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Welcome to the World’s Toughest Podcast, where we talk about any Obstacle Course Race you’d like, as long as it's World’s Toughest Mudder. Each week we talk to members of the WTM Community and share stories of success and failure in the single greatest event in OCR. We are the Number One rated Obstacle Course Racing podcast in the world according to Apple Podcasts and Amazon.com. Thank you. The Worlds Toughest Podcast is a production of Contender Media and is not affiliated with Tough Mudder or TMHQ. Opinions expressed are those of the host and guest and are not necessarily the opinions of Tough Mudder. But they might be.
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Dec 31, 2019

There are reports of Spartan buying Tough Mudder and rumors of Tough Mudder possibly closing their doors for good next month. Will talks about what is going on in the Tough Mudder and OCR community and shares his thoughts on how Tough Mudder has affected his life.

Whether Spartan buys Tough Mudder or Tough Mudder goes away or something else happens, 2020 will look different for Tough Mudder. Will shares the three things he's thinking about with all the uncertainty.

  1. It will be okay.
  2. No one can take the last nine years away from you.
  3. "When is the last time you did something for the first time?"

Listen here and then follow The OCR Report on Instagram for breaking news updates.

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Nov 15, 2019

Today is WTM-Eve. It's like Christmas, but the presents are pain and suffering. And then when you think you've opened all the gifts your dad goes into the other room and brings back...HYPOTHERMIA!!! It's a Christmas Miracle!

World's Toughest Mudder is HERE. You will CRUSH IT. Good luck everyone. Be sure to follow The OCR Report and World's Toughest Podcast on Instagram for race updates all weekend long.

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You know Kyle Railton better as Coach Mud. With his tight shorts and "So cool it's STILL cool" handlebar mustache, Coach Mud is the spirit animal of Tough Mudder and Tough Mudder Legionnaires everywhere.

At World's Toughest Mudder this year will be the debut of the 2.5 Mile Pit Party hosted by Coach Mud. Halfway through the 5 mile course at WTM runners will be able to receive food and water from their pit crew as well as enjoy the DJ stylings of one Coach T. Mud.

Coach talks with Will about his background in dance music and how the combination of DJing and Tough Mudder makes him feel that "I was born for this".

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If you are a writer and you are running World's Toughest Mudder this weekend Will wants to talk with you. Send him an email at Will@theocrreport.com to talk about writing a race recap for The OCR Report.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM or Tough Mudder community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Nov 15, 2019

World's Toughest Mudder is HERE. You will CRUSH IT. Good luck guys. Ladies.

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Eric Dutcher is running WTM this year as part of Project MUD. MUD is More Unstoppable Diabetics. Everyone on the Project MUD team has diabetes and is looking to crush World's Toughest Mudder in 2019.

WTM is a crazy race on a good day. Eric talks about the challenges of running it with diabetes and what extra precautions and treatments his team will have to make. 

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Before Will talks with Eric he gives an update on his plans for WTM 2019. This will be the first year since 2014 Will will not be at World's Toughest Mudder. And it's killing him. But he'll be ok.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM or Tough Mudder community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Nov 12, 2019

World's Toughest Mudder is THIS WEEK. This week we talk with Molly Kenneth for our once-yearly chat about How to Not Die at World's Toughest Mudder.

Before Will talks with Molly he takes a minute to talk about why he won't be running World's Toughest Mudder this year. It's not great.

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Oct 31, 2019

The last Toughest Mudder of 2019 was last week, just outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Toughest Mudder West was held at the same venue World's Toughest Mudder was held from 2014-2017.

The men's and women's winners of Toughest Mudder West are Jake Ramsby and Jennifer Lynn. Jake and Jennifer join the show to talk about their race, their plans for World's Toughest Mudder, and what they thought about the "Dizzy Bat" penalty for Electroshock Therapy.

Before he talks with them though, Will talks about his disappointing race at Toughest Mudder West and how he plans to run 50 miles at World's Toughest Mudder 2019. (Spoiler: 25 by 10:00pm, 40 by 6:00am, 50 by noon)

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  • 0:00 Intro
  • 2:08 Toughest Mudder West Review
  • 2:53 Men’s Podium
  • 3:30 Women’s Podium
  • 4:13 Two-Man Team Podium
  • 6:13 Four-Man Team Podium (Superteam!)
  • 8:21 Obstacle Penalties: Everest, EST, and Dizzy Bat
  • 18:42 Success and Failure. But mostly Failure
  • 27:36 What are your goals for WTM 2019?
  • 28:56 How to get 50 Miles at WTM
  • 32:38 Let’s read some iTunes reviews!
  • 37:12 Jake Ramsby, Men’s Toughest West Winner 
  • 55:21 Jennifer Lynn, Women’s Toughest West Winner

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Oct 18, 2019

For the first time ever TMHQ has opened nominations for the Tough Mudder Community Awards. They are looking for nominations in the following six categories: Teamwork, Fun, Mental Grit, Personal Accomplishment, the Tribe Award, and the Tough Mudder Hall of Fame. 

