Obstacle Racing Media Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Checking in from Costa Rica, John Howard talks about his weekend at the World Obstacle Racing Championships. It's his first time on the show, so we also talk his racing career to date and his future plans with OCR and Hybrid.

Then an old friend of the show, Wil Chung, stops by to talk about the massive announcement that World's Toughest Mudder is moving to the UK in 2025.

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Scott talks about Spartan racing, Spartan season passes, and elite prize money. Plus we talk Fargo, Acolyte, Wolverine and Deadpool, House Of The Dragon, and Mayor Kingstown.

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Listen to Friday's pre-race interviews from Chicago with athletes Meg Jacoby, Terra Jackson, Ryan Kent, Michael (Sandy) Sandbach, Dylan Scott, Kris Rugloski, and Lauren Weeks. Followed by an interview with Head Judge, Crystal Salaz

Then we get to Saturday post-race interviews with Men's Doubles Champs, Rich Ryan and Brakken Kraker. Followed by interviews with Meg, Dylan, Dr. Alandra Greenlee, Sandy, Nick Kipp from Honor Bound Fitness, and Women's Champion, Mikaela Norman.

Later that afternoon we caught up with Kris Rugloski, Men's Champion, David Magida, Nikki Brazier, and Women's Doubles Champs, Morgan Schultz and Cali Schweikhart (Team Schazam!).

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Rich Ryan is a solid hotel roommate and a great hybrid athlete. Let's break down the Chicago Hyrox North American Championships.

A weekly news show with Matt B. Davis and special guests discussing items of the week for Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and all other OCR-related news.

Rich Ryan Youtube

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BattleFrog launched in May of 2014 and held 6 races which were universally applauded. In 2015, they produced 15 events and a television show on ESPN. In August of that year, they announced a massive jump to 44 races nationwide. A few months later was the infamous Fiest Bowl sponsorship, and 25 races into 2016, they were out of business.

Let's dig in with David Moore and find out what the hell happened.

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Marc from The Hybrid Experiment talks about Hyrox Stuttgart, Fantasy Fiction, Sports Docs, and more!

A weekly news show with Matt B. Davis and special guests discussing items of the week for Spartan Race, Tough Mudder, and all other OCR-related news.

The Hybrid Experiment website

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Learn about The Grit Games through Caitlynn plus Mintra Tilly gives some Hyrox updates.

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Kevin Gregory and Josh Gonzales join us on their way back from a Deka event at Pure Impact Athletics in Ontario, Canada.

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Kevin on IG.

Josh on IG.

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Superhero Scramble and Atlas Race were two races that launched in the booming early days of OCR. Could someone besides Spartan have big payouts and a nationwide series? Brakken Kraker comes on to discuss the rise and fall of both companies.

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Here is the Superhero Scramble article referenced in the episode.

Atlas Race article from the episode.

Intro  Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels