Obstacle Running Adventures

This weekend Mike and Katelyn traveled down to Wildwood, NJ to participate in the Mud Hen Brewing Company Half Marathon, 8k and IPA 5k! Unfortunately the IPA 5k was cancelled due to a tornado warning, but luckily the rest of the weekend turned out to be great running weather! Listen as Mike runs the 8k and Katelyn runs her very first half marathon. You will also hear from elite athletes, vendors a...

A few weeks ago Mike saw a live Facebook video where a man (Jason Mozey) was doing burpees for 12 hours! Jason did this in order to raise awareness to the issue of veteran suicide and it was without a doubt, a success. He fundraised over $7,000 beating his goal by a couple thousand dollars and his live stream videos were watched during all hours of the night! It was our pleasure to have him on the...

Mike returns to Citi Field for elite Spartan coverage for the second year! Katelyn helps him get a bunch of interviews with elites, vendors, and all around awesome people! 0-2:45 - Intro 2:45 - 9:05 - News 9:05 - 28:35 - Elites 28:35 - 47:20 - Vendors 47:20 - end - Outro Pushing Triplets 10k Record   Columbine Survivors run Boston Marathon   Boston Bombing Survivor Who Got Hit by a Car runs BAA 5k...

Katelyn and Mike spent about 13 hours covering everything FIT Challenge on Saturday so enjoy craptons of interviews with some awesome people so hear why this is a local event that you shouldn't miss! 0-3:50 - Intro 3:50 - 7:50 - News 7:50 - 28:02 - FIT Challenge Elites 28:02 - 52:05 - More FIT 52:05 - 1:05:11 - FIT Ultra Elites 1:05:11 - end - Outro Million Dollar Mile Struggles   Des Linden back...

Mike drove down to Rhode Island to check out the final Winter Dash put on by BoldrDash! You'll hear from Tim who Mike ran the course with, Susan from Dave's Fresh Marketplace, as well as the founder of BoldrDash herself, Lynn Hall! Then grab a towel because our crazy AF news is going to blow your mind! 0-3:12 - Intro 3:12 - 5:15 - News 5:15 - 33:08 - BoldrDash 33:08 - 40:47 - Crazy AF news 40:47 -...

Jason from OCR Talk  calls in to talk about his race weekend at the San Antonio Spartan Super and Sprint! 0-2:28 - Intro 2:28 - 9:58 - News 9:58 - 29:25 - Jason on San Antonio Super and Sprint 29:25 - end - Outro Run with Danish Royalty   Blind Half Marathoner led by Dogs   Exonerated Man's Half Marathon   Down to One FIT OCR Per Year   Most Burpees in 12 hours World Record   OCR Discord (where Jo...

Welcome to the most consistent co-hosted OCR show! Some elites, lots of hearing from the MStefano Running community, and Katelyn running a race in Chicago which wasn't actually in Chicago! 0-3:45 - Intro 3:45 - 11:55 - News 11:55 - 37:30 - FIT 'Rock 5 Miler and 5k 37:30 - 45:55 - Bolingbrook St. Paddy's 5k 45:55 - end - Outro Carlo Given 2 Years to Live   Evan Perperis OCRmill   Run Every Street i...

After missing it the first few times Katelyn and Mike were finally able to make the long drive to check out the Greek Peak Winter Sprint! We were able to see a bunch of familiar faces like Joshua Reid, Meg Julian, and Logan Nagle. Also we met even more of the elite field like Josh Fiore, Tiffany Palmer, and Heather Gollnick. Hear from all of them and plenty more who were at this weekend's race! 0-...

With 2019 came the end of the Polar Bear Challenge and soon Samurai Sprint, this episode brings some good news! A new race is coming soon to New England! Be sure to listen and share with friends, so you can decide if you should clear out room on your race schedule like we did! Best of the Beach and Brew Run Next weekend we will be Cortland, NY covering the Greek Peak Winter Spartan Sprint! (Unless...

Holy crap we were in Chicago for this episode! Huge thank you to the CARA community for welcoming us to one of their runs! We highly recommend joining them for a run if you live in the area or are even just there for the weekend, tell them that we sent you! CARA's Website 0-9:45 - Intro 9:45 - 19:10 - Greg Hipp Interview 19:10 - 24:55 - Post Event Recap 24:55 - end - Outro Savage Race's Chopsticks...

It is a road and trail running episode this week! Katelyn runs the Old Fashioned 5k, Kay runs the Old Fashioned 10 Miler, and Mike interviews them, the race director, and some of the elite field! Following that, you will hear from Jason who attempted to finish the Cross Timber 50 Miler down in Gordonville, TX! 0-5:40 - Intro 5:40 - 22:30 - Old Fashioned 10 Miler and Flat 5k 22:30 - 42:08 - Cross T...