Nominate someone today. You don’t have to fill out all six slots. But get involved! Nominate a community member right now.

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Yancy Culp joins the show to tell you what to focus on with your training for World's Toughest Mudder with just 30 days left.

Yancy trains some of the top names in obstacle course racing. You can learn more about Yancy and his training at YancyCamp.com

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Oct 17, 2019

Toughest Mudder West is this weekend, at Lake Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the last Toughest Mudder before World's Toughest Mudder this November.

Jessica Johnson ran World's Toughest Mudder for the first time in 2017, the last year in Las Vegas. Jessica and Will talk about the Vegas venue, the obstacles, and what runners can expect this weekend at Toughest Mudder

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For the first time ever TMHQ has opened nominations for the Tough Mudder Community Awards. They are looking for nominations in the following six categories: Teamwork, Fun, Mental Grit, Personal Accomplishment, the Tribe Award, and the Tough Mudder Hall of Fame. 

Nominate someone today. You don’t have to fill out all six slots. But get involved! Nominate a community member right now.

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Oct 16, 2019

Johnny Little, VP of International Development for Tough Mudder and Race Director for Toughest Mudder South, Toughest Mudder West and World's Toughest Mudder joins the show.

Toughest Mudder South was last month. There were a few hiccups. The first lap was only 4.5 miles long. The second lap and every lap after were 5.5 miles long. Johnny talks about what went wrong and how they fixed it on the fly. 

Toughest Mudder West is this weekend. Johnny talks about runners can expect from the iconic Lake Las Vegas course and whether The Cliff will make an appearance. (Spoiler: Nope.)

Johnny and Will wrap up with a sneak peek at World's Toughest Mudder 2019 and talk of "gamification" on course in Atlanta. 

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For the first time ever TMHQ has opened nominations for the Tough Mudder Community Awards. They are looking for nominations in the following six categories: Teamwork, Fun, Mental Grit, Personal Accomplishment, the Tribe Award, and the Tough Mudder Hall of Fame. 

Nominate someone today. You don’t have to fill out all six slots. But get involved! Nominate a community member right now.

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You can now text or call the show at (619) 378-4369. Leave us a voicemail! If your voicemail is good, it may be part of a future episode. If your voicemail is terrible it will probably be a part of a future episode.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM or Tough Mudder community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Oct 9, 2019

Tough Mudder has rolled out the calendar of events for 2020.

Tough Mudder 2020 Calendar

Among the highlights:

  • Tough Mudder Opening Weekend will be early this year: March 21/22 in College Station, Texas.
  • Three separate weekends highlighting the 10th Anniversary of Tough Mudder in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Tri-State.
  • The three venues for Toughest Mudder in 2020: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Chicago
  • Two new venues in Wisconsin and Buffalo.

The 10th Anniversary Weekends will feature an enhanced festival area, a unique signature obstacle on course, and a LIMITED EDITION 10-Year Anniversary Finisher Headband.

Kyle McLaughlin, The CEO of Tough Mudder joins us (again!) to talk about Tough Mudder 2020.

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Oct 7, 2019

Kyle McLaughlin is the CEO of Tough Mudder. Kyle joins Will to update the community on World’s Toughest Mudder 2019.

Two of the biggest changes this year:

  1. No more stressing about getting the venue as soon as possible on Friday. You will be able to choose your pit spot online before you even get to Atlanta. 
  2. At the 2.5 Mile point of the race will be a Quick-Pit. Your pit crew will be able to give you food and beverages and communicate about what else you may need when you finish that lap. Also, Coach will be hosting a 24-Hour dance party at the quick pit.

More information on those additions to World's Toughest Mudder and much more in our conversation with Kyle McLaughlin.

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Oct 4, 2019

Elliot Rueb finished in second place behind Trevor Cichosz at Toughest Mudder South, last week in Dallas. This is coming off his first place performance in the Team Relay at Toughest Mudder Central, a couple months ago in Minnesota.

