Obstacle Racing Media Podcast

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The 2 Ryans - In 3D

Ryan Atkins and Ryan Woods come back again. This time to discuss the West Virginia Championship, the upcoming Spartan Tahoe Championship, closing the gap on the best men and women in OCR, and much more.

Coach Muscle Nugget

Brittany came to town for a "girls weekend" with two of her clients. Those 2 women happen to be my wife and her best friend. Both Melissa and Stacie have received life changing benefits after having multiple children while working with Coach B. We sat down on my front porch to discuss the what it takes to overcome mental and physical obstacles to get your mind and body right. Sensitive ears alert! Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Wetsuit Wearhouse – It's getting to be crunch time for World's Toug...

Joe Di - The Beef About Bags and Buckets.

Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM for 10 percent off all 2018 races!

OCR Roundtable with Matt, Heather, and Mike

BeLive - 9/3/18 with Heather, Matt and Mike Obstacle racing discussion with Matt B. Davis – Obstacle Racing Media Podcast Heather Bode – Overcome and Run Podcast Mike Stefano – Obstacle Running Adventures Podcast Topics Include : Terrain Race safety and viability. Spartan Race sandbag controversy. Burpees vs obstacle completion and more. This was recorded live on Facebook using BeLive on 9/3/18.

Rugged Maniac Acquisition Interview

Rugged Maniac sold a majority stake in it's company to New Media/Gatehouse live. Cofounder Rob Dickens answers questions on the news and the future plans for Rugged Maniac and future acquisitions.

Joe Desena - Quick Update

Spartan CEO Joe Desena on Hawaii, his new book, Tahoe, and World Domination.

Rugged Maniac Atlanta 2018

A day at Conyers, Georgia Horse Park with a parade of voices from the festival area. Tretsch - The Grey Berets Carly Force Shannon Uden Jason McNulty Brad "Frosty" Frost Yuri Force Jared Franklin Nick Pelliccia Julie Wolff - OCR Addix Amy Lindenfelzer - Rugged Maniac Sean White - Dirty Work Ent. Charley Harper ( ran the H9 50 Miler ) Jaxson and River Davis Thorne Family - Anytime Fitness - Opielika, AL Miguel and Jenny Maldonado Wes "Big Daddy" Blake The Crew from Sleepwalker/Red Dawn Energy Tod...

Lindsay Webster

Lindsay Webster just got back from sweeping the NORAM OCR Championships . She won the 3k, 15k , and team championships. On today's podcast we talks about: Winning when it counts. Drug testing in OCR. Being under rated. Why World's Toughest Mudder is NOT her favorite. Coming out of the shadow of being "Ryan's girlfriend". Having the eye of the tiger. Globe trotting this year and in 2019 Plus: More earworms! Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Wetsuit Wearhouse – Save 15% using coupon code ORM15 on al...

Gooey Gooey Garfield

Garfield made his own races before working for multiple OCR companies, and eventually landing with Spartan Race. Let's learn about what happened before that... Casino dealer? Club DJ? Arms dealer? Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM for 10 percent off all 2018 races! Show Notes: Garfield and Carl Garfield 2012...

Salty Hunter

Hoonter talks TMX, OCR broadcasters, and more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Hunter's Salty Nuts.

Eric Schranz - Ultrarunner Podcast

Eric runs a website and podcast about everything in the ultra running world. Like not just the big names and/or big gear etc. So he's sort of the Obstacle Racing Media of the Ultra world. Except that he came first, so I am the OCR Eric Schranz. Anyhow, we had a cool chat about similarities and differences, and whatever else came to mind about OCR and Ultra. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: runragnar.com Enter code ORM18ALL for $60 OFF any 2018 Ragnar Relay Show Notes: Ultrarunner podcast...

Spartan Utah Preview with Garfield Griffiths

Race Director Type Person Garfield Griffiths comes on to answer some questions about The Utah Spartan Course taking place this weekend. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rehband - Pain is part of the game, but Rehband has the products to protect and get you past the finish line.”

Behind The Video with Josh Chace and John Donnelly

Josh Chace makes great post race videos for Obstacle Racing Media. John Christon makes great protein bar/food review videos for ORM as well. I like both of these guys a lot, let's get them on the horn and chat for a few. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Orange Mud - Innovative products that work just as well for the elite runner as the person at the back of the pack! Show Notes: Recent John Video Recent Josh Video...

Kyoul Cha

Meeting Matt doing burpees in Temecula 2014. Becoming a wildland "hot shot" firefighter. Working as a Spartan Endurance leader. Creating innovative events Three Elements Endurance and Firefighter Fit Endurance. Much more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: runragnar.com Enter code ORM18ALL for $60 OFF any 2018 Ragnar Relay Trail or Street Series Show Notes: The Three Elements Endurance Firefighter Fit Endurance...

Jon Albon – OCR Euros and Tougher UK

Jon Albon on the recent European OCR World Championships, Tougher Mudder UK, and the rest of 2018. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Savage Race : New obstacles, new locations, new syndicate medal. Check them out at Savage Race.com Show Notes: Jon's blog Jon on Strava

OCR European Championships 2018

Ami Sawran from Mudstacle and Sebastian David talk about their experience at the European OCR Championships. We cover how the race went down, what they thought of the course and the controversies that occurred. This episode will serve as an educator to the European OCR scene. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM for 10 percent off all 2018 races! Show Notes: OCR European Champs Some video of the event co hosted by Ami...

