358. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)
Release Date: 11/13/2023
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info_outlineWorld's Toughest Mudder 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 the community. Part 3 will have interviews from the bar crawl where I, along with many community members got pretty drunk!
0:00 – 3:05 – Intro
3:05 – 14:35 – Quick News
14:35 – 17:48 – Content Preface
17:48 - 44:03 - Community Dinner (JD Allen, Melissa "Sharkbait" Dugan, Christian Brown-Johnson, Elliot Rueb, Sandy Rhee, and Josh Fiore)
44:03 - 56:53 - Before Race Start (Evan Perperis, Miranda Huber, Diana Codispoti and Alexandra Codispoti, Ryan Ardigo, Seth Rinderknecht, Kevin Thompson, Austin Azar, Trevor Cichosz, James Del Verde, Melissa Linden, Kris Rugloski, and Gary Belanger)
1:12:42 - 1:35:29 - Race Start (Pit murmurings, Giles Chater and Chris Maltbie, Coach Kyle pump up, warm up and start)
1:35:29 - 2:28:28 - Obstacle Audio, Volunteers, Etc. (Everest audio, Gary Belanger, Augustas Gloop audio, Jamesy, Nikki Leonard, Sandy Rhee, driving, Operation talk, Cassie Hellyer, Operation audio, Operation volunteer, Dingleberries volunteer, Dingleberries penalty, Barrel Chested volunteer, Barrel Chested audio, Melting Point volunteer 1 and 2, Immordl Coffee, Spunky Monkey penalty volunteer, Everest volunteer, and Everest penalty loop)
2:28:28 - 3:10:18 - Pit Crew and Finish Audio (Kris Mendoza, Kevin Gregory, Brian Gracin, AC Hale, Christian Brown-Johnson, Matt B Davis, Evan Perperis, Alexandra Codispoti, Austin Azar not done, 200th Tough Mudder finish, Michael Schjott pit, More Heart Than Scars finish, Stephanie Bland pit, Joe Rucco pit, Cali Schweikhart pit, merchandise deal, live stream time difference, Kris Rugloski finish, Austin Azar finish, Michael Schjott finish, Jenny Overstreet finish, Joe Rucco and Matt Gill finish, Josh Fiore finish, Cali Schweikhart finish, Stephanie Bland finish)
3:10:18 - End – Outro
Next episode will continue our weeks long coverage of World's Toughest Mudder with an episode on the brunch, following that will be the bar crawl episode!
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