Obstacle Running Adventures

Tracy Brower reached out to us asking if we would be interested in having a talk about Adventure Racing .  I immediately remembered the excitement that surrounded Ryan Atkins and Rea Kolbl competing in Eco Challenge a few years ago and how humble Coree Woltering was when we met him shortly after the show was released! I was more than happy to give her a spot on the show to talk about the sport of...

You've heard us talk about it for a while on the show but now we have an episode that goes into more detail about the  New England OCR Expo happening on March 11th! Last time we were just vendors for the event but this year Mike has been on the planning committee working alongside this episode's guest Steve "Bacon" Martin ! We genuinely hope to see as many of you awesome people as possible and use...

We were very excited to check out The Run Show in Boston last weekend!  This episode has additional interviews from Saturday and all interviews from Sunday. We were able to get a total of over 50 interviews with vendors, guest speakers, and the event director from Raccoon Events himself!  We got so much content that it didn't make sense to cram it all in one episode so this is part two of two. Loo...

We have been planning to check out The Run Show in Boston  since 2020 when it was first announced!  COVID pushed back the actual event for a few years but this time it actually happened! The coldest temperature of the year couldn't even stop us from going and covering this long awaited event and boy ... cover it we did! We were able to get over 50 interviews with vendors, guest speakers, and the e...

We had Nicole Lunder  on the show to talk about her win at last weekend's Night Ops which was put on by Newbsanity ! Nicole  is fairly new to the sport of obstacle course racing so in addition to talking about Newbsanity's Night Ops we talk about her experiences at Savage Race , OCRWC , and more as well! 0:00 – 2:39 – Intro 2:39 – 8:45 – Quick News 8:45 – 9:23 – Content Preface 9:23 - 52:44 - Nico...

With this show being based out of the United States it's easy to focus on who we have in North America.  When it comes to the sport as a whole though it's a massive disservice to the excellent athletes over in Europe! Trying to get better at this we are really excited to have Ulrikke Evensen  on the show for the first time!  Mike was able to meet her and have a quick word at OCRWC last year but sh...

Back in August Mike heard an episode of  Reinforced Running with a guest that got his attention , years before that he heard him for the first time on I Am A Spartan Podcast ! Now we finally had the chance to have Dave Robinson  on our show!  We focus on how to set goals in a way that we are more likely to achieve them, how harmful self talk can be if not done appropriately, and the importance of...

For the new year we did an event that Mike has had an eye on for years, the Frozen Clam Obstaplunge ! We were also able to make an episode out of it with event audio and interviews with a few participants as well as the CEO of Mentor Rhode Island Jo-Anne Schofield, the fund development manager from Mentor Rhode Island Jenny Gruslin, the head of Kids in the Canyon Don Blais, and the builder of the...

Another year, another round table chat with fellow OCR podcasters! This is the fifth year in a row where we have done this, the members frequently change but it's a good way to have fun, get fresh ideas, and help awareness that there are other great shows out there! In the past we have had Heather Olsen from Overcome and Run , Matt B Davis from Obstacle Racing Media , Josh Chace from NE Spartan Sh...

It's that recap compilation time of year again! This is the second of two episodes and it focuses on the clips of the most important moments of the show with guests, quotes, and a celebration of each and every guest that we had on the show this year! Go back and check out last episode which had the funniest moments of the show in 2022 if you missed it! 0:00 – 2:54 – Intro 2:54 – 10:03 – Quick News...

It's that recap compilation time of year again! This is the first of two episodes and it focuses on the funny moments, the bloopers and of course Katelyn's end of episode jokes.  This episode is guaranteed to make you laugh or your money back! ... Also, if you are paying to get these episodes please let us know because this is supposed to be entirely free! Look forward to next episode which has th...

Brandon Welling  is an endurance athlete who has a long history of impressive accomplishments!  He is one of two heads of TPK Endurance which has been putting on trail and endurance races since 2016! This is part of his application for the upcoming Spartan Winter Death Race  which is to be held on February 9th-11th! 0:00 – 3:08 – Intro 3:08 – 7:00 – Quick News 7:00 – 7:37 – Content Preface 7:37 -...