US National Championships of Obstacle Course Racing

A lengthy interview with Jamie Monroe, vice chair for USAOCR. The organization knows as USAOCR is putting on a national championship event in December in Chula Vista, California. We do go over a good bit of "How we got here" on today's episode, however, here is some additional reading/listening either before or after you listen today for further context. March 2017 - Podcast with Tim Sinnett, the media contact at USAOCR at the time. May 2017 - Article by McCauley Kraker recapping the first ever ...

Joe Desena Million Dollar Spartan Championship Challenge

Win 3 Spartan Championship Races (and get 100 miles in Iceland) and you can win 1 million dollars. Joe DeSena from Spartan Race comes on the podcast to talk about the three Spartan Championship races in Tahoe, Sparta, and Iceland. He explains his logic behind the challenge, how he got an insurance company to back it, and more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rehband - Pain is part of the game, but Rehband has the products to protect and get you past the finish line.” Show Notes: Spartan Million ...

The Two Ryans - Part Two

Ryan Atkins and Ryan Woods come back for another episode of The Two Ryans. We discuss: Should one be allowed to bring a sock stuffed in your shorts to help you do obstacles? Redefining success in OCR. Sponsored posts. Spartan US Championships points stuff. Hair styles and general grooming at the start line. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Ragnar Relay and Ragnar Trail Series runragnar.com Enter code ORM18ALL for $60 OFF any 2018 Ragnar Relay Show Notes: Become a Patron!...

Tough Mudder X 2018 Part Two

*Be sure to watch Tough Mudder X, this Summer on CBS July 14, 21 and 28. 1pm EST So set your DVRs now. The onsite interviews continue from Part One . We spoke with even more athletes for Semi Final and Final rounds of 2018 Tough Mudder X. Grant McCartney Neil "Crazy" Craver Dylan Miraglia Scott Panchik Hunter McIntyre Orla Walsh Matt Kempson Kimberlee Dekrey Patrick Vellner Lauren Weeks Corinna Coffin Emma Chapman Then we hop on a call with Yancy Culp to get his take and wrap it all up. Todays P...

Tough Mudder X 2018 Part One

Tough Mudder X took place on Friday June 8, 2018. We got so much content that TMX 2018 will be one of those “2 parters from live events” that you have come to know and appreciate from ORM. Today’s episode starts Rich Abend, who we spoke to the evening before TMX began. Rich is the Vice President of Global Partnerships for Tough Mudder. He sat down to discuss his long career with health and wellness brands, plus what he and TMHQ are up to this year and beyond. Then the Friday athlete interviews b...

Episode 300 - Refuse To Lose

The "Matt B. Davis Runs" Podcast was born on BlogTalkRadio on Monday July 2, 2012. I did not have any podcast recording or editing tools and had zero clue what I was doing. Someone must have told me about BlogTalk and I figured out this super basic platform. I knew that I could play an intro song, have people call in to the show in the middle, and play a song at the end for an outro. That's as much as I could do, so I gave it a shot. In the first few weeks of the show, I realized that there was ...

Deanna Brasz

Deanna Brasz appears on the show for the first time. We talked at length after her 2nd place Philly Tougher performance and discussed growing up on a Canadian fruit farm, NAAP, her OCR career, and handling depression. April Hartwig called in today to discuss her 3rd place finish at Chicago Toughest, what she's been up to, and how she's changed since we last spoke. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Orange Mud - Innovative products that work just as well for the elite runner as the person at the bac...

The Two Ryans

Ryan Atkins and Ryan Woods came on to discuss the US Spartan Championship Series . That took about 5 minutes, somewhere towards the end of the episode. So the rest is bad impressions, song clips we didn't pay royalties for, and other random information. Enjoy! Todays Podcast is sponsored by: No one. So donate to the patreon! Show Notes: The Hit Parade Podcast...

Live from The Red Bull 400

May 12, 2018. Ironwood, Michigan. The Red Bull 400 Live interviews with: Andreas Berger , John Heilig Anna Moi, Katie Kubont, Jennifer Chaudoir Jared Shumate, Ian Torchia, Matt Lipsey, Kevin Bickner Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Savage Race: The perfect distance. The best obstacles. Plus the all new Savage Blitz! Show Notes: ORM’s Red Bull 400 video Results/Photos from Ironwood, MI Red Bull 400...

Ryan and Lindsay get VO2 Max Tests.

HumanN (makers of Beet Elite), sent Ryan and Lindsay Atkins to have their VO2 Max tested. Lindsay took questions from the OCR community about those tests, and we attempted to answer them here. Spoiler Alert: We also learn about the law of diminishing returns! Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Ragnar Relay and Ragnar Trail Series runragnar.com Enter code ORM18ALL for $60 OFF any 2018 Ragnar Relay Show Notes: Law of Diminishing Returns...

Jamie Lesk - Getting Real About Food

Jamie Lesk comes on the show to get real about her yo yo of overweight to underweight and back, before finally learning to get strong and accepting wherever she is. We also talk a ton about eating. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Wetsuit Wearhouse – Save 15% using coupon code ORM15 on all purchases. Show Notes: Jamie on Instagram...

Faye Stenning

Faye Stenning checks in on 2018 goals, not being on the Spartan Pro Team, new sponsors, going to Asia, and much more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Orange Mud - Innovative products that work just as well for the elite runner as the person at the back of the pack! Show Notes: Faye Stenning Athlinks

KrakerWoods

Brakken Kraker and Ryan Woods come on the program to discuss: The legacy of Reebok Shoes. Brakken's CitiField Stadium barn burner. College running careers. Who's the real OCR "World Champion"? Where's McCauley. So much more. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Rugged Maniac – Use Code ORM10 for 10 percent off all 2018 races! Show Notes: Marathon Chiropractic LeaderBoard Fit...