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

Obstacle Running Adventures

Release Date: 02/20/2025

443. World's Toughest Mudder 2025 Course Walkthrough with The OCR Report! show art 443. World's Toughest Mudder 2025 Course Walkthrough with The OCR Report!

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is tomorrow at and as many of you know, this will be 's first time running it! We have been really busy with pit set up, OCR Report live stream assistance, and etc so we pivoted to a short discussion episode again, this time released as a rare early Friday release thanks to staying up late and very minimal editing! Check out the below YouTube videos for more WTM coverage! The next few weeks will be packed with  episodes so make sure you're subscribed for the best podcast coverage of this event! Start – 3:34 – Intro 3:34 – 6:11 – Quick News 6:11 – 7:04 – Content Preface...

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442. Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts! show art 442. Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts!

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is next weekend at and as many of you know, this will be 's first time running it! We have been really busy with Katelyn's last week of school, chaos at Mike's job, a wedding on Friday and our travel to England on Saturday so we pivoted to a short discussion episode! The next few weeks will be packed with episodes so make sure you're subscribed for the best podcast coverage of this event! Start – 4:30 – Intro 4:30 – 6:29 – Quick News 6:29 – 6:57 – Content Preface 6:57 – 28:51 -  Interview 28:51 – End – Outro Next weekend we are either doing the episode on the book...

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441. World's Toughest Mudder in UK Prep with Wil Chung and Fran Chiorando! show art 441. World's Toughest Mudder in UK Prep with Wil Chung and Fran Chiorando!

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is almost upon us ... which is a very strange thing to say in June since it has always been in either December or November! I met last year at WTM and discussed having him on the show to talk about the venue of Belvoir Castle since he has had a lot of experience there as a prominent member of the European TM community!  I also wanted to have on as well since she lives with an American and is hyper aware of cultural differences and knows about my interest in trying new snacks! We talk about cultural differences, some slang, travel tips, touristy things to do, food and snacks to try, , ,...

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440. Chainsaw Rick on Hildervat, Lionhearts Fitness, Cancer, and More! show art 440. Chainsaw Rick on Hildervat, Lionhearts Fitness, Cancer, and More!

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We have heard about "" for years but our paths had never crossed before with him mainly racing down south and us primarily running and covering the north.  Between him and , we figured that we should go out of our way to change that! We discuss the reason for his nickname, how he found the sport of OCR, his favorite moments in the sport, how has changed over the years, his support of and the importance of their work, how he is handling his cancer diagnosis and much more! If you're in the area, and/or ! Start – 5:00 – Intro 5:00 – 13:11 – Quick News 13:11 – 13:52 – Content...

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439. OCR Podcast Eulogy: Remembering the Dead Podcasts of Our Sport! show art 439. OCR Podcast Eulogy: Remembering the Dead Podcasts of Our Sport!

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We have done OCR eulogy episodes in the past but never a eulogy episode on OCR podcasts! Mike used his first hand experience, , and his own podcast app to find as many podcasts as he could find whether dead or alive.  He compiled the show names, descriptions, hosts, how many episodes released, date range of the show, and personal thoughts and experiences where applicable! There are well over 50 OCR podcasts discussed but apologies if we missed some.  We are a 2 person team and this took a pretty decent amount of time to put together.  See the shows mentioned in the time stamps...

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438. World's Toughest Mudder First Timer Questions with Josh Fiore! show art 438. World's Toughest Mudder First Timer Questions with Josh Fiore!

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With World's Toughest Mudder coming up soon and it being both the first time the event is taking place in Europe as well as Katelyn's first time tackling the event herself, we figured it would be a good time to both selflessly and selfishly have an episode focused on first timer questions! Josh Fiore had been answering first timer questions on the WTM First Timer facebook group so we figured that he would be a great guest due to him being knowledgeable and has shown to take time out of his day to try to help those who are preparing to take on this ultra OCR! Josh shares his experinces and...

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437. Sabrina Buhagiar on the Spartan US National Series and Preparing for Spartan Ultra and Trifecta World Championships! show art 437. Sabrina Buhagiar on the Spartan US National Series and Preparing for Spartan Ultra and Trifecta World Championships!

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We admittedly haven't had any episodes covering the US Spartan National so far this year so we looked at the third of four series races which took place in Big Bear and decided to change that! Mike first met when doing , he saw her again preparing before we started the Spartan New Jersey Ultra last month!   When he saw that she took a podium finish at a Spartan Series race he reached out to have her on the show to be a guest via an interview. We discuss her athletic background being swimming, how she found the sport of obstacle course racing, how this and the previous two series races...

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436. Charity Borne on Hybrid Racing, Inspiring Siblings, and Winning Toughest Mudder Atlanta! show art 436. Charity Borne on Hybrid Racing, Inspiring Siblings, and Winning Toughest Mudder Atlanta!

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A benefit to reviewing the podiums for a variety of races during quick news each week is that is helps us keep a finger on the pulse of the change in the elite field in the sport! A name that has popped up more frequently and especially recently with the Toughest Mudder Atlanta win was so we reached out to have her on the show and learn more about her! Hear us discuss her being one of 11 kids, her brief background in track, how she found OCR, her love for CrossFit and hybrid racing, her domination with Toughest Mudder, thoughts on WTM and more! Start – 3:30 – Intro 3:30 – 10:10 –...

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435. Joe Rucco on Hybrid Racing, Winning Toughest Mudder Atlanta, and More! show art 435. Joe Rucco on Hybrid Racing, Winning Toughest Mudder Atlanta, and More!

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When Mike was preparing to run his first Spartan Ultra he reached out to some elites to see who else would be there.  Joe Rucco explained that he was going to miss it in order to take on Toughest Mudder Atlanta ... well, he won it! We have had him on the show a few times in the past ranging from to and but we never had him on for his own episode so we reached out to change that! You'll hear him talk about how he found the sport back in 2012, his love for both hybrid racing and OCR, how he balances his family life and training, winning Toughest Mudder Atlanta, a slight injury he...

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434. Mike's First DNF and reRUN of 17. Tri-State Spartan Ultra Beast and Tri-State Spartan Beast! show art 434. Mike's First DNF and reRUN of 17. Tri-State Spartan Ultra Beast and Tri-State Spartan Beast!

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Part of being a weekly podcast and playing the role of media in a sport means that your own  athletic goals need to be put more in the background ( doing , recording and producing , heading , etc.).  That being said, there are still a couple challenges left that Mike has been wanting to take on in the sport of OCR. One of them being wanting to try a Spartan Ultra Beast for the past 8 years, now just called the Spartan Ultra. Katelyn wanted to do an episode interviewing Mike about his first Spartan Ultra experience, he figured that it wouldn’t be nearly as interesting as him doing...

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More Episodes

We have had Evan Perperis on the show multiple times and he frequently traveled to compete at Hannibal Race, and we had Rachel Watters on to talk about her first time traveling and competing at the event.  This year Christian Brown-Johnson went for the first time and did well in both the 8K and 300 meter races!

I wanted to have CBJ on for his own episode to hear about his first experience flying and competing in Hannibal Race in Kuwait.  We discuss how it feels to join the MudGear Hannibal Race Pro Team, 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

3:52 – 9:57 – Quick News

9:57 – 10:34 – Content Preface

10:34 – 1:03:37 - Christian Brown-Johnson Interview

1:03:37 – End – Outro

Next weekend we plan to go and cover the first Deka Atlas event at Underdog Fitness

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