366. 2023 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Dave Claxton, Jason Dupree, and Fran Chiorando!
Release Date: 01/07/2024
413. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 4: Bar Crawl Interviews)
Obstacle Running Adventures
It is the end of World's Toughest Mudder coverage time ... for this year! Mike flew down to Florida to help with and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we got 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part four though, it focuses on the bar crawl on Monday where both the interviewer and interviewees may have been drinking a bit. You'll hear 15 more interviews to wrap up this year's coverage bringing the total number of interviews to over 80! Please share these episodes...
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412. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 3: Brunch Interviews and Audio)
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It is still World's Toughest Mudder coverage time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part three though, it focuses on the brunch on Monday. You'll hear interviews before the presentation, trimmed down audio from the presentation itself, and interviews after the presentation! All totaling to over 30 interviews again! ! 0:00 – 5:59 – Intro 5:59 – 14:13...
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411. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 2: Race Day Interviews with Athletes, Volunteers, and Pit Crew)
Obstacle Running Adventures
Still World's Toughest Mudder coverage time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part two though, it focuses on the event days of Saturday and Sunday. Interviews were done before the race with athletes, interviews and audio were recorded as I walked through the course 11pm - 4am to talk to each volunteer out there, and some pit crew were also interviewed! All...
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410. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 1: Pit Check In and Community Dinner)
Obstacle Running Adventures
It's World's Toughest Mudder time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part one though, it focuses on Friday. Interviews were while athletes were preparing their pit spots and a few more interviews were done at the community dinner! 0:00 – 5:14 – Intro 5:14 – 8:37 – Quick News 8:37 – 9:25 – Content Preface 9:25 - 33:04 - Pit Set Up Interviews (, , , , ,...
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409. Leon Kofoed on Injury Recovery, Intrinsic Goals, Winning OCRWC 3K, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures
It has been a long time coming but we finally had on the show for his own episode! He is one of the more popular social media personalities in the sport and one of the most well known Danish athletes in the sport of OCR. He was vocal about 2024 being his final year as a full time athlete so we discuss what that looks like, how it felt to take the win at an OCRWC event, his recovery from his Savage Race injury, the state of the sport in Europe compared to North America, how he feels about so many championships and much more! Be sure to , , as well as alongside ! 0:00 – 4:40 – Intro...
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408. Jack Goras on Photography, Travels, OCR Thoughts, Helping in Ukraine, and More!
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I have been wanting to do this for a while ... even though I'm not sure him or the others in The OCR Report believed me! It's , the guy behind the camera at pretty much every major OCR that has happened in Europe or North America in the past 5 or so years! We haven't had much time to talk in the past when covering events since we are usually busy doing interviews while he is taking pictures and editing. However we did get to hang out more at World's Toughest Mudder last year since it was a 24+ hour event, we shared a room at the air bnb, and he hung out at the bar crawl. This was...
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407. Mike Reclaims Title of Ultra Runner at Survival of the FITtest 12 Hour Trail!
Obstacle Running Adventures
A bit of a pivot for this week's episode since Mike had his "A race" of the year, the ! A couple years ago he planned to take on the 30 hour but due to , the final and most difficult semester of grad school, and some achilles pain the registration was moved back. This is the raw and pretty unedited (especially since Audacity gave me issues with the episode and I needed to redo almost everything) journey of me being able to call myself an ultra runner again! So enjoy a look at the inside of my mind, many mistakes when talking, and a few ultra mistakes too! Next week we plan to get back to...
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406. Ja Shua Ried on Athletic Risk, OCRWC, FKTs, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures
was last weekend in Mammoth Lakes, CA and we wanted to have on for his own episode to talk about his experience! was a prominent member of the OCR in the northeast before moving to Colorado, we chose him to be one of our sponsored athletes back in episode 300, and he has been Mike's coach for the past few months! Hear us discuss van life out west, his athletic background, how he found OCR, the thrill of making the world your playground through fitness, his experience at , his recovery from his shoulder injury in Tahoe, his interest in helping others in the sport, his upcoming FKT in the...
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405. Kevin "The Mudman" LaPlatney on 252 OCRs, Ultras, and How OCR Isn't Dead Yet!
Obstacle Running Adventures
This weekend was in Mammoth Lakes, CA and you will totally hear about that ... next week when I have time to schedule an interview with an athlete but it is Tuesday and people are still traveling home! Instead we finally had , on the show who has been in the sport since 2010 and has seen a lot of events come and go during his time living on Long Island. He owned which was a well known OCR gym in the area for many years, and continues to be a prominent member in the northeast OCR community. We discuss his favorite events over the years, his love of ultras, being a dad, his...
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404. Yaris Cruz on Puerto Rico, World Obstacle's OCR World Championships, and Winning MidWest OCR!
Obstacle Running Adventures
We had on the show , having her on again for her own episode was long overdue! as an athlete is known to be a force to be wreckoned with whether it be OCR, ninja, or even hybrid racing. We discuss her background in sport before finding OCR (or lack thereof), the importance of mental health as an athlete, how her position as the vice president of Puerto Rico OCR Association has changed her perspective on the sport, her thoughts on , and much much more! Also, in a time where many North American races are having their final events, there are some new ones just getting started! has...
info_outlineFirst episode of the year is our annual roundtable chat with other podcasters in the sport!
This year we have Dave Claxton returning from OFX Podcast, Jason Dupree brought back OCR Talk so he joins, and newcomer to the roundtable is Fran Chiorando from The OCRWC Podcast!
We discuss the Spartan 3K format, Spartan competitive wave format changes, no more free race photos from Spartan or Tough Mudder, Tough Mudder Infinity in Saudi Arabia, FISO's OCR World Championships, judging in hybrid racing, our highlights in 2023, and personal goals!
Be sure to subscribe and check out their shows if you don't already!
0:00 – 2:45 – Intro
2:45 – 11:17 – Quick News
11:17 – 12:19 – Content Preface
12:19 - 1:46:16 - Roundtable Chat with Dave, Jason, and Fran
1:46:16 - End – Outro
Next episode will be one of two ideas or maybe something else entirely!
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