45. World's Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler!
Release Date: 11/14/2017
351. FISO OCR World Championships with Short Course Champion Gian Maria Savani!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Admittedly, we were unsure how the first would go after their history of not being able to put on a world championship event for years. That being said the number of incredible athletes that showed up to Belgium to compete made this an incredible World Championship event! When looking through the results stood out as both the winner of the short course, runner up of the standard course, and an athlete that we didn't know as much about. We reached out to have him on the show to hear more about him and were thrilled to have him as this week's guest! We discussed how he got into...
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350. Dustin Dorough on Early Days of OCR, Mental Health, a European Motorcycle Adventure, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Many of the OCR community from back in the day remember ! Fast talker, excellent motivational speeches, and tearaway shorts ring a bell? He's worked for Spartan Race, Terrain Race, Bonefrog, and more over the years so we start off briefly touching on his history in OCR. For more of an in depth discussion though we recommend Much more recently Dustin completed an epic adventure journeying from the United Kingdom to Iraq on his motorcyle for a bunch of reasons! These ranged from getting attention from the community, seeing a friend, and more! We also have discussions...
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349. Savanna Salinas on Ninja, Staying Humble, and Winning Spartan Kid's World Championships!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Spartan Race had their Kids World Championship in the Bahamas this year but there didn't seem to be much talk about it. Athletes regardless of their age work hard to do what they do so we reached out to one of the winners of the weekend! won for the girls 12-14 age group and has a pretty impressive background in ninja! She completed her first half marathon at the age of 6 and her first triathalon at the age of 5! Despite these extensive accomplishments she remains humble and we were more than happy to have her on the show to talk about it! 0:00 – 4:48 – Intro 4:48 –...
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348. Melia Ochsner on Star Wars, American Ninja Warrior Obstacle Testing, and Winning Bonefrog!
Obstacle Running Adventures
This weekend saw the return of and we wanted to hear more about it! The winner for the women was so we quickly reached out to her! We discuss the behind-the-scenes influence she has with the obstacles from American Ninja Warrior, her opinions on Star Wars (the newly released Disney+ shows and the OG movies), her last minute decision to signup for and her strategy for racing with friends - first lap for competition and the second lap is for fun. We didn't realize it at first but we also had Melia on the show for a brief finish line interview at OCRWC's 100 meter competition last year...
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347. Lisa Musacchio on Racing Happy, Music, and Her Spartan Race Winning Streak!
Obstacle Running Adventures
is a name that has been mentioned on the show often when reviewing podiums in our quick news segment! We only more recently noticed just how dominant she has been with her winning the , , as well as the all in the past couple months! We discuss her progression as an athlete, her full time job as a teacher, thoughts on trying a Savage Race, how she uses music in her training, the importance of racing happy, what races she has left this year, and much more! 0:00 – 3:46 – Intro 3:46 – 15:02 – Quick News 15:02 – 15:35 – Content Preface 15:35 - 1:00:07 - Interview 1:00:07 - End –...
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346. Austin Azar on Grit Games, Spartan 3K, World's Toughest Mudder, and Rubix Cubes!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Another episode giving some well deserved love to ! . is an athlete that we have only met a couple of times and but we have heard great things about him over the years. We discuss his recent victory at The Grit Games, his experience at the Spartan 3K in Palmerton, being one of the few athletes to reach 100 miles at WTM back in the day, what. he does for work, and more! Also, if you want to see more of The Grit Games then ! 0:00 – 3:14 – Intro 3:14 – 7:07 – Quick News 7:07 – 7:49 – Content Preface 7:49 - 42:59 - Interview 42:59 - End – Outro Next episode we will have...
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345. Kris Rugloski on Winning The Grit Games!
Obstacle Running Adventures
just had their 6th event and this year it got a lot more eyes on it than in the past due to the increase in prize money, a stacked field of athletes, and the ability to ! has participated in each and every one of their events and has been crowned the champion every time. The additional competition this year didn't do anything to change it this year as she finished with a perfect score of 400! 0:00 – 2:51 – Intro 2:51 – 10:49 – Quick News 10:49 – 11:58 – Content Preface 11:58 - 51:35 - Interview 51:35 - End – Outro Next episode we may be doing another episode on ! ____...
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344. Angel Quintero on the Competitive Field in OCR, Glory Days of the Sport, and Pan American Championship!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Spartan didn't build much hype up around it, but the was this weekend down in Mexico! We invited to be our guest on the show as the second place finisher in the 3K and the winner of the Beast the following day. There was a lot of talk about the lack of competition in Mexico but I wanted to have the chance to have on the podcast to explain his thoughts on it! We discuss his background in the sport, the races that meant the most to him over the years, his thoughts on the state of the sport now, hopes for the future of OCR, and of course his very successful weekend! A huge thank you to ...
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343. Rachel Watters on Hannibal Race, Lionhearts 100, Savage Race Chicago, Mental Health, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures
We had member on the show for her own episode! We have heard great things about for a while before we had the opportunity to finally meet her in person when ! There was no shortage of things to talk to her about but we primarily focus on her trip to Kuwait for , done to fundraise for , her experience at the where she placed 3rd bumping her up to 4th on the overall leaderboard, as well as a discussion on mental health! 0:00 – 3:12 – Intro 3:12 – 13:40 – Quick News 13:40 – 14:15 – Content Preface 14:15 - 1:34:48 - Interview 1:34:48 - End – Outro Next episode we might be doing...
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342. Spartan Poconos 3K Audio and Interviews with Elites!
Obstacle Running Adventures
Mike and Katelyn took the drive down to Palmerton, Pennsylvania to cover the most stacked Spartan race that they have ever been to (also to visit Scranton which The Office was based on)! This was also the first time meeting a lot of these Spartan athletes and staff as well which was great because the big series races don't come to the northeast like they used to. Check below to see what athletes we had on the show and around what time to find them! 0:00 – 2:57 – Intro 2:57 – 9:53 – Quick News 9:53 – 11:38 – Content Preface 11:38 - 45:06 - Prelim 1K Heat Audio and Interviews...
info_outlineThis is a long episode but it is one full of crazy experiences. We were fortunate enough to make it to World's Toughest Mudder for the first time which is also the last year it will be in Vegas! Alex survived and beat his goal but suffered immensely during the final hours of the 24 hour race! Special thanks to the New England Spahtens for their help in the pit and on the course!
Lura and Mike completed the Rock N Roll Half Marathon on the Las Vegas Strip, both Kay and Shae ran the Mattapoisett 5k, and John participated in the YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! Be sure to listen to the end to hear how everyone did!
Next weekend we will be at:
Newburyport Harborside Half Maratbon in Newburyport, MA
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