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

Release Date: 10/29/2024

491. Rise of the Obstacles at Obstacle Wonderland, Super Smash Bros OCR, and More with Mario Valentin!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We planned to return to to cover their ! It has been 2 years since ! Unfortunately we needed to make a change due to travel exhaustion and in preperation for 3 more trips this month! Luckily we were able to have on the show to talk about his experience at the event! We talk about how he found OCR, the origin of his Super Smash Bros OCR Team, his favorite local events, his drive to create content, how the event went this past weekend, and much more! Start – 4:06 – Intro 4:06 – 15:39 – Quick News 15:39 – 18:01 – Content Preface 18:01 – 1:21:19 - Interviews 1:21:19...

490. reRUN of 138. Bridge to Bridge 12k Run with Angela Melchiori!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We had plans to do an athlete interview this week but language barriers slowed things down a bit. Quick reminder that if you speak another language in addition to English, we would love the help of a translator to reduce the barriers to communication with athletes! Between that and the fact that Mike is currently in an uber on the way to the airport at 3:26 AM Friday morning for a work conference in San Fransisco as he/I write this, we needed to make a stress free pivot! Because of this, we are rereleasing episode ! originally released August 26th, 2019 which is interesting as Katelyn...

489. Winning Newbsanity's Mud Gauntlet, Team Wonderland, and More with Jessica Carson!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Since there is a lot of traveling coming up for us soon we ended up not going to cover ’s like we wanted but we reached out to the women’s winner to talk about it! is on the newer side to OCR but she has been off to an incredible start with winning Spartan Poconos, doing well at Spartan NJ, and more recently winning ! It isn’t often that someone outside of the circle does so well in their events, especially on their first try so we talked about how her race went, how she found the sport, her love of , being a mom of two, and much more! Start – 3:14 – Intro 3:14 – 6:15 – Quick...

488. DEKA STRONG and MILE at Underdog Fitness 2026!

Obstacle Running Adventures

When it comes to there’s one place that we like to go to focus on for coverage and it’s . There are a bunch of reasons for this: Mike was coached by for a while, it’s where we did our first DEKA, their athletes are frequently on the podium for DEKA World Championships every year, and they are some of our favorite people in the sport! We went down Saturday night and brought Luci for her first hotel and race experience but as we talked about last episode she ended up getting high and hospitalized and Mike almost got arrested for speeding on the way home. Things were a bit...

487. Spartan USNS Northeast Series, Meniscus Tear, and More with Jordan McDougal!

Obstacle Running Adventures

we had on the show to talk about her return to obstacle course racing, and her win in New Jersey. took the win for the men and had a return to Spartan racing for the first time in a while so I invited him on as well! Jordan talks about what he has been doing since , his , the race itself, plans for the rest of the series, and more! Be sure to check out his as well for some fun fitness ideas for kids! Start – 7:15 – Intro 7:15 – 14:00 – Quick News 14:00 – 14:41 – Content Preface 14:41 – 51:17 - Interview 51:17 – End – Outro Next weekend we will be releasing our...

486. Spartan USNS Northeast Series, Hydrofoiling, and Exotic Pets with Miranda Kielpinski!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We saw that won the first of the USNS Northeast Series races in New Jersey (where we planned to be for coverage) and we knew that we needed to reach out to have her back on the show! engages in a variety of fun outdoor activities such as biking, surfing, and (which Mike just learned about for the first time). It was great to see that she has returned to OCR, took the win and wants to continue to take on the rest of the series this year! Start – 5:44 – Intro 5:44 – 15:00 – Quick News 15:00 – 15:37 – Content Preface 15:37 – 1:09:55 - Interview 1:09:55 – End – Outro Next...

485. Spartan USNS South Series, and Boston Marathon Prep with Luiza Barteldes Farinha!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We reached out to an athlete a month ago after her podium at Jacksonville and invited her on the show, recent weeks have been coverage of local events like the Expo and FIT Challenge so we reconnected for this interview! talks about her athletic background of being a dancer, how she got into elite OCR, being coached by , plans to take on the USNS South Series, , as well as preperation for today’s Boston Marathon! Start – 5:19 – Intro 5:19 – 11:29 – Quick News 11:29 – 12:07 – Content Preface 12:07 – 42:53 - Interview 42:53 – End – Outro Next weekend we will be at Spartan...

484. FIT Challenge 2026 with Athletes, Robb McCoy, and Darlene Gaudet!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Back to cover another but this one was bittersweet! has stated that he will be stepping away from the events and brand that he founded over a decade ago and that will be taking over but keeping him as an advisor. We are optimistic about the future of FIT Challenge and are grateful that Robb and some of his team will stay around! We talk to both Robb and Darlene about the upcoming change as well as some athletes at the course finish line! Start – 3:59 – Intro 3:59 – 8:27 – Quick News 8:27 – 9:40 – Content Preface 9:40 – 43:42 - Interviews 43:42 – End – Outro Next...

483. New England OCR Expo 2026! (Part 2: Table Recordings, Military Panel, and Awards)

Obstacle Running Adventures

Another very successful ! Mike may be a bit biased because he has been on the board of directors for this event for the past few years but we had the chance to talk to many vendors, athletes, and other participants who back up the claim! There are two parts for this event coverage yet again and this second part focuses on the those that recorded at our table, announcements and audio. Listen to the previous episode to hear from the vendors! Plan to come out to the New England OCR Expo next year! Start – 6:55 – Intro 6:55 – 20:28 – Quick News 20:28 – 10:57 – Content Preface...

482. New England OCR Expo 2026! (Part 1: Vendors)

Obstacle Running Adventures

Another very successful ! Mike may be a bit biased because he has been on the board of directors for this event for the past few years but we had the chance to talk to many vendors, athletes, and other participants who back up the claim! There are two parts planned for this coverage yet again and this part focuses on the vendors. We made a switch from previous years and Mike manned our vendor table while Katelyn conducted interviews with almost all of the vendors who came out to the expo! The vendors interviewed in this episode were: Dana Farber Charity Fundraiser, Dana Farber Charity...

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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 Jack Goras, 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 my way of getting to know more about him, so now you can also get to know him!

We talk about photography, his favorite places that he has been, how he ended up being the photographer for The OCR Report, some travel nightmares, how he is going back to Ukraine to help yet again, and much more!

0:00 – 3:25 – Intro

3:25 – 7:46 – Quick News

7:46 – 8:11 – Content Preface

8:11 - 1:02:15 - Jack Goras Interview

1:02:15 - End – Outro

Next weekend we will hopefully have another athlete on to talk about OCRWC and Spartan's Short Course Championship in Croatia or a member of my local running club who ran every street in Boston!

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