Obstacle Racing Media Podcast

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OCR Weekly Show - March 6, 2023 Mar 06, 2023

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Government Games in Dubai with Rich Ryan and Ryan Kent. Plus Josh March with the new Bonefrog.

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.

Intro and Outro Music by: Eric Leland

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Nick Symmonds / USAOCR Mar 01, 2023

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Nick Symmonds wants to give away $25,000 to the first person to complete what he calls The Impossible Obstacle Course.

USAOCR has been reorganized with new leadership and has launched applications and criteria for 2023 events.

Today's episode is sponsored by City Challenge. Learn all about their tri-state area races at CityChallengeRace.com. Use Code ORM2023 at checkout!

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OCR Weekly Show - February 27, 2023 Feb 27, 2023

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Belle MacFarlane finished 2nd Pro Female in her first-ever Hyrox. Let's learn more about her.

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.

Intro and Outro Music by: Eric Leland

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Commentator Ninja and Nashville Fit Games Feb 24, 2023

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The Commentator Ninja comes on to talk about the current state of the ninja community which includes the latest dealings with World Obstacle.

Then Rachel Watters and Nick Ryker join in for a chat about The Nashville Fit Games.

Intro Music – Paul B. Outro Music – Brian Revels

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Today's show is sponsored by Rugged Maniac.

Rugged Maniac returns for 2023 with our muddiest year yet! We're renewing our muddy vows, going back to the nitty gritty basics, and shouting our love for mud from the mountain tops. In fact, we're unleashing both the World's Largest Mud Pit and a "Muddy Back Guarantee" to ensure the most epic day of muddy glory. You won't want to miss this!

Use Code ORM23 at checkout for $5 off at Rugged Maniac.

The Book Of OCR - Chapter 6 Feb 22, 2023

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What if I told you that for a short time, Tough Mudder had a huge focus on elite racing and gave away more money than any other race company?

In 2017, TMHQ produced a timed morning wave, 8-hour overnight events, and Tough Mudder X, which they called "The Toughest Mile on the planet". All these events had cash prizes and broadcast deals. Here are snippets from press releases at that time.

..."Tough Mudder, the active lifestyle and media brand, has partnered with Facebook to deliver original, live event sports and fitness programming on Watch, Facebook's new platform for shows. Facebook will be the exclusive video platform for the new $50,000 Tougher Mudder Championship race series and Weekly Tough Mudder Bootcamp fitness studio classes"

..."The deal features the launch of the new sports event, Tough Mudder X, named "The Ultimate Race to Determine the Fittest and the Fastest Athletes in the World." With the new agreement, all Tough Mudder television programming – Tough Mudder X, America's Toughest Mudder, and World's Toughest Mudder – will now debut on CBS. Encore presentations of the shows will air on CBS Sports Network in prime time"

Like many other chapters in our book, the events were here, they were awesome, and then they were gone. The OCR Stat Guru, Jack Bauer himself, joins us for this one.

TMX Article from 2017.

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Today's show is sponsored by Mythic Race and Bear Crawl OCR. It is also sponsored by City Challenge. Get out and support local your local OCR.

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OCR Weekly Show - Feb 20, 2023 Feb 20, 2023

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Hyrox is all the rage, but can it be bigger than OCR?

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.

Ian Kay joins us again to discuss Hyrox hype and much much more.

Intro and Outro Music by: Eric Leland

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2023 Hyrox North American Championships Feb 15, 2023

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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!).

This episode is presented by PWRLIFT. Help supercharge your post-workout recovery with fruit-forward high-protein water.

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OCR Weekly Show - February 13, 2023 Feb 13, 2023

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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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The Book Of OCR - Chapter 5 Feb 08, 2023

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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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Today's show is sponsored by Mythic Race and Bear Crawl OCR.

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