367. Garfield Griffiths on Cigars, Bacon, and His History of Race Directing!
Release Date: 01/15/2024
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)
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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...
info_outlineWe are very proud of the number of guests that we have had on the show over the years. A big name in the sport of obstacle course racing that we hadn't gotten around to yet was Garfield Griffiths though!
With the news of him no longer being a race director over at Spartan Race, effectively ending his 12 year old career of race directing for brands such as Battlefrog, Savage Race, OCRWC, and Spartan itself, we figured that it would be a good time to reach out and have him on!
We talk about the changes that he has seen in the sport over the years, lessons learned in race directing, favorite race venues, his love for cigars and bacon, and how his position in the company has changed.
We also discuss fun facts like him being the creator of Savage Race's "Wheel World" obstacle and what he wanted to call it, his history of spinning recorrds at the first ever Ultra EDM show, and how he started a Facebook group for dad jokes that now has 45 thousand members.
0:00 – 3:27 – Intro
3:27 – 4:58 – Quick News
4:58 – 5:37 – Content Preface
5:37 - 1:00:30 - Garfield Griffiths Interview
1:00:30 - End – Outro
Next episode will hopefully be an athlete who we have had an eye on for months!
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I Am A Spartan Podcast's Episode 154 with Garfield Griffiths!!
The OCRWC's Podcast's Season 3 / Episode 10 – Garfield Griffiths
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