351. FISO OCR World Championships with Short Course Champion Gian Maria Savani!
Release Date: 09/24/2023
362. Deka World Championships with Kevin Gregory!
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This week we going hybrid and are giving some love to the Deka World Championships in Texas that happened last weekend! While hybrid racing isn't a focus for this show or a big passion for Katelyn and Mike we wanted to switch gears for a bit and hear more about this big long weekend event. not only won the Deka Strong but also won 4 different team events with one of them creating a new world record! He has an extensive history in obstacle course racing but has really found his niche in hybrid racing ! 0:00 – 5:15 – Intro 5:15 – 15:26 – Quick News 15:26 – 16:03 – Content...
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361. Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Nick Gagnon!
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Friend of the show set out to hike the appalachian trail earlier this year! Many listeners will remember us mentioning both his start and completion in quick news during previous episodes but only patreon supporters knew that I interviewed him back in October! It was great catching up with our Canadian friend and learning about his months long adventure where he perservered through barriers such as weather, overpacking, assault, animals, a couple thousand miles, and a whole lot of elevation. Learn about terms like trail magic, silk blazing, pack shakedown, as well as how he felt about...
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360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance)
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Finishing up our episodes, we have this last episode focused on the bar crawl on Monday afternoon and night! Check the time stamps below to see the different sections of the episode. You'll hear interviews before a musical performance of Cali Schweikhart singing while Kris Mendoza plays guitar for a couple songs, and more interviews after! . This part 3 has interviews from the bar crawl where I, along with many community members got pretty drunk! 0:00 – 2:10 – Intro 2:10 – 8:53 – Quick News 8:53 – 10:20 – Content Preface 10:20 - 51:57 - Interviews Before Musical...
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359. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio)
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Continuing with our episodes, we have one focused on the brunch on Monday! Check the time stamps below to see the different sections of the episode. It isn't as long as the last one but it does have a large section of the presentation and awards which you may want to skip. You'll hear interviews before the presentation, the presentation itself (trimmed down), and some interviews after! . This part 2 is this episode all about the brunch featuring audio from the presentation as well as many interviews with members of the community. Part 3 will have interviews from the...
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358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)
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came and went but we have you covered to relive the experience for the next few weeks! Check the time stamps below to follow along with this one, because this episode is a big boy! You'll hear some interviews from the community dinner, more interviews on race day before the start, start line audio, interviews and audio from the course, and the same from the pit! For part 1 we have this coverage of the community dinner and all sorts of race day interviews and audio. Part 2 will be all about the brunch featuring audio from the presentation as well as many interviews with members of...
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357. Manuel Dufaux on Winning Spartan 3K Series, OCRWC, Recovery, and More!
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Back in Palmerton we were able to meet and interview him between waves at the 3K series race. Now that he won the Spartan North American series we were more than excited to have him on for his own episode! We talk about his motivation to take on the Spartan 3K series, what stood out most for each event in the series, how he felt about winning the series overall, his experience at OCRWC, the importance of recovery as an older athlete, and the sacrifices and focus needed to do well! 0:00 – 3:30 – Intro 3:30 – 10:37 – Quick News 10:37 – 11:42 – Content Preface 11:42 - 56:53 - ...
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356. World's Toughest Mudder 2023 with Chris Maltbie!
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is coming up soon and Mike is wicked excited! If you're also excited for it then this will be a great episode for you because we have Chris Maltbie on the show to talk about the upcoming weekend! Chris is the vice president of product for Tough Mudder/Spartan Race as well as the race director for the most epic 24 hour OCR that we all know as ! We discuss his background in OCR, changes to the Tough Mudder season this year and if they will affect WTM, some information about WTM including a cryptic obstacle run down, and much more! 0:00 – 7:45 – Intro 7:45 – 12:10 – Quick News...
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355. Cole DeRosa on his Military Service, Competition, and Spartan Age Group Changes!
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354. Signy Karoline Kolsto on her OCRWC Weekend and Winning the 100 Meter Course!
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We wanted to have at least one more episode on the weekend and we were hoping to have an athlete on the show representing Europe (since there weren't as many as previous years)! is from Norway and has somewhat recently made the jump from age group to elite after having pretty impressive results quickly in the sport. She was in Belgium to compete in but we primarily focus on Spartan Race's . She took 7th in the 3K, 5th in the 15K, her coed team took 2nd on the relay, and then she closed out the weekend by winning the 100 meter course! 0:00 – 2:58 – Intro 2:58 – 10:40 –...
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353. Ian Hosek on FISO OCR World Championships, OCRWC, and Tough Mudder Saudi Arabia Morality!
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In the year where there are two OCRWCs I figured it would be great to hear from someone who went to compete in both of them! has been a prominent member of for a while now and he made the trip over to Belgium to compete in . More recently he competed in Spartan Race's (man that's going to take some adjusting to) and took 2nd in the 3K, 2nd in the 15K, his men's relay team took 1st, and his coed team also took 1st! We talk about the differences between the two events, how he feels about his recent success in Mammoth Lakes, his feelings on the Tough Mudder Infinity in Saudi Arabia, and...
info_outlineAdmittedly, we were unsure how the first FISO OCR Championships would go after their history of not being able to put on a world championship event for years. That being said the number of incredible athletes that showed up to Belgium to compete made this an incredible World Championship event!
When looking through the results Gian Maria Savani stood out as both the winner of the short course, runner up of the standard course, and an athlete that we didn't know as much about. We reached out to have him on the show to hear more about him and were thrilled to have him as this week's guest!
We discussed how he got into obstacle course racing, which athletes he looks up to, the importance of discipline, and how his races went. We also discuss some shortcomings of this event such as the overly complicated rule book, the continued lack of communication with prize money, there not being any drug testing, and
Be sure to follow Gian on Instagram and cheer him on as he takes on future events, like the upcoming Italian OCR Championship finals!
0:00 – 2:43 – Intro
2:43 – 15:58 – Quick News
15:58 – 16:32 – Content Preface
16:32 - 1:15:14 - Gian Maria Savani Interview
1:15:14 - End – Outro
Next episode we plan to have someone on the show to build anticipation for Adventurey ... uh Spartan's OCRWC!
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