380. Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Weekend 3 and 6 Hour Multi Lap Live Coverage!
Release Date: 04/15/2024
423. Winning West Coast Spartans, Carrying Kayaks, Wolf’s Den and More with Chloe Melikian!
Obstacle Running Adventures
In the last episode (and a few before that), we kept talking about having an athlete on the show who we've mentioned a lot in Quick News because she's always popping up on the podium! We finally reached out to , who's been a major podium contender at West Coast Spartan Races. We chat about her athletic background, her thoughts on changes in the sport, the shifts in the Spartan Elite series, how the SoCal race went, the kayak carry obstacle, the importance of the community at her gym, and a whole lot more! Be sure to , , and her sponsors on social media! ____ Start – 3:47 – Intro 3:47 –...
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422. reRun of 4. Blizzard Blast with Fred Smith!
Obstacle Running Adventures
We planned to finally give some well deserved attention with a couple guests but we were unable to find a time that worked out after 2 attempts at rescheduling. So after panicking for a while Mike resorted to another reRun episode, this time reairing our 4th episode which originally came out on January 29th, 2017! Long ago when OCR was still doing well in the Northeast of the US we had winter snow races with both Blizzard Blast in Massachusetts and Spartan Greek Peak in New York! As someone who loves the cold, Mike misses one of the original local races in New England and figured...
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421. The Disney Dopey Challenge with Sarah Hetzel!
Obstacle Running Adventures
took on the Dopey Challenge which is completing all of the events! This consists of the 5K on Thursday, 10K on Friday, half marathon on Saturday, and the marathon on Sunday! We discuss her running background, Disney Favorites, how long she has been wanting to do this multi day event, how it went, and advice to others considering the multi day event! Check out on social media to follow along with her adventures, and consider , it's tough out there for teachers! Start – 2:52 – Intro 2:52 – 8:26 – Quick News 8:26 – 9:02 – Content Preface 9:02 – 54:16 - Interview 54:16 –...
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420. Accountability Corner with Darren Martin, Morgan Maxwell, and Chris Shipley!
Obstacle Running Adventures
is a podcast created in May 2023 by 3 athletes (, , and ) in England who wanted to keep themselves accountable! , , and have progressed to also helping their listeners stay accountable! Hear us discuss a bit about how they found the sport of OCR, origin of their podcast, how they feel the UK ranks in Europe as a competitive country in the sport, the impact on local federations, World Obstacle, complicated rulebooks, local OCRs, the style of racing in the UK, penalty preferences, WTM coming to Europe, personal accounability updates, and goals for the show as well as themselves! Please...
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419. reRUN of 1. Welcome to the Podcast! (Pilot)
Obstacle Running Adventures
So this is a first for the show and we don't plan to do this often but we are rereleasing an older episode for this week! This will be done during times where it's difficult to find a guest, continuous time zone issues, life circumstances, etc. This features a rerelease or a reRUN of our first ever episode published January 8th 2017, that's 8 years ago! Back when there were 4 hosts of the show, it had a different name, and we didn't focus much on elites but more on our own team ! Hope you enjoy and we will be back to our regular scheduled programming next week! Start – 5:36 –...
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418. 2024 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Fran Chiorando, Dave Claxton, Scott Knowles, and Jason Dupree!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Every year since 2018 we have started the year off with a round table discussion with other podcasters in the sport of OCR. In the past we have had , , , , , , , , , and ! This year we had from Podcast, from , from , and from ! We discuss our thoughts on the Spartan and Savage series in the United States, the sport in Europe as well as Canada, changes to the competitive waves, east and west coast age group series, the new Spartan Super Championships, the next OCRWC being in 2025, World Obstacle, 3 band system, mandatory obstacle completion, World's Toughest Mudder, favorite moments...
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417. 2024 Recap Compilation - Lessons Learned and Things Remembered!
