Obstacle Running Adventures

01:19:38

509. Matt Novakovich on Alaska, Spartan Glory Days,...

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2026/10/05

We first met Matt Novakovich back in November of 2014 at the Spartan Race World Championship viewing party just outside of Fenway Park in Boston! We had him on the show back in 2018 on episode 89 when we covered Killington in person by doing finish line interviews. Between him losing his son, being public about his grief, and him returning to Killington to be honored, we figured it would be a great time to have him on the show for his own episode. We discuss his athletic background, his love for

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44:12

508. Naticook Challenge 2026 with James Golisano!

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2026/09/28

Mike has known James Golisano since 2017 when him and Alex met him on the way to WTM in Vegas! He's had his own race called Naticook Challenge and we have been wanting to check it out, it took more than the Nor'easter to keep us from going this year! You'll hear a few seconds of start line audio followed by some interviews. The in person coverage was limited due to the storm and us being late, again because of the storm but we finish up with a recap of the event and why you should putit on your

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55:08

507. BoldrDash Doggie Dash Returns with Lynn Hall,...

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2026/09/21

BoldrDash was one of the great local races in the northeast which unfortunately came to an end a year or two ago. Luckily she kept the door open for future events for other companies, charities, etc. This is what brought Doggie Dash back, and hopefully it will be the first one that we are able to make it to! We talked to Lynn Hall from BoldrDash, Katie Callahan from Find Tour Bold, and Hannah Kaiser from NEADS Service Dogs about their upcoming event! You'll hear what the money is going to, rules

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01:15:32

506. Ultras, DNFs, and Barkley Fall Classic with John...

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2026/09/14

Back in December of last year, a guy reached out about wanting to come on the show to talk about the Barkley Fall Classic in 2026. Once I had the date, I added it to my potential future episodes spreadsheet, and when the time came around, I reached back out to him! John Calbarese comes on the show to talk about many of the events that he has done, how he feels about DNFs, what he loves about the adventure, the magic of food related ultra races, the Barkley fall classic, and more! Start – 6:20 –

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01:09:27

505. Logan Broadbent on Cleveland, Boomerang World...

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2026/09/09

Over the many years of doing elite interviews there have been some athletes that have risen to the top of Mike's favorites, Logan Broadbent being among them. Katelyn recently saw a post about him winning an ultra and setting a PR on the course and figured that we should have him back on the show. Once Mike realized how long it had been since his last appearance on the show (Palmerton 3K Live Coverage) he reached out to change that! Logan has competed and done well in a variety of sports including

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01:00:05

504. reRun of 37. Killington Spartan Beast, DNF, and...

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2026/09/01

We have a few ideas for interviews but we had a pretty busy weekend and didn't get around to doing any of them yet so here is a reRun of episode 37, Killington Spartan Beast, DNF, and Reach the Beach Ragnar Relay! This was originally released on September 17th 2017! Start – 4:46 – Intro 4:46 – 14:36 – Quick News 14:36 – 15:26 – Content Preface 15:26 – 55:35 - Rerelease of 37. Killington Spartan Beast, DNF, and Reach the Beach Ragnar Relay! 55:35 – End – Outro Next weekend we will hopefully be

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01:31:39

503. Kris Rugloski on Life Changes, Mongol Derby...

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2026/08/25

A couple episodes ago during quick news we mentioned the GoFundMe to help lessen the financial impact of Kris Rugloski participating in a endurance horse race in Mongolia! We followed along with her multi-day adventure from her Instagram stories and Mike reached out about potentially having her on the show to talk about the Mongol Derby as well as some other big life changes! We discuss some life changes like earning her degree, ending a long term babysitting job, and getting engaged as well as her

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01:36:11

502. Jeffery Lippert on Earning His Orange Jacket at...

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2026/08/17

We thought we were done with World's Toughest Mudder episodes but Mike really wanted to talk to Jeffery Lippert who he missed the entirety of the event weekend and the brunch the following day! To make up for this we had him on for his own episode to learn more about him, his training, what this goal meant to him, what he has coming up, and more! Start – 5:17 – Intro 5:17 – 14:31 – Quick News 14:31 – 15:09 – Content Preface 15:09 – 1:29:51 - Jeffery Lippert Interview 1:29:51 – End – Outro Next

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01:05:23

501. Spartan World Championships 2026! (Part 2:...

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2026/08/09

After we covered World's Toughest Mudder we went to Paris to experience France for the first time! We then took a train to Geneva, Switzerland and drove down to cover the Spartan Ultra World Championship in Morzine, France! This is part 2 of 2 for our coverage which is everything from Saturday! This features a wedding, the award ceremony, and athlete interviews. Some interviews were more difficult to conduct due to language barriers but I appreciate those who took the time to talk to us. That is

