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427. Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo! (Part 2)

Release Date: 03/10/2025

427. Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo! (Part 2)

Obstacle Running Adventures

We have covered the for the past couple years. This year, it combined with the ! We weren't sure if we were going to go and cover it this year since it was later in the year than usual and events are starting up but we made the trip and booked a hotel to just cover Saturday. Even though we just covered one day of the event we were able to get over 60 interviews causing us to split everything into part 1 and part 2 episodes. Check the time stamps below to see who we talked to for this second half! Start – 3:24 – Intro 3:24 – 7:06 – Quick News 7:06 – 8:07 – Content...

426. Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo! (Part 1)

Obstacle Running Adventures

We have covered the for the past couple years. This year, it combined with the ! We weren't sure if we were going to go and cover it this year since it was later in the year than usual and events are starting up but we made the trip and booked a hotel to just cover Saturday. Even though we just covered one day of the event we were able to get over 60 interviews causing us to split everything into part 1 and part 2 episodes. Check the time stamps below to see who we talked to for this first half! Start – 3:31 – Intro 3:31 – 5:20 – Quick News 5:20 – 6:44 – Content...

425. The First DEKA ATLAS with Underdog Fitness!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Mike and Katelyn did their first event at in Wallingford, CT to support and his wife and ! Not only was a coach for Mike for about a year but is known to be a prominent gym in the DEKA community. Due to both of those reasons, Mike wanted to continue his support for the gym by driving down to Hartford, CT and covering the first official ! You'll hear from some athletes who competed in the DEKA STRONG and their thoughts on the new event before we talk to the first 11 out of 12 people to officially do the ! including the , as well as ! Start – 3:28 – Intro 3:28 –...

424. Christian Brown-Johnson on Hannibal Race, Hybrid Racing, His Magic Mirror, and More!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We have had on the show multiple times and he frequently traveled to compete at , and we had on . This year went for the first time and did well in both the 8K and 300 meter races! I wanted to have on for his own episode to hear about his first experience flying and competing in in Kuwait. We discuss how it feels to join the , how to minimize the negative impact of long distance travel, time spent in the Middle East, competing in the 8K and 300M races, his magic motivation mirror, thoughts on hybrid races, and what’s coming up for him this year! Start – 3:52 – Intro...

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 –...

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...

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 –...

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...

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 –...

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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We have covered the Boston Run Show for the past couple years. This year, it combined with the Boston Outdoor Expo!

We weren't sure if we were going to go and cover it this year since it was later in the year than usual and events are starting up but we made the trip and booked a hotel to just cover Saturday.

Even though we just covered one day of the event we were able to get over 60 interviews causing us to split everything into part 1 and part 2 episodes. Check the time stamps below to see who we talked to for this second half!

Start – 3:24 – Intro

3:24 – 7:06 – Quick News

7:06 – 8:07 – Content Preface

8:07 – 1:17:51 - Interviews (Boston Bulldogs, Organization for Autism Research, New England Race Events, Barn to Run, Millennium Running, Appalachian Mountain Club, New England Forestry Foundation, Luke 5 Adventures, Adventures with Floki and HIKE for Mental Health, Road of Rainbows, Running for Rare, Youth Enrichment Services, Hoyt Foundation, Active Odysseys, Boston Run Show, Ruck 4 HIT, Runur, Loco Coffee, Hyperice, and Hyrox)