We are going hybrid on this episode with Terra Jackson ! Since we weren't able to cover the Deka World Championships in person we knew we needed at least one episode to give it some love.  Following the results Mike immediately knew that he wanted Terra as the guest. Terra took 1st in Deka Fit, 1st in Deka Strong, and 3rd in the Deka Mile showing what a well rounded athlete she is.  We also knew a...

This is the second of two episodes on World's Toughest Mudder. Click here for part one.  For this episode we have Mark Gaudet  and  Kris Rugloski ! Mark won the Spartan Ultra World Championships in Telluride last year and has an extensive military background.  Both of these add up to a pretty strong contender for WTM and he was able to place 2nd! Kris is the current Hyrox World Champion and has al...

We were planning for this and next episode to be on Deka World Championships but unfortunately there were a trifecta of reasons that stopped us from being in Atlantic City to cover it live! Instead, we plan to have two episodes on World's Toughest Mudder (released earlier than planned).  For this episode we have Tyler Veerman and DJ Fox ! Tyler  is no stranger to ultra endurance OCR as he did real...

Who would have thought that 5 years and 11 months into our show we would have such a special episode 306?! You listeners have come to know us pretty well and we figured that it was only fair to involve you in our wedding in one way or another! Being miked up for our ceremony was non-nogotiable since Mike wanted to use the audio for this episode, and to get an excellent video from the videographer...

Making up for last week's lack of a guest we are having something of a double feature which we usually don't do in a single episode! First off we have Anthony Kunkel  who runs the UltraHouse in Durango, Colorado.  He is a well known athlete in the running world but OCR has not been his main focus.  I (Mike) met him while covering WTM last year and it seems like he caught the ultra OCR bug and is r...

Ghosted by a guest again!  Hopefully now that Halloween is over we can be done with the ghosts and get back to some high quality episodes!  If you're still here and listening we love your faces! We used this opportunity to talk about our thoughts on the 3 big Spartan race news stories.  We got a crapload of messages from people saying that they wanted to hear our thoughts (which of course Mike had...

We needed to pivot from our original gameplan so hard that I may have sprained a metaphorical ankle. Anyway, instead of hearing from an elite athlete who competed at the big Spartan Race in Blue Mountain (because we were ghosted ... spooky!) we turned to our trusty friend Angela who is always traveling around doing races! This time we got even more lucky because her race this weekend was the Spart...

We finally had Nicole Mericle on the show for her own episode!  We talk about her background in rock climbing, her thoughts on progress with the OCR Dream Team , her road to recovery, and her plans to potentially race next weekend in Blue Mountain, Canada! Please support the companies that are supporting awesome women in the sport like Nicole:  Sur Phyto Performance , Honey Stinger , Athletic Brew...

This is the final of our 3 episodes covering OCRWC this year! Part 3 focuses on Sunday's Team Relay Races as well as the 100 Meter Semi-Finals and Finals! It begins with the men's relay start line audio with Justin Manning, a bunch of team and individual athlete interviews, a few vendors, and some interviews with the athletes who made it to the semi-finals of both the open and pro 100 meter compet...

This is the second of our 3 episodes covering OCRWC this year! Part 2 focuses on Saturday's 15K and begins with the men and women's start line audio with Justin Manning, a few vendor interviews, a bunch of elite interviews, and then elite podium audio! Since this is the big milestone of episode 300 the intro and outro were recorded on Instagram Live so we were a bit distracted but had fun with it,...

This is the first of our 3 episodes covering OCRWC this year! Part 1 focuses on Friday's 3K and begins with a recap of the course with Mike and Mark , which is followed by start line audio from the men's and women's race.  There are then 17 interviews with elites following their finish of the 3K course and it is all wrapped up with a final interview with Graham Roberts from NOX  who has been the p...

One of Mike's favorite new podcasts has been the OCRWC Podcast!  First off, the more podcasts on OCR the better, second it is more likely to have a wider range of athletes on the show due to both the broad nature of the show and the fact that the host is from England! Following the show from the start Mike still didn't know much of anything about the host though.  When he found out who she was he...

We had Shawn Roberts  on the show for the first time!  Mike has occasionally reached out to him throughout the past couple years to congratulate him and offer other words of support and he met him in person and spoke off the mic at OCRWC 2021. Earlier this year he reached back out and said that he wanted to come on the show.  Very interested in having another conversation with him and figuring tha...