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426. Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo! (Part 1)

Obstacle Running Adventures

Release Date: 03/04/2025

451. Spartan US National Series, World's Toughest Mudder, and More with Mike Strobel! show art 451. Spartan US National Series, World's Toughest Mudder, and More with Mike Strobel!

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It took quite a bit of rescheduling but we were finally able to have  on the show! We talk about his background in sport, thoughts and experiences with adventure and hybrid racing, success with both the  Spartan US National Series, World's Toughest Mudder, and more! Be sure to follow as he prepares for the Spartan Trifecta World Championship and more! Start – 4:29 – Intro 4:29 – 12:03 – Quick News 12:03 – 12:30 – Content Preface 12:30 – 58:31 - 58:31 – End – Outro Next weekend we will be either the long awaited book interview or a guest that I was interested in...

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450. New England Spartan Super, Sprint, and Teddy Bear Crawl 2025! show art 450. New England Spartan Super, Sprint, and Teddy Bear Crawl 2025!

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Back to Barre, MA yet again!  With the venue being used for , , , and , we have gone to over 20 obstacle races there now! This trip we covered the event weekend with some finish line interviews from the Super on Saturday as well as the and Sprint on Sunday.  We also interviewed some of the vendors that took the time to come out to the event. See time stamps below to see who we talked to! Start – 6:04 – Intro 6:04 – 10:07 – Quick News 10:07 – 10:45 – Content Preface 10:45 – 30:16 - Spartan Super Interviews ( and , , , , , Jennifer Cannata) 30:16 - 59:29 - Vendor...

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449. World’s Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 5: Giles Chater) show art 449. World’s Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 5: Giles Chater)

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Just like the course prior to midnight, you thought you knew what was in store for you for our  coverage this year!  However the COO of Tough Mudder and Spartan makes an appearance similar to the Killa Gorilla reveal!  Idk, still workshopping that comparitive joke. answers questions related to staff pressure, course set up, obstacle changes, penalty difficulty, and much more WTM related questions as well as some comments related to owed prize money, the Spartan Ultra World Championship location, and maybe OCRWC? Prior to this actual final part of our coverage this...

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448. Multiple Sclerosis and Spartan Para Championship with Amy Haskell! show art 448. Multiple Sclerosis and Spartan Para Championship with Amy Haskell!

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After hearing ’s I figured that it would be really cool to hear from an athlete who plans to participate! Katelyn brought up who we met along with her husband Andy through working on the New England OCR Expo Katelyn talks with Amy Haskell, who is getting ready to participate in the Spartan Para Championship! Amy shares how she has built a team of incredible and supportive athletes to suport her during the championship, and shares about the everyday challenges she faces as an adaptive athlete. Start – 6:12 – Intro 6:12 – 11:21 – Quick News 11:21 – 12:23 – Content Preface 12:23...

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447. Jeff Moulton on Body Building, Performance Coaching, and Force Fitness Gym! show art 447. Jeff Moulton on Body Building, Performance Coaching, and Force Fitness Gym!

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I had a few things planned that didn’t work out yet but I went through my episode plans and bumped a future episode idea up earlier. I have wanted to have  on the show for his own episode because our paths have crossed at the , WTM, and Spartan New Jersey Ultra!  He seems like a great guy and I wanted to learn more about him, his history of body building, and hear about his performance training. When he became the owner of a gym in Connecticut it gave us all the more reason to have him on the show to hear how things are  going with his big change! , check out , as well as !...

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446. World's Toughest Mudder 2025 (Part 4: Bar Crawl Interviews) show art 446. World's Toughest Mudder 2025 (Part 4: Bar Crawl Interviews)

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is more than just the event itself, it continues to the Champion's Brunch run by TMHQ as well as the bar crawl put together by the community on Monday as well! This episode covers the bar crawl with interviews with 15 members of the community as well as some drunk chaos in between! Check out these YouTube videos for more WTM 2025 coverage! The next 1-2 weeks will be packed with episodes so make sure you're subscribed for the best podcast coverage of this event! Start – 7:32 – Intro 7:32 – 17:58 – Quick News 17:58 – 18:35 – Content Preface 18:35 – 1:58:15 - Interviews (, ,...

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445. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 3: British Brunch Interviews and Audio) show art 445. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 3: British Brunch Interviews and Audio)

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is more than just the event itself, it continues to the Champion's Brunch run by TMHQ as well as the bar crawl put together by the community on Monday as well! This episode covers the brunch with interviews with 25 members of the community and audio from the hour and a half ceremony with the removal of a lot of the clapping and lulls in between! Check out these YouTube videos for more WTM 2025 coverage! The next 1-2 weeks will be packed with episodes so make sure you're subscribed for the best podcast coverage of this event! Start – 2:59 – Intro 2:59 – 7:59 – Quick News 7:59...

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444. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 2: Event Day Audio, Interviews, and Katelyn's Pit Audio) show art 444. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 2: Event Day Audio, Interviews, and Katelyn's Pit Audio)

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has found a great home at and as many of you know, this was 's first time running it! Episodes with lap by lap pit audio have been a listener favorite feature for the past 8 1/2 years of the show (, , , , etc.) and as soon as  registered for this in November, I knew that we would do it again! In addition to the audio of her experience I also did some interviews with athletes before the race as well as interviews with almost every volunteer on course and some athletes out on course in the middle of the night (1:30am-6am) helping, walking, or running! Check out these YouTube videos...

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443. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 1: Course Walkthrough with The OCR Report) show art 443. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 1: 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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We have covered the Boston Run Show for the past couple years.  This year, it combined  with the Boston Outdoor Expo!

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 Preface

6:44 – 1:27:56 - Interviews (Run2Run, Tick Togs, Merrimack Company, Splash Maps, Owl Skills, Jereko GearMind Body Snacks, Bullmoose Softgoods, Mixed Up Foods, Sucker Punch Pickes, Matt Champness Art, Fitt Safe, Doug Flutie Jr Foundation, Achilles, Soldier Solutions, Friends of the Blue Hills, Charles Street Family Chiropractic, Scott DeDeo, Alzheimer's Association, Pumpkin Man Triathalon and Running Festival, Running Peas, Butt Napkins, Max Performance, and Trail Animals Running Club)

1:27:56 – End – Outro

Next weekend we will release the second half of our coverage of the Boston Run Show and Outdoor Expo

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