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382. New England OCR Expo! (Part 2: Athletes, Speeches, and Staff)

Release Date: 04/29/2024

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382. New England OCR Expo! (Part 2: Athletes, Speeches, and Staff)

Obstacle Running Adventures

Once again, we just had the third and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event! We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part two you will hear from some athletes, the speeches, and from some of the staff that made this...

381. New England OCR Expo! (Part 1: Vendors)

Obstacle Running Adventures

It's the third New England OCR Expo that has been put on and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event! We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part one you will hear from the vendors (see below) We hope to get registration...

380. Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Weekend 3 and 6 Hour Multi Lap Live Coverage!

Obstacle Running Adventures

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Obstacle Running Adventures

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Obstacle Running Adventures

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376. Paul Lachance on 200+ Spartan Races at the Age of 82!

Obstacle Running Adventures

recently this caught 's attention for which then caught our eye for a potential episode. We were excited to reach out to him both for the impressive accomplishment, and because he represents a unique age demographic who take on OCR. Older OCR athletes have always been inspirational to us but we haven't had an episode focus on it before. We discuss how he found obstacle course racing, , favorite and least favorite Spartan venues, medical barriers that he has pushed through in his life, how it feels to be embraced by sponsors and the community, how to , plans for the rest of the year...

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Once again, we just had the third New England OCR Expo and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event!

We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part two you will hear from some athletes, the speeches, and from some of the staff that made this all possible! (see below)

We hope to get registration going for next year's event soon so we hope to see you there in 2025!

0:00 – 2:39 – Intro

2:39 – 5:02 – Quick News

5:02 – 7:39 – Content Preface

7:39 - 21:29 - Athlete Interviews (Zack Wisnowski, Daniel Yarrick, Jesse H, and Mario Valentin)

21:29 - 39:25 - Speeches (Oscar Mike, Josh Fiore, Ultimate Obstacles, and Billy Richards)

39:25 - 1:11:27 - Athlete and Staff Interviews (Darren from Just Right Entertainment, Mike Kantor, Robert Foster, Katie Callahan, Josh Fiore, Billy Richards, Brad Lane from It Starts Here Fitness, Eric Matta from Ultimate Obstacles, and Steve Bacon)

1:11:27 - End – Outro

Next weekend we may have someone on from the Spartan NJ Ultrafecta Weekend or someone else that we feel like talking to!

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