Biggest event of the year for us and we will be splitting this into a 3 parter! This is the first time we have split something up so much but what can I say, we went super hard! Do not panic about the length of this episode! This second part will have about 50 minutes of audio from the 4 hour brunch award ceremony (Mike trimmed it down to just the good stuff)! Following that will be about 2 hours and 15 minutes with awesome people in the Tough Mudder community at the brunch and bar crawl! 0 - 2:...
Nov 25, 2019•3 hr 14 min
Biggest event of the year for us and we will be splitting this into a 3 parter! This is the first time we have split something up so much but what can I say, we went super hard! This first part will have Katelyn, patron supporter Mark Duplessis, and Davis and Chace co-host Josh Chace discussing how their hot lap went and speculated how the course will go for the full 24 hour event. Following that you'll hear Javier Escobar (spoiler: who ended up getting 3rd place!) planning out his race with his...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 48 min
Mike and Katelyn spent just about all day at Fenway Park to cover the elite's race in the morning (check out our Instagram highlight!), interview most of the top finishers, hang out with a lot of the humble elites and other fun people, and eventually run the course ourselves later that day! 0 - 2:37 - Intro 2:37 - 5:35 - News 5:15 - 5:35 - Content Preface 5:35 - 51:35 - Elites 51:35 - end - Outro Spartan Ultra World Championship Results New Addiction: The Story of Jesse Bruce Spartan's 2020 Cour...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Katelyn and Mike went down to New Jersey for a wedding! This was perfect timing as Mike had wanted to go to Vernon, NJ for the Tri-State Spartan Super which is the final race in the Mountain Series this year! He was able to see a lot of familiar faces and meet a few more! 0 - 2:35 - Intro 2:35 - 7:02 - News 7:02 - 7:57 - Content Preface 7:57 - 19:39 - Vendors 19:39 - 40:14 - Elites 40:14 - end - Outro New York City Marathon Results Cassandra Ohman Engagement Newbsanity Takes 4th at Platinum Rig ...
Nov 04, 2019•46 min
Sunday morning Mike woke up and ventured down to Rhode Island to run the FIT Frills Trail Multilap Event, and Katelyn headed up to The Great Pumpkin Challenge at Eagle Obstacles! Katelyn was able to interview the co-owners of Eagle Obstacles to chat about their permanent obstacle course and the events that they host on the weekend! 0 - 3:40 - Intro 3:40 - 14:10 - News 14:10 - 15:33 - Content Preface 15:33 - 55:43 - Eagle Obstacles Interview 55:43 - 1:00:38 - Mike's Recap of FIT Frills Trail Mult...
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Mike and Katelyn took a road-trip down to New Jersey, so Mike could earn his 9x Tough Mudder Headband (this was WTM will be his 10th)! In addition to running a lap of the classic Tough Mudder, Mike interviewed the elites from the Tougher Mudder wave as well as some vendors! 0 - 2:53 - Intro 2:53 - 6:43 - News 6:43 - 7:58 - Content Preface 7:58 - 24:06 - Tougher Interviews 24:06 - 32:30 - Vendors 32:30 - 34:44 - Mike's Recap 34:44 - end - Outro OCRWC Results Toughest West Results Secret Link Ever...
Oct 21, 2019•42 min
Nancy and Kay both ran the Chicago Marathon and once we were able to figure out the timing of a call we were able to have Nancy call in to talk about it! Massive congrats to all the other runners that crushed their marathon PR, or just finished the event in general! 0 - 4:26 - Intro 4:26 - 5:40 - News 5:40 - 6:39 - Content Preface 6:39 - 37:55 - Nancy Interview 38:10 - 40:20 - New England Half Marathon Recap (Redone) 40:20 - end - Outro Marathon While Pulling a BMW Matt B Davis Boston Marathon F...
Oct 16, 2019•47 min
Originally wanted to have a low key episode covering the Houghton's Pond Trail Race that I ran and have Jason from OCR Talk call in about his Savage Race Experience in Texas but instead we finally followed through with an idea that I wanted to do for months! Hear about who Javier thinks are the best looking athletes in the sport of OCR, music recommendations, stories of his mother's immigration, and what his favorite Pokemon is! Also we have no connection with "First We Feast" or "Hot Ones", jus...
Oct 07, 2019•58 min
Mike couldn't pick between Bridgewater Police 5k (6th annual event and never missed one) or Rugged Maniac (favorite short course OCR and top 3 overall) so he did the only thing that could be done ... both! He ran BPD 5k at 9 in the morning and then immediately drove 2 hours to Southwick, MA for Rugged Maniac so content for the former is scarce. He did spend about 4 hours at Rugged Maniac to talk to all sorts of awesome people though so enjoy! 0 - 3:25 - Intro 3:25 - 8:40 - News 8:40 - 9:27 - Con...
Sep 29, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Angela ventured out to Barre, MA to take on both events at Bonefrog, the challenge lap and the sprint lap! This is was Angela's third year running Bonefrog and although she loves the obstacles, she does have some critiques about the event. However, this year we are prepared for hate mail! 0 - 3:49 - Intro 3:49 - 8:27 - News 8:27 - 9:00 - Content Preface 9:00 - 38:17 - Angela's Recap 38:17 - end - Outro Asthma Peak Week OCR vs. CrossFit No Sunday Savage Races Lucian Got Married! Shannon also got ...
Sep 23, 2019•43 min
With Mike still busy with house renovations and Katelyn participating in a bachelorette party in New Jersey we really didn't have time to go and cover any races. If only there was another podcaster that we are friends with who has a show focused on Spartan Race who came up from Georgia to do Killington ... Yup we had Scott "The Fayne" Knowles on to talk about his second Killington Ultra experience and more! 0 - 2:45 - Intro 2:45 - 8:30 - News 8:30 - 9:43 - Content Preface 9:43 - 52:08 - Scott "T...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Mike takes a break from renovating his new home, to travel down to Rhode Island to run a lap of Thrive Outside in the Mud! This event was run by Lynn Hall (does that name sound familiar?) she is the owner of BoldRDash! Lynn partnered with the non-profit company Thrive Outside, which helps build outdoor learning spaces and nature play areas in the out in the local community. 0 - 2:53 - Intro 2:53 - 6:04 - News 6:04 - 6:53 - Content Preface 6:53 - 10:45 - Vendors 10:45 - 47:00 - Brooke from Thrive...
Sep 10, 2019•32 min
By going to a bunch of the Colonial Road Runner summer fun runs, Mike was able to meet Nancy's running coach Charlie. When Mike realized that Charlie was about to face off against the Death Race for the second time, he knew that he needed to have him on the show! Enjoy hearing from a badass that took on such a crazy event and plans to return! 0 - 3:48 - Intro 3:48 - 9:38 - News 9:38 - 10:24 - Content Preface 10:24 - 47:00 - Charles on the Death Race 47:00 - end - Outro Matt B Davis Mile Run Teac...
Sep 02, 2019•55 min
Katelyn needed to go to California for work so Mike made it a weekend trip and guess what ... we found a race! San Francisco was an amazing place! Great weather, nice people, and it made for a great Bridge to Bridge 12k! 0 - 3:36 - Intro 3:36 - 8:13 - News 8:13 - 9:12 - Content Preface 9:12 - 11:16 - Vendors 11:16 - 17:20 - Angela Melchiori 17:20 - 24:21 - Recap 24:21 - end - Outro Our North American OCR Championship 15k Video West Virginia Results The Bangers Only Podcast Secret Link Bridge to ...
Aug 26, 2019•29 min
This episode not only has part two of our North American OCR Championships content but also a decent amount from Boston's Terrain Race! First off you'll hear from men's relay teams (we missed coed and women teams because I needed to do my own relay), then you'll hear from the awesome race MC Justin Manning from Medal Addict! Angela and Jimmie will follow that who discuss the 15k and our relay experience. After that you'll hear Katelyn's thoughts on how she felt that the charity 7k went! For Terr...
