World's Toughest Podcast

Heads up: Grown up language. Hide the kids. Will Hicks talks about the big Tough Mudder X news and who he expects to see compete and who he does NOT expect to see out there. Do you realize 18 months ago you had two choices for a Tough Mudder event? You could run Tough Mudder or you could run World's Toughest Mudder. Will talks about all seven of the current Tough Mudder events. Then Keith Allen an...

On this episode, news of Amelia Boone's return to racing (Don't call it a comeback) along with her rare beef jerky audio, and three different interviews. First, Sandy Rhee, of the NE Spahtens Podcast joins us to talk Toughest Mudder Philly and give her take on the race from the "non-elite" side of things. Then we get a view of the race from the top of the podium as we talk to Trevor Cichosz. Trevo...

Toughest Mudder Philly Recap! Toughest Mudder Philly was this past weekend. Trevor Cichosz and Allison Tai came away with the first place wins and 208 runners out of 717 (29%) qualified as contenders. Before we get into the Toughest Philly recap information Will talks about Ian Panter and the car accident he was in as he was leaving the Saturday morning Tough Mudder course. The local news station...

Toughest Mudder Philly Preview! Philadelphia is the site of the fourth of six Toughest Mudder races. Races in Whistler and Chicago will take place later this year. After a bit of Tough Mudder news and a plug for friends-of-the-show Pis n' Cox, we talk to Kris Mendoza. Kris competed in Toughest L.A. and missed qualifying as an Elite Contender by less than two minutes. He talks about the disappointm...

Toughest Mudder Europe Recap! On this episode we talk results, statistics, and interviews from Toughest Mudder Europe. We've got audio from the podium and you get a taste of Tough Mudder UK's start line man, Gil Kolirin. We talk about the list of all the 13 different men and 11 different women who have qualified as Elite Contenders for World's Toughest Mudder 2017, as well as how many people have...

Toughest Mudder Europe Preview episode! If you can't listen right now, download for later and read this now: The elevation at Toughest Mudder Europe will be similar to Toughest Mudder Atlanta. Expect hills, but not "Toughest L.A. Hills". Weather is expected to be cold; 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (5 to 10 degrees Celsius) and a 50% chance of rain. 10 to 15 mph winds for most of the night. Wear you...

Allison Tai joins us to talk about Toughest Mudder Atlanta and her second place finish among the women and 7th place overall. You can find out more about her new gym opening June 1 at vancityocr.com. Before we talk to Allison, Will talks about Toughest Atlanta and shares a few stories about the course. He loved it. We also try out something new, with some short quick phone calls to members of the...

Bonus episode of World's Toughest Podcast! Last Minute Toughest Mudder Atlanta Edition! We start with a weather report for Toughest Mudder Atlanta. It's going to be hot. 69 degrees at 12:00 midnight. The coldest it will get during the race is 60 degrees at 6:00am. No rain in the forecast but humidity will be between 20 and 25 percent for the eight hours. Jim Campbell ran Tougher Mudder this mornin...

Jay and Heather Bode join me to talk about their experience at Toughest Mudder Los Angeles and to talk through the course map for this weekend at Toughest Mudder Atlanta. Jay and Heather host the Overcome and Run podcast, as well as writing for their site, OvercomeAndRun.com Jay and Heather talk about the details of their Toughest race in L.A. and how you can use that info as you finalize preparat...

Tiffany Aab is my guest this week. You know Tiffany as the international TV Star of "Road to World's Toughest Mudder" on CBS Sports last December. Tiffany is very honest about her struggles with a bad marriage and cancer. She competed in her first WTM in 2016 exactly one year after being declared cancer free. The connection and friendship formed though Tough Mudder is important to her. "The commun...

Walter Lyon joins us to talk about World's Toughest Mudder and Team Four Eyes.  Before we talk to Walter, Will gives us an update on Tough Mudder Arizona along with an audio clip of Clinton Jackson encouraging Neil and Amanda Gerard through Electroshock Therapy. After you hear the audio, track down the video. It's great. Chad Trammell talked with Matt B. Davis on the Obstacle Racing Media podcast....

Cassie Harris is our guest this week. She is an active voice in the World's Toughest Community, and she is a cancer survivor. She talks very intimately about that and how the WTM Community rallied around her when she needed them most. After Cassie talks about her personal story, Will and Cassie shift gears to talk about Tough Mudder Arizona taking place this weekend. Cassie lives in Phoenix and is...

