367. Garfield Griffiths on Cigars, Bacon, and His History of Race Directing!
Release Date: 01/15/2024
429. Bermuda Triple Challenge with Michael Kantor and Shannon Woodill!
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Many years ago we remember the being advertized on 's When we found out that a friend was doing it this year, we were surprised to realize that it was still around! This friend was who went down to take on the events with his girlfriend . We figured that if we didn't know it was still around then many others wouldn't as well, so we decided to have them on show to talk about it! We talk about their background in the sport, the island of Bermuda, the 3 different events, unique obstacles, what cause the races supported, additional things to do while on the island, and much more!...
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428. "Sober Up: Spartan Style" with Author Tara Pipia, Ph.D.!
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"If we want more books written about the sport, we need to buy books written about the sport" is a phrase that Mike and many others have repeated for years regarding OCR! Due to this we have had a few authors on the show ranging from to ! reached out to us about her book "Sober Up: Spartan Style" which was published in December of last year! As described on the website, the book "sheds light on how Spartan Race and DEKA, Spartan’s partner sport, have reconnected individuals with themselves and others, particularly after struggling with substance misuse....
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427. Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo! (Part 2)
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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...
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426. Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo! (Part 1)
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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...
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425. The First DEKA ATLAS with Underdog Fitness!
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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 –...
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424. Christian Brown-Johnson on Hannibal Race, Hybrid Racing, His Magic Mirror, and More!
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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...
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423. Winning West Coast Spartans, Carrying Kayaks, Wolf’s Den and More with Chloe Melikian!
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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 –...
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422. reRun of 4. Blizzard Blast with Fred Smith!
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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...
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421. The Disney Dopey Challenge with Sarah Hetzel!
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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 –...
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420. Accountability Corner with Darren Martin, Morgan Maxwell, and Chris Shipley!
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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...
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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