OCR Talk

Mike Stefano from Obstacle Running Adventures joins Jason Dupree on a live stream where they discuss the possible buyout of Tough Mudder by comparing the founders of Tough Mudder and Spartan. You can find the live stream on our Youtube page to see all the fun graphics that were on the screen.

https://youtu.be/ICswkv6ouZM

Jason and Anna join Mike from Obstacle Running Adventures, Scott Knowles from the I Am A Spartan Podcast, and Josh Chase from Obstacle Discourse with Davis and Chase to wrap up the year with a discussion. They cover topics from changes that transpired this year across different brands to their own personal goals for the year and next.

Check out I Am A Spartan's upload of this for his own personal intro. In our episode you'll hear and intro were Jason and Anna discuss the move to The OCR Report and also a giveaway. Bonus content in the outro!

OCR Talk recaps the pros and cons of WTM 2019 while speaking about their own personal races. Listen in to hear the lessons they learned for next year in Dallas.

**WARNING - INTRO AND OUTRO ARE MUCH LOUDER THAN THE EPISODE CONTENT**
Two days before WTM 2019 a slew of athletes and pit crew got together to discuss the coming race. Listen in to hear Jason and Anna joined by Mike and Katelyn from Obstacle Running Adventures, Heather Olsen from Overcome and Run, Javier Escobar, Mark Duplessis, April Dupree, Lauren Dean, and Jessica Johnson. Topics discussed cover this year's goals, lessons learned from previous years, and all things surrounding the course map.

There were a ton of big races over the past few weeks. Jason and Anna catch up and talk about a wide variety of topics, ranging from all the recent championship races, to thoughts on the latest news for WTM. Don't stop listening early, or else you may miss a heartfelt life lesson moment as well as how to enter the latest giveaway.

Listen in to hear the details and controversies of Toughest South in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Jason and Anna share their take on the event and their own experiences. They announce the giveaway winner as well!
World's Toughest Podcast put out an episode just before the event. Check that one out for a preview of the race and come back here for the recap!

Topics in the episode cover USAOCR, Spartan, Crossfit, selling medals online, Savage Blitz, American Ninja Warrior, and World's Toughest Mudder rules. But most importantly we talk about our thoughts going into Toughest South. The next giveaway is out there as well. So listen to the episode or check out our facebook page on how to enter! 

In the wake of NORAM Jason and Anna attempt to catch up on everything else that's been going on. They cover recent Spartan races, rule changes, Warrior Dash asset purchase, and (briefly) Anna's experience at The Grit Games. They also announce the latest giveaway winner!! There's probably more chatter than news, so listen in and have fun!

If you are getting prepped (jacked) for NORAM 2019, this episode is a must listen! You'll hear a  guest co-host (Mike Stefano from Obstacle Running Adventures) joining Jason and talking about  things that can expected from the race at Stratton Mountain. We cover a lot of technique tips on some of the harder obstacles as well as some of the more peculiar and interesting rules.  This episode is a bit more technical than usual, but look out for episodes throughout the weekend that will be recorded live from the venue.

While discussing some of the outlying interesting moments and info from the stadium race, Jason and Anna get into talking about the ever growing goals they have found in OCR. OCR being so dynamic and diverse, there's a goal to reach for everyone, and when you reach that goal there's always a new one to go after.

The OCR Talk hat giveaway winner is also announced! Listen in to find out what the next giveaway will be.

You still with us? The original topic of the whole episode has finally arrived. A little late, but maybe just in time for your ride to CTG Tulsa.
Jason and Anna recap their races and speak on the new Continuum Multi-wave event. 

That cliffhanger got you wanting more!? Well here it is! Part 2 of Episode 33 covers the Crossfit situation with Hunter McIntyre getting a Wildcard into The Games. We then get into all of the different OCR Podcast out on the market, revisit the Lindsay Webster spear taking at Big Bear, and Spartan's new Million Dollar Prizing for this year's championship series. Will we finally make it to talking about Conquer The Gauntlet Dallas? Tune in the find out!

This episode hits several topics but none of them really shine as the main one, so here they are in list fashion.
Tumbler giveaway winner announcement
New Spartan shoe
Yuri Force to compete at Conquer The Gauntlet - Dallas
Spartan and options for how to handle championships
Spartan Big Bear
Spartan Austin 

After attending Terrain Race in Ft. Worth Texas and a storm cancelled the race an hour after it started, Jason gives his thoughts on the whole experience, his interactions with Dustin and JP from Terrain, and his thoughts on Terrain Race in general. Jason is joined by a special co-host so don't miss out on this one!

Get ready to hear the craziest OCR news to date! We've got the inside scoop on where OCR is headed and you'll never believe what's coming down the line! LISTEN NOWWWWWW!!!!!! 

Recapping the San Antonio Super/Sprint weekend brings up discussions of where Spartan's doing things right and where they can still improve. The Sock giveaway winner(s) get announced, and we discuss a preview of Million Dollar Mile. We also get into the importance or not over-training and how tough it can be to scale back once you do over-train. 

This episode takes a look at some of the latest news in the OCR scene. Jason and Anna explore the positives and negatives of what's currently happening. Check out the topic list below.
The latest giveaway is in effect. Listen in to learn how to enter the giveaway for a pair of OCR Talk socks! 

Savage Race's new obstacles

Toughest switches to mandatory obstacle completion for elites and qualifiers

Ryan Woods DQ'd in Jacksonville Spartan  

OCR Companies vs Sport leagues

 Will Dean and the new Tough Mudder president 

The Million Dollar Mile 

While Discussing nothing in particular, Jason and Anna also hit on questions of why do we want to medals, shirts, etc every year, and some of the ways social media affects people in their fitness journey.
Topics hit on are the Titan games, Rugged Maniac's new Obstacles, WTM and community prizes for 2019, Spartan Ultra Championships in Sweden, and others.

 WARNING! THIS EPISODE IS ALMOST TWO HOURS LONG! An innocent conversation about upcoming trail races take a turn for the worst (best?). While the conversation hits on many aspects of life it always ties back into OCR. We also announce the OCR Talk shirt giveaway winner, but you'll have to stick it out to find out who it is. This episode may not be for everyone, but if you stick it out, I promise there's something in there for everyone. 

Looking back on what worked well in 2018 and what didn't, we discuss moving forward and plans for 2019. We give our takes on all the big news that's been coming out over the winter break. We also talk about Anna making the Grit Fitness Pro team along with Kris Ruglowski. Kris is on the current OCR style show Titan Games. We talk about the show as well as our idea to help people who don't have cable get to watch some of these OCR programs.