Fri, 29 December 2017
We thought the year was over for podcasts, til we found Joe Desena was able to hop on a quick call. Why is he so in favor of more burpees and less obstacle innovation? |
Thu, 28 December 2017
We end the year by sitting down with David Chandler at a motel in Blue Ridge Georgia. David was days away from finishing his non-crewed race across the country. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Dirty Bird Energy Soap. Use ORM 15 for 15 percent off all products at DirtyBirdEnergy.com Special shout out to latest Patreon contributor Bradley Heilwagen! Show Notes: |
Sun, 24 December 2017
Friday, Tough Mudder laid down the law and disqualified Ryan Woods and his team from winning the national relay in this year's World's Toughest Mudder. Matt B. immediatley hoped on the phone with Tough Mudder's Director of Product, Nolan Kombol, and also with Ryan Woods. Happy Christmas, Enjoy. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: https://www.patreon.com/obstacleracingmedia Show Notes: Tough Mudder and Spartan official decision
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Fri, 22 December 2017
The first ever Spartan Ultra World Championship took place in Iceland last weekend. We talked to: Mark Jones, Kevin "Bubbles" Gregory, Joshua Fiore, KC Northup, and Morgan McKay, all before the race on Friday. We then spoke to most of those folks after the race, and talked to Yancy Culp who was there with several of his athletes. In between, we spoke with Iceland native Katrin Davidsdottir, fittest woman in the world 15 and 16 in the CrossFit games. Todays Podcast is sponsored by: Savage Race : New obstacles, new locations, new syndicate medal. Check them out at Savage Race.com Dirty Bird Energy Soap. Use ORM 15 for 15 percent off all products at DirtyBirdEnergy.com Show Notes:
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Thu, 7 December 2017
Beni Gifford had a day long layover in Atlanta, so he spent it with Matt B. Davis. Towards the end of the day, Beni sat down for an interview. After chatting with Matt's kids, Beni and Matt talk about:
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Fri, 1 December 2017
Today' episode is the final interviews for the 2017 World's Toughest Mudder podcast coverage. They were recorded in a Westin Hotel Room following The Champions Brunch on Monday November 13, 2017.
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Wed, 22 November 2017
The OCR World Championships released breaking news at 8:00am this morning. OCRWC is disqualifying a 2017 participant due to "violating anti-doping policy". Ryan Woods becomes the first OCR competitor in history to be DQ'd at any obstacle race for this reason. You can read the complete OCRWC article here which includes a response statement from Ryan Woods. Ryan's 3rd place, 15k finish is off the record books for OCRWC 2017. In addition, his team had won the OCRWC Sunday team relay. That team of Woods, Ryan Atkins and Hunter McIntyre, is now also disqualified. We got a hold of both of Ryan's teammates as soon as possible. Ryan Atkins told us:
We reached Hunter McIntyre via text who said:
The podcast episode below is an in-depth conversation with Ryan Woods recorded just a few hours ago. Adrian Bijanada, head of OCRWC, also made himself available to answer a few questions. You can hear those conversations by clicking on the link below or Itunes link above. **Update - I also reached out to both Spartan Race and Tough Mudder to find out if this affects any past results or future participation for Mr. Woods. Neither were able to comment on the record at this time.
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Fri, 17 November 2017
Nolan Kombol is the Senior Director of Product at Tough Mudder. This means for everything World's Toughest Mudder, the buck stops with him. We welcome Nolan back to the show to talk about:
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Thu, 16 November 2017
This is ORM's 6th year of World's Toughest Mudder podcast coverage! In part one, live from the pit on Friday, we talk to 2016 Champ Trevor Cichosz, Tyler Nash, Allison Tai, and Logan Nagle. We then have some Monday (post race) chats with Deanna Blegg, Amanda Steidle from Turbo Superfoods, Team US-Eh (Kristopher Mendoza, Austin Azar, Mark Woodpile Jones, and Miguel Medina), and your 2017 Female World's Toughest Mudder Rea Kobl. Today's show is sponsored by Dirty Bird Energy Soap. Use ORM 15 for 15 percent off all products at DirtyBirdEnergy.com |
Thu, 9 November 2017
Pete came back to talk to us about running Western States for the 2nd year in a row. He was also prepping to then go do Leadville and the UTMB. For those that know Ultras, you are like "NO WAY! That is super bad ass!" For those that don't know Ultras, prepare to learn a lot. Today's show is sponsored by Savage Race. |