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395. Viking Obstacle Race's Final Raid and Night Trail Run with Racers and Asa Coddington!

Release Date: 07/29/2024

408. Jack Goras on Photography, Travels, OCR Thoughts, Helping in Ukraine, and More!

Obstacle Running Adventures

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

403. Baylen Bean on Finding OCR, Qualifying for Elite, Winning Spartan Pan-American Championships, and More!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We have been hearing about for a while now, after his recent victory at we figured that it would be a perfect time to finally have him on the show! We talk about his athletic background, how he found obstacle course racing, the qualification process to join the elite field, his favorite race distances, how his championship event in Seattle went, how that ranks in his all time racing accomplishments, potential interest in World's Toughest Mudder in the future, and much more! Be sure to support the sponsors who support our athletes in our sport like , , and ! 0:00 – 4:32 – Intro 4:32...

402. Josh Fiore on Winning Spartan Killington Ultra, and Unfinished Business at World's Toughest Mudder!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Well, we still can't believe this is the first time that has gotten his own episode but here we are! has been involved with OCR in the northeast for well over a decade as a weekend warrior, volunteer, motivational speaker, and as an elite. He has been on the show 7 times previous to this (episodes , , , , , , and ) due to seeing him at , , , , , and ! This time however, we focus on his background of finding the sport of obstacle course racing, life changes he needed to make in order to compete as an elite, his thoughts on local OCR, how the Spartan Killington Ultra went,...

401. The Final BoldrDash with Racers, and Lynn Hall!

Obstacle Running Adventures

There were some big events that happened this weekend with , the , the , and the , but we covered the final in Exeter, RI! BoldrDash as a race series had a huge role to play in our overall OCR history! It was Mike's 9th ever OCR, and Katelyn's 7th ever OCR back on May 3rd 2014 . We have also volunteered more at this race than any other, whether it was Mike waking up really early to volunteer all day at an obstacle, or helping people through the course with the Find Your Bold/all abilities team! While it didn't have the huge reputation around the country or even world like had...

400. Episode 400 with Live Intro/Outro, Surprise Congratulations Clips, Q&A, and Shoutout Compilation!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Another huge milestone of the show, hitting 400 Episodes! Don't quote me on it but I can't think of any other OCR podcasts that have made it this far (other than Obstacle Racing Media) ... yet! We celebrate with a live recording of the intro, some Q&A, audio clips that Katelyn had sneakily asked for congratulating us, some more Q&A, a compilation of times we were mentioned on other shows, and a live outro! Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 7 years and 8 months, everyone who watched this live recording, sent in audio clips, guests who have been on the show,...

399. Winning Toughest Mudder Chicago with Jenny Overstreet!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Lots of events happened this weekend so it was difficult to figure out which event to focus on and which particular athlete to have on the show. I try not to have the same guest on for their own episode too many times, one of the big events had a lot of issues and I'd want to have more of the dust settle before we consider having an athlete on to talk about it. Then Mike saw that won Toughest Mudder Chicago! He first met her at the end of OCR America 2 during the KC Timber Challenge coverage. He was severely sleep deprived from a full week of traveling across the country...

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We drove the 3 hours to Greenville, NY to cover the Ultra Viking 8 Hour (Northeast Ultra Cup Finale)/ Final Raid/ whatever we called their last event!

The race director Asa Coddington aka OCR Yoda has been a prominant member in the OCR community here in the northeast so it was a big blow that he announced that his last event would been this year. Known for very difficult and historic obstacles, interesting penalties, and excellent medals the loss of this race will have a large impact on the sport. There was also a night trail race that we ran and covered that event as well.

Apologies for the audio issues, Mike is looking into whether or not we need to invest in new equipment, if you recognize the voice of those listed below as "?", please let us know who they are so we can update the info!

0:00 – 4:16 – Intro

4:16 – 7:14 – Quick News

7:14 – 9:50 – Content Preface

9:50 - 19:14 - Baxter Hummel, Start Line Audio, Kimberly Rheaume, Golf Cart Audio

19:14 - 57:44 - Mike Stefano, Steve Bacon, James Golisano, Ryan Creagh, Jane Adams, John Ricker, Trisha Chillemi, Emily Lin and Grace Gorman, Shannon Woodill, Kevin VanderWoude, Mike Kantor, ?, ?, Kait Reynolds, Grant Bercik

57:44 - 1:14:57 - Night Trail Race (Post Run Audio, Zach Nayer, Adam Dibona and daughter, and Asa Coddington)

1:14:57 - End – Outro

Next weekend Mike plans to cover Savage Race Boston!

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