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 36 min
Mike, Angela, Jimmie, and Jason completed all 4 events at North American OCR Championships! You'll hear from us (minus Jason, be sure to listen to OCR talk!), elites, age group winners, other awesome people, and a malamute! Massive thank you to everyone who took the time to talk to us both on and off the mic, it was awesome seeing so many great people all in one weekend! 0 - 3:31 - Intro 3:31 - 6:13 - News 6:13 - 8:47 - Content Preface 8:47 - 29:00 - Friday Interviews 29:00 - 45:20 - Team Recap ...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 45 min
Mike and Katelyn ventured down to Grisworld Connecticut, for two of Katelyn's favorite things: sunflowers and ice cream! Oh yeah, they also ran a 6k there! 0 - 2:23 - Intro 2:23 - 3:57 - News 3:57 - 6:12 - Content Preface 6:12 - 17:22 - Team Experience 17:22 - 25:17 - Vendors 25:17 - end - Outro Ultra Running Memes are No More Warrior Dash is Gone Forever Secret Link Kitty Harbor Tackle the Trail Griswold Sunflower 6k OCR Discord (where people congratulate you for buying a house!) Next weekend M...
Aug 06, 2019•31 min
Jimmie and Angela conquer almost 2,000 feet of elevation at Tough Mountain Challenge at Sunday River in Maine! Jimmie calls in to talk about how he feels the event went, if he plans to return, and what type of weekend warrior would enjoy it most! 0 - 2:54 - Intro 2:54 - 4:53 - News 4:53 - 5:33 - Content Preface 5:33 - 21:14 - Jimmie on Tough Mountain Challenge 21:14 - end - Outro Kyle McLaughlin Promoted to CEO of Tough Mudder Terrain Cancels NY Venue Jason Mosel at Veteran Suicide Summit Tokyo ...
Jul 29, 2019•27 min
Mike and Katelyn drove down to New Jersey to run and cover Muckfest MS! Unfortunately, we got a cancellation text message while we were driving down. Mike then planned to pivot and cover Tough Mudder Long Island, but that was also cancelled due to the extreme heat. Then when all hope was lost (because Mike also didn't pack his mic to do phone interviews), Juan Carlos Correa stepped up and said that he could talk to some people at FIT for us! Thank you again, Juan! 0 - 2:23 - Intro 2:23 - 5:50 - ...
Jul 22, 2019•40 min
Oh yeah, we are about to get Savage this episode! Elites, vendors, friends, and sometimes a mix of those! You'll hear from elites and a few other familiar faces on Saturday. Following that will be a few vendors, Matty T the Savage Race MC and lastly will be interviews from Sunday's Blitz! 0 - 3:18 - Intro 3:18 - 8:30 - News 8:30 - 10:48 - Content Preface 10:48 - 57:08 - Savage Interviews 57:08 - 1:12:48 - Matty T & Vendors 1:12:48 - 1:22:18 - Blitz Interviews 1:22:18 - end - Outro Amelia Boo...
Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 28 min
This is likely the closest that you will ever get to us having a football episode because we covered a run at Gillette Stadium! Mike went to the expo the day before in order to pick up his bib and get vendor interviews. The following day Katelyn was able to talk to a few runners and more vendors. We have a contact for next time which will allow us to be on the field for interviews! 0 - 2:53 - Intro 2:53 - 5:41 - News 5:41 - 6:53 - Content Preface 6:53 - 40:15 - Tom & Vendors 40:15 - 48:55 - ...
Jul 07, 2019•56 min
Mike set out to run Tougher Mudder (Tough Mudder's timed lap) in order to be one step closer to earning his Holy Grail after WTM! He was able to talk to a bunch of elites, a ruff mudder competitor's human, and a couple awesome vendors! Lastly is Mike's recap the day after since the storm ruined any chances of hearing from members of the team Shon, Geno, Kay, Alex, and friends after the event! 0 - 2:52 - Intro 2:52 - 6:54 - News 6:54 - 9:38 - Content Preface 9:38 - 10:15 - Podium Audio 10:15 - 24...
Jun 30, 2019•51 min
Katelyn is on family vacation and Mike was busy babysitting and trying to relax for the weekend but the show must go on! We have Angela call in to talk about her experience at Savage Race in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania. Great venue to check out and awesome race! 0 - 3:13 - Intro 3:13 - 11:08 - News 11:08 - 11:45 - Content Preface 11:45 - 30:03 - Angela's Savage Race Recap 30:03 - end - Outro Gabriele Grunwald Dies at 32 Jason Mosel Goes After 888k in 2020 Podcast Shirt Payment Link Join Patreon...
