Obstacle Running Adventures

Nov 17 2024 411 ep. 64 mins 101

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MStefano Running is a group of friends that went outside their comfort zone in 2012 and started training to run in fun runs as well as mud runs and other events. We urge others to get off the couch and go for a run or even a walk. Exercise is great for the mind and body. We hope you enjoy listening to our adventures and consider trying one for yourself.

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411. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 2: Race Day Interviews with Athletes, Volunteers, and Pit Crew)

Nov 17 2024 122 mins

Still World's Toughest Mudder coverage time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part two though, it focuses on the event days of S

410. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 1: Pit Check In and Community Dinner)

Nov 12 2024 54 mins

It's World's Toughest Mudder time! Mike flew down to Florida to help with The OCR Report live stream and to do a whole bunch of podcast coverage. So much so, that we are hopefully going to get 4 episodes out of it, so make sure that you subscribe and follow along to hear more about the best OCR event of the year! For this part one though, it focuses on Friday. Interviews were while

409. Leon Kofoed on Injury Recovery, Intrinsic Goals, Winning OCRWC 3K, and More!

Nov 03 2024 91 mins

It has been a long time coming but we finally had Leon Kofoed on the show for his own episode! He is one of the more popular social media personalities in the sport and one of the most well known Danish athletes in the sport of OCR. He was vocal about 2024 being his final year as a full time athlete so we discuss what that looks like, how it felt to take the win at an OCRWC event,

408. Jack Goras on Photography, Travels, OCR Thoughts, Helping in Ukraine, and More!

Oct 28 2024 67 mins

I have been wanting to do this for a while ... even though I'm not sure him or the others in The OCR Report believed me! It's Jack Goras, the guy behind the camera at pretty much every major OCR that has happened in Europe or North America in the past 5 or so years! We haven't had much time to talk in the past when covering events since we are usually busy doing interviews while he

407. Mike Reclaims Title of Ultra Runner at Survival of the FITtest 12 Hour Trail!

Oct 21 2024 54 mins

A bit of a pivot for this week's episode since Mike had his "A race" of the year, the FIT Challenge Survival of the FITtest! A couple years ago he planned to take on the 30 hour but due to an upcoming wedding, the final and most difficult semester of grad school, and some achilles pain the registration was moved back. This is the raw and pretty unedited (especially since Audacity

406. Ja Shua Ried on Athletic Risk, OCRWC, FKTs, and More!

Oct 14 2024 85 mins

OCRWC was last weekend in Mammoth Lakes, CA and we wanted to have Ja Shua Ried on for his own episode to talk about his experience! Ja Shua was a prominent member of the OCR in the northeast before moving to Colorado, we chose him to be one of our sponsored athletes back in episode 300, and he has been Mike's coach for the past few months! Hear us discuss van life out west, his ath

405. Kevin "The Mudman" LaPlatney on 252 OCRs, Ultras, and How OCR Isn't Dead Yet!

Oct 08 2024 78 mins

This weekend was OCRWC in Mammoth Lakes, CA and you will totally hear about that ... next week when I have time to schedule an interview with an athlete but it is Tuesday and people are still traveling home! Instead we finally had Kevin "The Mudman" LaPlatney, on the show who has been in the sport since 2010 and has seen a lot of events come and go during his time living on Long Is

404. Yaris Cruz on Puerto Rico, World Obstacle's OCR World Championships, and Winning MidWest OCR!

Sep 30 2024 81 mins

We had Yaris Cruz on the show once before while doing interviews at OCRWC in 2021, having her on again for her own episode was long overdue! Yaris as an athlete is known to be a force to be wreckoned with whether it be OCR, ninja, or even hybrid racing. We discuss her background in sport before finding OCR (or lack thereof), the importance of mental health as an athlete, how her p

403. Baylen Bean on Finding OCR, Qualifying for Elite, Winning Spartan Pan-American Championships, and More!

Sep 22 2024 60 mins

We have been hearing about Baylen Bean for a while now, after his recent victory at Spartan Pan-American Championships we figured that it would be a perfect time to finally have him on the show! We talk about his athletic background, how he found obstacle course racing, the qualification process to join the elite field, his favorite race distances, how his championship event in Sea

402. Josh Fiore on Winning Spartan Killington Ultra, and Unfinished Business at World's Toughest Mudder!

Sep 16 2024 55 mins

Well, we still can't believe this is the first time that Josh Fiore has gotten his own episode but here we are! Josh has been involved with OCR in the northeast for well over a decade as a weekend warrior, volunteer, motivational speaker, and as an elite. He has been on the show 7 times previous to this (episodes 114, 194, 328, 358, 360, 382, and 401) due to seeing him at S