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Nolan and Woodsy Speak on TMHQ DQ Dec 24, 2017

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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.

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Tough Mudder and Spartan official decision

Iceland - Spartan 2017 Dec 22, 2017

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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.

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Katrin Davidsdottir

Final Elite Results

Final Open Results

Beni Gifford - Private Dancer Dec 07, 2017

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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:

Beni's recent racing trip to South Africa
What it's going to take to win TMX series.
Some secret project for 2018
His former life getting doing guy on guy wrestling and private dancing for women.

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South Africa's Warrior Race

Beni's Dancer Mentor - Master Blaster

World's Toughest Mudder Podcast 2017 Part Three Dec 01, 2017

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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.

Robert Killian
Ryan Atkins
Michelle Ford
Evan Perperis/Wesley Kerr aka Dr. Red Tights
Lindsay Webster
Allison Tai

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Results For World's Toughest Mudder 2017

Interviews From The Recent OCRWC Disqualification Nov 22, 2017

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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:

There aren't many people I've met who have been as genuine, nice and just generally "good" as Ryan Woods. I believe he made an honest mistake and hope he remains as a competitor in the sport.

We reached Hunter McIntyre via text who said:

I like Ryan for his personality, not his body. Also Ryan and I shared a bed after Tougher Mudder Championship. It was a very pleasant experience.

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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World's Toughest Mudder 2017 - Part Two - Nolan Kombol Nov 17, 2017

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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:

New obstacles for 2018 vs World's Toughest 2017.
The slowwww rollout of the obstacles this year.
Cheating allegations.
The 2018 Toughest Series
Next Up for WTM - Atlanta!
More.

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2018 Toughest Series.

World's Toughest Podcast 2017 Part I Nov 17, 2017

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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.

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Pete Coleman - Everyman's UltraMan Returns Nov 09, 2017

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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.

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Spartan 2018 - Joe Di Says "Buckle Up!" Nov 01, 2017

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Spartan Race's Director of Sport Joe Di comes on the program to discuss big topics in the future of Spartan:

Drug testing.
Penalties versus burpees for Spartan Race.
New age group category versus Masters category.
The international regional championships
The new "Marshalling Militia" he's putting together.

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OCR World Championships 2017 Part II Oct 26, 2017

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The conclusion of OCR World Championships 2017 coverage begins with live interviews from the finish line for the team relay on Sunday.

You'll hear from:

Heather Bode
Exciting conclusion of the men's team with Two Ryans and One Hoonter, followed by Jon Albon.
Austin Azar and his team
Mountain Monsters AKA Rage Against The Swedes: Lindsay Webster, Rea Kobl, Nicole Mericle.
Tom Littlewood from Mudstacle
Adam Kwitko from "Adam Kwitko is my handle".

We then have a phone chat with Event organizer Adrian Bijanda about everything that went right and wrong with this year's event.

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