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

Release Date: 05/18/2026

495. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 1: Pit Set Up Interviews, and Course Briefing Audio)

Obstacle Running Adventures

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 1 of 4 of our WTM coverageand it focuses on everything on Friday before the start of the event weekend! A few interviews with the Tough Mudder Community, a short announcement, an update on Katelyn's race registration, and the course breifing announcements! Part 2 will be race weekend interviews from athletes, pit crew, and volunteers! Part 3 will focus on the brunch, and part 4 will be the bar crawl! Start – 3:18 – Intro 3:18 – 5:50...

494. Grant Thompson on Scotland, UKOCR Endurance Series, World's Toughest Mudder, and More!

Obstacle Running Adventures

In preparation for this year's World's Toughest Mudder we had Scottish elite Grant Thompson on the show! We talk about how he found the sport of obstacle course racing, making the switch to run age group and eventually elite, and his history at World's Toughest Mudder! We discuss his country of Scotland, the takeover of Boston, and places worth checking out if you plan to make the trip to Scotland from the venue! He also gives his thoughts on the UKOCR Endurance Series, advice for those taking on WTM at Belvoir Castle, and his own goals for this year! Be sure to , cheer him on as he passes...

493. Mike's First Hyrox Experience and Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We were on vacation in Colorado busy exploring Denver, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs and didn't have time for an interview. Instead, Mike and Katelyn do a post race and pre race discussion for New York Hyrox and World's Toughest Mudder respectively! Mike wasn't content with last week's episode in that he didn't get to talk much about his first Hyrox experience after the event and didn't want it tied to premium Patreon content as was teased in the post credit audio of that episode. We also thought that it would be interesting to revisit the ! Start – 3:42 – Intro 3:42 – 7:12 –...

492. Hyrox New York City 2026 with Vendors and Athletes!

Obstacle Running Adventures

This was supposed to be just a race day and not a media day but our potential guest for this weekend needed to reschedule and honestly somtimes Mike can't help himself in doing interviews! This was his first event that he had ever gone to and he ran doubles with from ! You'll hear some of Mike's thoughts on the Hyrox event in NYC, many interviews with vendors, and a few conversations with athletes before he needed to pick up his registration. Start – 5:55 – Intro 5:55 – 8:39 – Quick News 8:39 – 11:43 – Content Preface 11:43 – 41:40 - Vendor Interviews (, , , , , , , and )...

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...

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Since there is a lot of traveling coming up for us soon we ended up not going to cover Newbsanity’s Mud Gauntlet like we wanted but we reached out to the women’s winner to talk about it!

Jessica Carson 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 Mud Gauntlet!

It isn’t often that someone outside of the Newbsanity 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 Obstacle Wonderland, being a mom of two, and much more!

Start – 3:14 – Intro

3:14 – 6:15 – Quick News

6:15 – 6:52 – Content Preface

6:52 – 1:00:54 - Jessica Carson Interview

1:00:54 – End – Outro

Next weekend may be an episode on the Spartan Big Bear Beast or whatever else we can cover before Mike leaves on his conference trip!

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