Obstacle Running Adventures

We have mentioned the Obstacle Fitness X Podcast a few times since their show started!  Dave and Bethany do an excellent job bringing more awareness to Canadian OCR athletes who you should be aware o…

We kept reading the name Miranda Kielpinski in recent podium results so we figured we would have her on the show after she ran the Triple-State Spartan Sprint weekend to get to know her a bit and to …

Mike finally crossed Goliathon off of his OCR bucket list!  As excited as he was to finally run the event, he was also nervous about his lack of training.  Katelyn assured him that since it is a loca…

Zack Wisnowski had posted about how he was attempting his third 100 miler race after the first two had resulted in DNF, we reached out and told him that he had a spot on the show if he finished this …

We had Julie Wolff on the show to talk about her background in the sport, the OCR team OCR Addix, and being a race director of Phoenix Race! We are all about supporting smaller races for the unique …

Mud Gauntlet is one of Newbsanity's many great events that they put on every year!  Other notable ones are their Extreme Ravine, Commando Cup, Frozen Four Miler, and the new Newbsanity Ultra FIT week…

Jesse Bruce is one of the most influential Canadian OCR athletes and easily one of our favorites!  Between race podiums he volunteers, trains people at his gym (One Academy), and helps his community …

We haven't had Matt B Davis on the podcast in a while so Mike had some interesting questions prepared for him!  We discuss his recent week of unplugging from social media and from his phone in genera…

The universe was against us having our planned special guest on for this episode not once, not twice, but three times! We put together this episode together somewhat last minute thanks to Angela's a…

BattleFrog is remembered for both good and bad by those who ran it when it was around!  With the next incarnation of the event planning to resurface and the initial comeback weekend being this weeken…

Mike spent 13 hours in Cumberland, RI covering FIT Challenge!  Interviewing, running, interviewing more, volunteering, and interviewing even more!

You'll hear from a bunch of athletes including all 6…

Mike had the chance to talk to one of his top 2 favorite Kempson brothers (not picking sides on this one)!

Matt Kempson has switched his athletic focus more towards an event called The Tactical Games…

Another weekend, another event!  It feels good to be running trail races and OCR again! This weekend Mike volunteered at BoldrDash Winter Dash at the "Wannabe" Destroyer obstacle and had a great tim…

FIT Challenge knows how to put on great events, both trail and OCR.  Robb McCoy, the race director, has also learned how to put them on safely amidst a pandemic and helps prove that races can safely …

Rat Race has been putting on incredible events in Europe for years and Mike has specifically had an eye on their Dirty Weekend since it began! This is just one style of the many that they have been p…

We had kept our eyes on Hildervat's first event last year and they were able to host a successful event during the pandemic! Since their inaugural race was so successful, elites from all over North A…

It's another year for another one of Evan Perperis' Ultra OCR Challenges!  This time he decided to take on a version of his OCRmill while wearing a hypoxic generator which effects the oxygen that he …

Diversity in sports!  Basketball, football, and soccer all have it but why doesn't OCR, triathlon, or other endurance sports?  This is what the Overcome All Obstacles Foundation aims to change!

Elite…

It's a very different type of episode this week as it is more of a video game review!  Ring Fit Adventure is an RPG where you use exercises to traverse across worlds and defeat monsters.  It teaches …

Mike reached out to Dan Inglis, the president of The Colonial Road Runners, to have him on to talk about the running group.  Mike has been a member for the past few years but hasn't really had much o…