Member of the team Dan Taylor calls in from Arizona to discuss his military training and life thousands of miles from home! Next weekend we will be covering the Old Fashioned 10 Miler and Flat 5k in Foxboro, MA! 87 Year Old Runner Training for All-American Times WTM Community Funding WTM Prizes   Tough Mudder UAE Cash Prizes   Hannibal Race in Kuwait   Australian Marathon Helper   Support us on Pa...

Mike discusses Tough Mudder changes with Mark Jones, a veteran both of the military and of the sport of obstacle course racing! We all have our opinions of what the lack of prize money means but we felt that it is vital to hear directly from an elite himself! Following that conversation you will hear a lot of content from the final Polar Bear Challenge at Shale Hill in Benson, VT! Interviews inclu...

This weekend we headed up to Nashua, New Hampshire to cover the first OCR of the year, Blizzard Blast! You will hear some elite finish line interviews, from Mike Apfelberg, who is the president of United Way of Greater Nashua, and many other people who helped make the event come together. You will also hear about our experience at the Colonial Read Runner's Award Banquet, where Angela, Jimmie, Nan...

Fred Smith had the time to call in and talk about some changes with Smithfest events in order for them to appear less scary (because not all change is bad)! Following the call with Fred you will hear about Nancy's experience after running the Houston Half Marathon in Texas! 0-9 minutes - Intro 9-31 - Fred Smith 31-45 - Nancy 45-end - Outro Next weekend we will cover the elite side of Blizzard Blas...

When the person you are supposed to interview doesn't call in, it kind of makes things hard for an episode. Luckily we were preparing a give away so enjoy this shorter episode! Next weekend we will hopefully be hearing from Nancy about her Half Marathon in Houston, TX! BleggMit Extreme Robbing Polyana Viana 2018 Highest Earning OCR Athletes Boston Marathon 2019 Elite Field Boston Bombing Survivor...

Podcasters unite as we join Heather from Overcome and Run, Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media, and Josh Chace from the NE Spahten Show in discussing some hot topics in OCR! Next weekend we will still be enjoying the off season! You'll be hearing from someone ... we just don't know who yet! Runners of Vermont: Mark Jones Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and to join our Facebook grou...

Listen as as you hear about our most memorable moments from 2018. You'll hear from every guest we had on the show, as well as words of advice and wisdom we heard throughout the year.  We hope that you have enjoyed coming along on the ride that was our show in 2018 and hope you look forward to more adventures in 2019! Next weekend we will still be enjoying the off season! We will be sharing the pod...

Another year, another recap episode with all of the funny moments from the show! It is a bit long and it is more than your average dose of Mike and Katelyn so don't feel pressured to listen all in one sitting. We hope that you have enjoyed coming along on the ride that was our show in 2018 and hope you look forward to more laughs in 2019! Mud Run Guide's Best of OCR 2018 Results: http://www.mudrun...

Molly comes back on the show to save us from not having any content this week! Learn how to not be part of the 92% that fail their new year resolutions, how to support your loved ones, and how to be an overall better you! Molly Kenneth's WTM Article: https://www.theocrreport.com/iceland-and-hypothermia-lessons-from-wtm-2018/?fbclid=IwAR1JeHng_ouOgMsicpoK0g92EFiKwZzeD7MLPBr4_OKJCUalpURsHJ_nUhs   80...

Back for the final Trailfecta race of the year and this time we were able to use the audio from the finish line interviews! You'll also hear from our sponsored athlete Javier Escobar who took over Obstacle Racing Media's instagram to be media! Donate for Team Rubicon fundraiser: Paypal money to melissa.sharkbait@gmail.com  Chinese Half Marathon Cheaters:  https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a2536121...

We did it! We made it to episode 100 without ever missing a week! Many thank yous to everyone we have had on the show, everyone who listens to the show, and the people who tuned into our live recording and asked us questions! Listen and hear our intro that was recorded live during a Facebook and Instagram live and then a bit of content from the Santa Hustle 5k in South Portland, ME! In the outro y...

This episode was supposed to cover the Thanksgiving Trailfecta Race in Cumberland, RI but due to equipment malfunction 10 minutes of great interviews needed to be scrapped!  So instead you get a shorter episode where Katelyn and Mike catch up on news, discuss some events, and almost forget to talk about things that we are grateful for! Spartan's new Helix episode: https://www.facebook.com/tr1beocr...

Second half of WTM content, and then some local Turkey Trot audio! I will keep this description short since the episode is super long!  After some announcements from the brunch (skip if audio isn't up to par) you'll hear from Kris Mendoza, Allison Tai, Trevor Cichosz, Rea Kolbl, Javier EScobar, Erin Rost, and many others at the Champion's Brunch, plus even more people at the bar crawl! Lastly you'...

Hear the first half of Mike and Katelyn's experience down in Atlanta, GA! This episode covers the community dinner as well as the event itself!  You'll hear from Evan Perperis, Ian Panter, Melissa Sharkbait Dugan, Javier "Ecobar", and many others at the dinner the night before WTM! After that Sean Corvelle will get you pumped as you hear audio from the start line. Lastly hear the short clips of Mi...