Obstacle Racing Media Podcast
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Human Movement Saves The Bloody Day
Episode 71-Yesterday, Run For Your Lives cancelled all future events including one this weekend. This morning Ruckus Events cancelled their Boston event which was also scheduled for this weekend. Just when we were all wondering when will the madness...
Ragnar Relay and Jonathan Nolan-DR/Suck
Episode 70-In this week’s episode Matt first talks to Tanner Bell of Ragnar Events. If you have thought about doing a Ragnar Relay, this will be a great listen. This is a cool dude who puts on great events for runners nationwide. Also, Jonathan...
Extreme Nation 2.0 and Savage Race Revisited.
Episode 69-In today's show, we revisit a couple of events from previous episodes. Sam Abbitt is the founder and CEO of Savage Race. We first met him back on Episode 7 in July of 2012. Since then, Savage has put on many successful races...
2013 Spartan Beast/Ultra Beast Part II
Episode 68- In this episode, you will hear from several elite racers shortly after they crossed the finish line at the hardest obstacle race any of them have done up to this point. Listen in as these racers share their triumphs, lessons, and...
2013 Spartan Beast/Ultra Beast Part I
Episode 67-In part one of our coverage of this year's Spartan World Championship, Matt B. talks to several racers the night before the Vermont Beast Championship Race. There was $15,000 in first place prize money on the line along with thousands more...
Mudderella and Paul Jones from NE Spahtens
Episode 66-This week Matt talks with Cristina Devito of Mudderella and Paul Jones of the New England Sphatens. Cristina Devito used to be the Chief Strategy Officer at Tough Mudder. She tells us all about how she launched Mudderella and how they plan...
The X-Rated Run, Jeff Rondina, and Nic Zahasky
Episode 65-Matt talks with Kelly Perez and finds out everything you always wanted to know about The X-Rated Run, but were afraid to ask. Â Then, Matt talks to Jeff Rondina and learns just how he pulled of running 5 different races in a 13-hour...
Spartan Super Virginia
Episode 64. In this episode, Matt talks to several athletes from the 8.24.13 Spartan in Virginia. With 8000 feet of elevation change over 8 miles, everyone said it was harder terrain that last year's Vermont Beast. You will hear from the following:...
Junyong Pak Quits and A Double Dose of Desena
Episode 63-Joe Desena was on CNBC this morning, you can watch the clip here. I was under the impression that it would be an intelligent conversation about OCR, the growth of the sport, and/or sponsorship dollars. It was not. This gave me a great...
Hunter Gatherer Preview and Mud Endeavor Review
Episode 62-Inspired by the demise of Hero Rush and the outcries on facebook that followed, I begin this episode talking about what a scam is or isn't. I then play an interview with Randy Yolo of Mud Endeavor. Randy puts on small, local, high...