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It is clip compilation time of the year again! The second of our two 2024 compilation episodes focuses on the important moments of each episode of the show from this year. There is also a compilation of all the names of the guests we have had on the show during 2024 to celebrate them as well. Hopefully this inspires you and starts you off right for a solid 2025 while you listen during your resuming work commutes or a really really long run! Start – 3:04 – Intro 3:04 – 5:00 – Quick News 5:00 – 5:40 – Content Preface 5:40 - 14:58 - Name Clip Compilation 14:58 -...
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416. 2024 Recap Compilation – Bloopers, Jokes, Good Times, Oh My!
Obstacle Running Adventures
It is clip compilation time of the year again! The first of our two 2024 compilation episodes focuses on the funny moments, bloopers, jokes, and post credit parts of the show from this year. Hopefully this brings you some joy or makes you laugh during long holiday travels or a really long run! Start – 6:32 – Intro 6:32 – 12:09 – Quick News 12:09 – 12:53 – Content Preface 12:53 - 5:08:16 - Funny/Bloopers/Jokes/Post Credit Clip Compilation 5:08:16 - End – Outro Next weekend will be the second of our two end of year recap compilation episodes covering all of the...
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415. Richard Hynek on Trifecta World Championship, Spartan Beast World Championship, and Much More!
Obstacle Running Adventures
We wanted to get an episode on the again this year but it can be pretty difficult with language and time zone barriers! Luckily we heard back from who we have heard and seen a lot about over the past recent years! We discuss what his athletic background consisted of before obstacle course racing, how he found , the choice to have surgery and the recovery from it, his successful history with the , his more recent podium at the , and much more! Be sure to and ! Start – 4:18 – Intro 4:18 – 8:30 – Quick News 8:30 – 9:17 – Content Preface 9:17 - 1:07:37 - Interview 1:07:37 -...
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414. Running Across Massachusetts, Designing Shoes, and Personal Growth with David Filar!
Obstacle Running Adventures
It started off as a quick news story but Mike figured that he would reach out to the local athlete and he is so glad that he did! ran across the state of Massachusetts and ! That is what initially caught our attention but we also discuss his running background, the importance of growth outside the comfort zone, and his career of designing incredible shoes for some well known people! Be sure to , and support the companies that helped support his goal like , , , and ! Follow on social media and keep an eye out for his documentary to be released! Start – 5:28 – Intro 5:28 –...
info_outlineMike finally traveled to New York to participate in and cover Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Wonderland Event!
Wanting to both support a small northeast race and get some good mileage in, Mike registered for the 6 hour race. He ran 3 laps, interviewed the 3 hour finisher athletes with some midrace brain fog, ran another lap, interviewed the 6 hour finisher athletes while freezing in the windy cold on and off rain, the DJ, Gabe Capobianchi, Asa Coddington, and then recorded a personal recap while driving back to New Jersey!
We highly recommend you check out an Obstacle Wonderland event, the Northeast Ultra OCR Cup put together by Viking OCR, and come to the New England OCR Expo adding the virtual run for an awesome medal!
0:00 – 2:45 – Intro
2:45 – 7:40 – Quick News
7:40 – 8:38 – Content Preface
8:38 - 15:33 - Start Line Audio
15:33 - 36:18 - 3 Hour Athletes (Ken Murphy, Kevin Donahue, Analisa Everingham, Stephen Leonard, Jameson Kowalczyk, Nick Eichhorn, Bryan Everingham)
36:18 - 1:20:23 - 6 Hour Athletes and DJ (John Ricker, Kelly Schiavone, Mike Kantor, Mario Valentine, Joseph Stritmater, Erin Cummins, Kevin LaPlatney, Joey Cristello, CJ Emmons, Dean Leggiero, James Del Verde and Melissa Linden, Esther Frustino, Ryan Brizzolara and Jarrett Newby)
1:20:23 - 1:43:50 - Gabe Capobianchi and Asa Coddington
1:43:50 - 1:52:19 - Mike Recap
1:52:19 - End – Outro
Next weekend we will be at the New England OCR Expo and we hope to see you there! The next 2 episodes will likely be covering this event as we will be talking to fellow vendors, athletes competing in the events, and are planning to set up a basic recording station for all to use at our booth!
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