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362. Deka World Championships with Kevin Gregory!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Release Date: 12/11/2023

382. New England OCR Expo! (Part 2: Athletes, Speeches, and Staff) show art 382. New England OCR Expo! (Part 2: Athletes, Speeches, and Staff)

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Once again, we just had the third and it is easily the most involved Mike has been!  In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks.  This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event! We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part two you will hear from some athletes, the  speeches, and from some of the staff that made this...

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381. New England OCR Expo! (Part 1: Vendors) show art 381. New England OCR Expo! (Part 1: Vendors)

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It's the third New England OCR Expo that has been put on and it is easily the most involved Mike has been!  In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks.  This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for months, and worked to help get more vendors and sponsors out to the event! We are splitting up content from this event into two so we can have an easier week next week and Mike can focus on his own race but in this part one you will hear from the vendors (see below) We hope to get registration...

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380. Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Weekend 3 and 6 Hour Multi Lap Live Coverage! show art 380. Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Weekend 3 and 6 Hour Multi Lap Live Coverage!

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finally traveled to New York to participate in and cover ! Wanting to both support a small northeast race and get some good mileage in, 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, , , , and then recorded a personal recap while driving back to New Jersey! We highly recommend you check out an event, the put together by , and ! 0:00 – 2:45 – Intro 2:45 – 7:40 – Quick News 7:40 – 8:38 – Content...

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379. Deka Mile Live Coverage at Underdog Fitness! show art 379. Deka Mile Live Coverage at Underdog Fitness!

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Back in the day Spartan Stadium races were our favorite to both run and cover as media.  We remember seeing a large man in a clown mask doing well at most of the events that we went to.  Over more recent years has grown to be even more of a threat in the hybrid racing scene! has also become a friend of the show, as well as 's coach for about a year.  Mike vowed that his first hybrid fitness race would be at !  It took a while to get a date to fit in the schedule but and took it on despite being pretty nervous (I am not a strong man) and having back issues (likely a...

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378. How to Get Fast, Like Crazy AF Fast with Timber and Appa! show art 378. How to Get Fast, Like Crazy AF Fast with Timber and Appa!

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just a totAlly normal ePisode, Really nothIng to see here. compLetely normal! 0:00 – 6:56 – Intro 6:56 – 14:07 – Quick News 14:07 – 14:13 – Content Preface 14:13 - 15:23 - Interview with Timber and Appa 15:23 - End – Outro Next episode is planned to be coverage of the Deka Strong at Underdog Fitness, home of Kevin Gregory aka Bubbles the Clowne (well not actual home but you know what we mean)! ____ News Stories: (use code "obstacles" for $5 off) ____ Related Episodes: ____ Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton,...

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377. OCR Events Eulogy: Remembering Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, Terrain Race, and Bonefrog! show art 377. OCR Events Eulogy: Remembering Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, Terrain Race, and Bonefrog!

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We haven't done one of these episodes in a while, and we were totally okay with that! With recent changes in the industry (unfortunately most being negative), we wanted to have an episode where we share our thoughts and feelings on some events that are not with us anymore like and or have extremely unclear futures like and . The videos referenced were our , , , , , , , and so check one, two, or all of them out! 0:00 – 2:31 – Intro 2:31 – 7:54 – Quick News 7:54 – 8:25 – Content Preface 8:25 - 37:32 - Info and Memories of , , , and 37:32 - End – Outro Next episode is hopefully...

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376. Paul Lachance on 200+ Spartan Races at the Age of 82! show art 376. Paul Lachance on 200+ Spartan Races at the Age of 82!

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recently this caught 's attention for which then caught our eye for a potential episode. We were excited to reach out to him both for the impressive accomplishment, and because he represents a unique age demographic who take on OCR.  Older OCR athletes have always been inspirational to us but we haven't had an episode focus on it before. We discuss how he found obstacle course racing, , favorite and least favorite Spartan venues, medical barriers that he has pushed through in his life, how it feels to be embraced by sponsors and the community, how to , plans for the rest of the year...

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375. Alisa Petrova on Hero Race, Winning Tough Mudder Infinity AlUla, Government Games, and More! show art 375. Alisa Petrova on Hero Race, Winning Tough Mudder Infinity AlUla, Government Games, and More!

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We have been wanting to have on the show for a while now with us first reaching out to her back in December 2022 to talk about the Spartan World Championships that year!  Her being 9 hours ahead of us made it pretty difficult to plan a good time to record but it was worth recording at 5am our time to finally have her on the show! talks about how she wasn't medically allowed to engage in sports at a young age but eventually got into speed walking and later became involved with . In more recent years she has continued to prove herself to be a podium threat at many championship events...

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374. Hannah Franciosa on Teaching, Training, Jacksonville Spartan Series Race, and More! show art 374. Hannah Franciosa on Teaching, Training, Jacksonville Spartan Series Race, and More!

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This week Katelyn sat down with ! They talked about 's exerience both as a special education teacher, as well as a substitute teacher. She shares about being coached by and what a typical training week looks like for her. also discusses her experinces with completing ultras, marathons, rucks, hurricane heats, and her recent podium at the first race of the Spartan US National Series in Jacksonville!  0:00 – 3:36 – Intro 3:36 – 13:51 – Quick News 13:51 – 15:45 – Content Preface 15:45 - 56:34 - Interview 56:34 - End – Outro Next episode is maybe going to be with a Tough...

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373. Grey Betties and Roller Derby with Heather Jo Cox! show art 373. Grey Betties and Roller Derby with Heather Jo Cox!

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Another episode idea from my episode ideas list was to focus on another demographic in the sport that deserves more attention and support and to do this we had from on the show! We discuss how she found the sport, her background with roller derby as well as body building, and all about the which is a team created for 40+ year old women in sport to both create a community and help reduce intimidation at the start line! 0:00 – 5:00 – Intro 5:00 – 12:47 – Quick News 12:47 – 13:06 – Content Preface 13:06 - 46:34 -  Interview 46:34 - End – Outro Next episode is likely going to...

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This week we going hybrid and are giving some love to the Deka World Championships in Texas that happened last weekend!

While hybrid racing isn't a focus for this show or a big passion for us personally, we wanted to switch gears for a bit and hear more about this big long weekend event.

Kevin Gregory not only won the Deka Strong but also won 4 different team events with one of them creating a new world record!  He has an extensive history in obstacle course racing but has really found his niche in hybrid racing as you can hear about the first time we had him on for his own episode!

We highly recommend you watch the Live Streams of this event found on The OCR Report YouTube channel!

0:00 – 5:15 – Intro

5:15 – 15:26 – Quick News

15:26 – 16:03 – Content Preface

16:03 - 1:27:39 - Kevin Gregory Interview

1:27:39 - End – Outro

Next episode will hopefully be a Spartan World Championship interview!

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Evan Perperis Releases "The Sponsored Athlete" Book

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Hyrox Men's World Record

Hyrox Women's World Record

Deka Mile Coed World Record

Deka Strong Women Co-Champions

Deka Strong World Championship Podium: Men and Women

Spartan 3K World Championships Podium

Spartan Beast World Championships Podium: Men and Women

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301. OCR World Championships Team Relay Races and 100 Meter Finals with Elites!

309. Deka World Championships with Terra Jackson!

358. World’s Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Race Day Interviews)

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