Jun 24, 2019•38 min
While out on a walk Mike and Katelyn stumbled upon a Relay for Life Event! We were fortunate enough to talk to Brittney who helped organize this event as well as 3 other Relay for Life events in the area. Following that interview you'll hear from several other team members who fundraised and pledged to walk the overnight! Lastly there is audio from the Luminaria ceremony which is a very emotional moment of the event 0 - 2:25 - Intro 2:25 - 4:47 - News 4:47 - 5:13 - Content Preface 5:13 - 19:10 -...
Jun 16, 2019•54 min
We took it easy this weekend with a Color Run that was about 10 minutes away from Katelyn's apartment! Hear from a bunch of vendors like Hippeas, Cricket Wireless, Redd Bar, and many more! After that will be a recap of the run itself with quite a few questions about Angela and Jimmie's first triathlon last weekend! 0 - 2:09 - Intro 2:09 - 8:48 - News 8:48 - 10:28 - Content Preface 10:28 - 23:58 - Vendors 23:58 - 43:21 - Recaps 43:21 - end - Outro Nike Plus Sized Mannequins Enduro Results ERock A...
Jun 09, 2019•53 min
After 6 years of events at the Westport Vineyards this was the final Samurai Sprint! Katelyn and Mike volunteered, ran the course, spoke to some New England Spahtens, talked to Stephen Ferreira the race director, and interviewed Rob Russell the venue owner to shine one more spotlight on a great northeast local OCR! 0 - 4:02 - Intro 4:02 - 8:46 - News 8:46 - 10:20 - Content Preface 10:20 - 34:32 - Interviews 34:32 - 41:08 - Recap 41:08 - end - Outro Best of Beach and Brew Run Mud Force Compressio...
Jun 02, 2019•56 min
Kay, Katelyn, and Mike were finally able to make it to Run to Remember after the timing not working out for the past few years! John however is far from a stranger to this event as it was his first ever half marathon back in 2005! Since then he has run the course 14 times and this was his 30th total half marathon! Katelyn and Mike spoke with some vendors at the expo before they all packed up and then you'll hear a recap from the 4 of us!! 0 - 3:25 - Intro 3:25 - 4:54 - News 4:54 - 5:55 - Content...
May 26, 2019•40 min
Mike, Katelyn, and our sponsored athlete Javier went down to Coatesville, PA for Toughest Mudder! This is definitely a long episode but there is something in it for everyone! OCR news, race recap, elite interviews, lap by lap suffering, some great overtired antics, and a word from Eli before he retires as race director! 0 - 4:30 - Intro 4:30 - 11:32 - News 11:32 - 16:46 - Content Preface 16:46 - 22:00 - Before Start Line 22:00 - 29:10 - Start Line Audio 29:10 - 45:50 - Mike's Experience 45:50 - ...
May 21, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Mike woke up at 5am to make the drive to Charlton, MA the fourth home of the Boston Spartan Sprint! He spoke with the top 4 men and women elites, athletes who set records in festival challenges, the one and only Yancy Culp, as well as a bunch of vendors! Please leave us a written review so we can get up to 31 WRITTEN reviews before 5/31 and pick one of your lovely faces to deliver a podcast shirt to! 0 - 3:16 - Intro 3:16 - 8:26 - News 8:26 - 9:30 - Content Preface 9:30 - 22:36 - Elites 22:36 - ...
May 13, 2019•57 min
Ignore the fact that both Katelyn and Mike are exhausted in this episode because the event itself was awesome ... it just beat us up a bit more than we expected! :-P You'll hear from some awesome elites, race director Asa Coddington, as well as our own recap of the event! 0 - 4:30 - Intro 4:30 - 5:22 - News 5:22 - 6:45 - Content Preface 6:45 - 9:05 - Suffering 9:05 - 9:53 - Winner Announcements 9:53 - 28:43 - Interviews 28:43 - 41:00 - Recap 41:00 - end - Outro Eli and Nolan leave Tough Mudder T...
May 06, 2019•47 min