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01:44:38

500. Episode 500 Live with Congratulations Clips, and...

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2026/08/03

We did it! We have recorded, edited, produced, and published 500 episodes! Never missing a week, this took us 9 and a half years! We celebrate as we did last time with an Instagram live (admittedly more last minute than last time), Katelyn surprised me with more messages of support, and I put some personal and show mentions of us from other podcasts since recording episode 400 in a compilation to celebrate. Enjoy the unedited part of the show as well as the additional stuff at the end. Thank you

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01:16:09

499. Spartan Ultra World Championships 2026! (Part 1:...

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2026/07/27

After we covered World's Toughest Mudder we went to Paris to experience France for the first time! We then took a train to Geneva, Switzerland and drove down to cover the Spartan Ultra World Championship in Morzine, France! This is part 1 of 2 for our coverage which is everything from Friday! Some interviews were more difficult to conduct due to language barriers. That is the fun part of going to new countries but it makes it difficult when covering it as a podcast. Due to this, there is a lot of

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01:54:59

498. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 4 Bar Crawl)

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2026/07/20

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 4 of 4 of our WTM coverage and it focuses on everything during the bar crawl! See time stamps below for more information as to who we got on the mic! Part 1 was focused on Friday interviews and the TMHQ course announcements! Part 2 was race weekend interviews and audio, and part 3 was from the brunch! Start – 2:55 – Intro 2:55 – 8:12 – Quick

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02:18:11

497. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 3: Brunch...

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2026/07/13

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 3 of 4 of our WTM coverage and it focuses on everything during the brunch! See time stamps below for more information but we did interviews before and after the presentation and have audio from the WTM ceremony! Part 1 was focused on Friday interviews and the TMHQ course announcements! Part 2 was race weekend interviews and audio, and part 4

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02:13:32

496. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 2: Event...

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2026/07/05

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 2 of 4 of our WTM coverage and it focuses on everything during the event weekend! See time stamps below for more information but we have pre race interviews, start line audio, pit crew interviews, volunteer interviews, and interviews after the race! Part 1 was focused on Friday interviews and the TMHQ course announcements! Part 3 will focus on

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01:12:02

495. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 1: Pit Set...

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2026/06/30

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 1 of 4 of our WTM coverageand it focuses on everything on Friday before the start of the event weekend! A few interviews with the Tough Mudder Community, a short announcement, an update on Katelyn's race registration, and the course breifing announcements! Part 2 will be race weekend interviews from athletes, pit crew, and volunteers! Part 3

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01:20:30

494. Grant Thompson on Scotland, UKOCR Endurance...

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2026/06/22

In preparation for this year's World's Toughest Mudder we had Scottish elite Grant Thompson on the show! We talk about how he found the sport of obstacle course racing, making the switch to run age group and eventually elite, and his history at World's Toughest Mudder! We discuss his country of Scotland, the Tartan Army takeover of Boston, and places worth checking out if you plan to make the trip to Scotland from the venue! He also gives his thoughts on the UKOCR Endurance Series, advice for those

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54:48

493. Mike's First Hyrox Experience and Katelyn's...

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2026/06/16

We were on vacation in Colorado busy exploring Denver, Colorado Springs, and Manitou Springs and didn't have time for an interview. Instead, Mike and Katelyn do a post race and pre race discussion for New York Hyrox and World's Toughest Mudder respectively! Mike wasn't content with last week's episode in that he didn't get to talk much about his first Hyrox experience after the event and didn't want it tied to premium Patreon content as was teased in the post credit audio of that episode. We also

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54:37

492. Hyrox New York City 2026 with Vendors and Athletes!

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2026/06/09

This was supposed to be just a race day and not a media day but our potential guest for this weekend needed to reschedule and honestly somtimes Mike can't help himself in doing interviews! This was his first Hyrox event that he had ever gone to and he ran doubles with Joe Rucco from Underdog Fitness! You'll hear some of Mike's thoughts on the Hyrox event in NYC, many interviews with vendors, and a few conversations with athletes before he needed to pick up his registration. Start – 5:55 – Intro

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01:28:21

491. Rise of the Obstacles at Obstacle Wonderland,...

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2026/06/03

We planned to return to Obstacle Wonderland to cover their Rise of the Obstacles! It has been 2 years since the last time that we covered their event which was the Boogie Wonderland! Unfortunately we needed to make a change due to travel exhaustion and in preperation for 3 more trips this month! Luckily we were able to have Mario Valentin on the show to talk about his experience at the event! We talk about how he found OCR, the origin of his Super Smash Bros OCR Team, his favorite local events,

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490. reRUN of 138. Bridge to Bridge 12k Run with...

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2026/05/24

We had plans to do an athlete interview this week but language barriers slowed things down a bit. Quick reminder that if you speak another language in addition to English, we would love the help of a translator to reduce the barriers to communication with athletes! Between that and the fact that Mike is currently in an uber on the way to the airport at 3:26 AM Friday morning for a work conference in San Fransisco as he/I write this, we needed to make a stress free pivot! Because of this, we are

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