 17:36 - Caterpy Giveaway Information! 17:36 - end - Outro Our Secret Project! Ul...

We repurposed our Quarantine Qorner interviews that we did for The OCR Report into this week's episode! You'll hear from Erin Rost, Matt Kempson, and Logan Broadbent. Unfortunately our QQs with Kelly Sullivan and Meg Julian were not able to be saved and couldn't be used! If you want to watch the videos instead then you can click Erin Rost , Matt Kempson , and Logan Broadbent here, isn't technology...

We returned for another UltraVirus but this time Katelyn was the one to run it while Mike was her pit crew! We got more pit audio which is always a unique aspect to our multilap coverage and this one has all kinds of emotions! Following that is an interview with the awesome Devon Yanko who won the event overall! She is an incredible ultra runner who has considered giving OCR more of a chance! 0 -...

Tim Guinan is the owner of Otherworld Fitness down in Frederick, Maryland!  If that gym sounds familiar it could be because Mike was there early as part of OCR America 2, or maybe it's because it's reputation has preceded itself with it having one of the original Platinum Rigs from Battlefrog! Either way, he is a gym owner that wants you to support his gym as well as your local gyms so that they c...

Mike the podcast host had Mike the podcast host on to talk about his show and a virtual race that he is putting on! Confused? Don't be. The latter Mike is Mike Deibler, host of OCR Underground and he is putting on a virtual event that we hope you join! 0 - 3:00 - Intro 3:00 - 10:38 - News 10:38 - 11:15 - Content Preface 11:15 - 38:30 - Mike Deibler Interview 38:30 - end - Outro Check out Quarantin...

To celebrate National Nurses Week and International Nurses Day Katelyn reached out to Erin Rost to talk about her experience as a labor and delivery nurse (which also touches on Mother's Day)! 0 - 3:05 - Intro 3:16 - 7:51 - News 7:51 - 8:30 - Content Preface 8:30 - 52:14 - Erin Rost Interview 52:14 - end - Outro Check out Quarantine Qorner (Live Daily around 3 EST) QQ with Mike and Matt Kempson (L...

Mark saved the day by coming on the show last minute to talk about a crazy virtual event that he took on!  Blazing heat, lack of sleep, and nasty toe blisters weren't enough to keep him from completing it so he always has a place to come on the show! 0 - 3:05 - Intro 3:05 - 13:52 - News 13:52 - 14:47 - Content Preface 14:47 - 41:22 - Mark Duplessis Interview 41:22 - end - Outro Check out Quarantin...

More  Obstacle Racing Media's UltraVirus 12 Hour Race  content, we heard back from Kristen and were happy to have her on the show to get to know her a bit! Katelyn also got a call with Lynn Hall from BoldrDash to talk about Thrive Outside's big contest! There are some epic prizes to be won and at the very least you have a good time! 0 - 3:44 - Intro 3:44 - 7:11 - News 7:11 - 8:08 - Content Preface...

Mike ran Obstacle Racing Media's UltraVirus 12 Hour Race this weekend!  He did lap by lap audio which we think is worth listening to but even better than that is the interview with Mark Batres the winner of the event! Hear how Mark went from just wanting to push a bit for 50 miles to dominating with incredible splits leading to his 85 mile finish! 0 - 2:52 - Intro 2:52 - 7:34 - News 7:34 - 10:21 -...