Ian Drake Stumbough stops by for a chat with Will Hicks. Drake was one of the first WTM Community members Will met out on a Tough Mudder course. He's easy to spot with his large orange hard hat and the music coming out of the boom box in his backpack. Drake talks about his successes at WTM, but also the challenges he had to overcome last year. Like most people in the community, Drake has to juggle...

We are fresh off the inaugural Toughest Mudder and we loved it. Will Hicks ran Tougher, Toughest, and Tough over the weekend in Los Angeles, and only regrets running two of those. The first half of this episode is chock full of audio from the media on site. Tough Mudder, CBS Sports, and Obstacle Racing Media were the only companies with media representation on site this weekend. Among the people w...

Wesley Kerr joins us to talk about Toughest Mudder Los Angeles. We talk about five main areas of preparation for Tough Mudder's first ever eight hour race. We discuss Pacing, Obstacles, Pitting, Nutrition, and General Tips for the race. Because the first four hours are on a 5 mile loop with little to no elevation gain, it will be important to get your miles in early. This is especially true if you...

Call the World's Toughest Voicemail at (302) 786-9868. Leave your name and a voicemail and we may use it on the podcast! Matt B. Davis joins us for the second of our three episodes this week. Matt is the co-founder of Obstacle Racing Media and the host of the longest running podcast in OCR, the Obstacle Racing Media podcast. You can find more about Matt at ObstacleRacingMedia.com Matt got a chance...

Tougher Mudder New Orleans Recap. Kailey Brodhacker and Mark James join us to talk about their experiences at the first ever Tougher Mudder, held this past weekend near New Orleans, Louisiana. Kailey finished in third place for the women and talks about her experience helping her competitor complete an obstacle and then having to run her down afterward. Mark ran the course and did a write up for h...

Jim Campbell is the only person to complete 100 Tough Mudder events and he's still going. Jim is going to sit down with us to talk about his story and what Tough Mudder has meant to his life in a few weeks. On this bonus episode Jim walks us through the course of the Tough Mudder 2017 Season Opener in New Orleans, Louisiana. The NOLA Tough Mudder will have 22 obstacles over a 10-12 mile course. Fo...

Melissa "Sharkbait" Dugan joins us again, and Carlo Piscitello of the Pis-n-Cox show joins us for the first time. Sharkbait joins us to talk about the 2017 Season Opener in New Orleans, Louisiana. Houses have been rented and shenanigans have been planned. Also, they're running a Tough Mudder. Sharkbait also updates us on the latest in the rap battle feud between Keith Allen, Matty Gregg, and Kris...

Nolan Kombol and Eli Hutchison join us to talk Tough Mudder 5k, Tougher Mudder, and Toughest Mudder. Nolan and Eli are the heads of the product development team at TMHQ. If you enjoyed WTM last year, you have Nolan and Eli to thank for a lot of it. TONS of new information in this episode, but here's some highlights: Tougher Mudder will be at (almost) every Tough Mudder in 2017, including several i...

Kevin Chow joins us to talk about how much he loves Electroshock Therapy. (It's a lot.) Kevin has done WTM three times and has completed over 25 Tough Mudder events. Just for fun, we reopen the "Do you count event days or laps" can of worms. Kevin has spent most of his Tough Mudder career on the west coast of the U.S. He talks about his top two favorite courses, Tahoe and Whistler, and why they're...

Matty Gregg has done 45 Tough Mudder events, including five times at World's Toughest Mudder. In addition to the WTM community, Matty is a member of the St. Baldrick's community. You might remember from the Christmas Day WTM show seeing Tiffany Aab and several other shave their heads for charity. That was part of a fundraiser Matty worked with that raised over $125,000.00 for St. Baldricks. Matty...

Melissa "Sharkbait" Dugan is the most well known member of the WTM community. Every month she volunteers countless hours helping members of the community plan, prepare, and train for World's Toughest Mudder. At the 2016 WTM Post Race Brunch she was awarded the very first Community Teamwork Award by Tough Mudder HQ in recognition of the work she puts in on behalf of the community. Melissa talks abo...

Welcome to the World's Toughest Podcast, where we talk about any Obstacle Course Race you'd like, as long as it's World's Toughest Mudder. Each week we talk to members of the WTM Community and share stories of success and failure in the single greatest   event in OCR. Episode 1 will debut on Tuesday, February 14th, with new episodes every Tuesday. Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Send Wi...