Elliot will be a threat for the men's podium at World's Toughest Mudder 2019 in Atlanta.

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Today on the show we announce the winners of our World's Toughest Podcast sticker drive! We're giving away 17 sets of two World's Toughest Podcast stickers. Are you a winner?

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Sep 27, 2019
Amelia Boone holds nearly every women's record at World’s Toughest Mudder. She was the first woman to win back to back titles. She was the first woman to run 90 miles. She is the only woman to win World’s Toughest Mudder three times. More than any other woman in Obstacle Course Racing she has achieved breakout success with commercials, endorsements, and magazine covers. 
 
Today on the show Amelia Boone announces her return to competition at World's Toughest Mudder.
 
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From now until the end of the day on SUNDAY, EVERY new review on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Stitcher will add two more stickers to the giveaway. You can enter up to three times (once on Apple Podcasts, once on Amazon, once on Stitcher). We will tally the results at the end of the day on Friday and announce the winners on next week's episode.

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Welcome to Champion's Week on World's Toughest Podcast. Every day this week we are talking with a past champion of World's Toughest Mudder

  • Monday: 6x Champ Ryan Atkins and 2x Champ Rea Kolbl
  • Tuesday: 2018 Champ Kris Mendoza
  • Wednesday: 2016 Champ Stefanie Bishop
  • Thursday: 2016 Champ Trevor Cichosz
  • Friday: 3x Champ Amelia Boone

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You can now text or call the show at (619) 378-4369. Leave us a voicemail! If your voicemail is good, it may be part of a future episode. If your voicemail is terrible it will probably be a part of a future episode.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Sep 27, 2019
Trevor Cichosz has more individual podiums at World’s Toughest Mudder than anyone else alive. Cichosz has been on the men’s podium every single year since 2014, a five-year streak that is still ongoing. Starting in 2014 Cichosz has finished World’s Toughest Mudder in 3rd place, 2nd place, 1st place, 3rd place, and most recently, 2nd place in 2018. If that pattern holds up Cichosz will claim his 2nd World’s Toughest Mudder championship this November in Atlanta. 
 
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From now until the end of the day on Friday, EVERY new review on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Stitcher will add two more stickers to the giveaway. You can enter up to three times (once on Apple Podcasts, once on Amazon, once on Stitcher). We will tally the results at the end of the day on Friday and announce the winners on next week's episode.

Good luck!

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Welcome to Champion's Week on World's Toughest Podcast. Every day this week we are talking with a past champion of World's Toughest Mudder

  • Monday: 6x Champ Ryan Atkins and 2x Champ Rea Kolbl
  • Tuesday: 2018 Champ Kris Mendoza
  • Wednesday: 2016 Champ Stefanie Bishop
  • Thursday: 2016 Champ Trevor Cichosz
  • Friday: 3x Champ Amelia Boone

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You can now text or call the show at (619) 378-4369. Leave us a voicemail! If your voicemail is good, it may be part of a future episode. If your voicemail is terrible it will probably be a part of a future episode.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Sep 26, 2019
Stefanie Bishop is the 2016 Women’s World’s Toughest Mudder Champion. Her 85 miles in 2016 is the second-highest milage ever run by a woman at World’s Toughest Mudder. She is also active in the multi-day Adventure Running community with a resume of crazy races to show for it.
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Free Sticker Update: We have reached our goal of 150 reviews in the U.S. Apple Podcast store! Because of that, we are giving away 10 two-packs of World's Toughest Podcast stickers to 10 listeners who have left a review in the past. Do you want to win a sticker? Here's how:

From now until the end of the day on Friday, EVERY new review on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, and Stitcher will add two more stickers to the giveaway. You can enter up to three times (once on Apple Podcasts, once on Amazon, once on Stitcher). We will tally the results at the end of the day on Friday and announce the winners on next week's episode.

Good luck!

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Welcome to Champion's Week on World's Toughest Podcast. Every day this week we are talking with a past champion of World's Toughest Mudder

  • Monday: 6x Champ Ryan Atkins and 2x Champ Rea Kolbl
  • Tuesday: 2018 Champ Kris Mendoza
  • Wednesday: 2016 Champ Stefanie Bishop
  • Thursday: 2016 Champ Trevor Cichosz
  • Friday: 3x Champ Amelia Boone

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You can now text or call the show at (619) 378-4369. Leave us a voicemail! If your voicemail is good, it may be part of a future episode. If your voicemail is terrible it will probably be a part of a future episode.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Sep 24, 2019
Kris Mendoza is one of the most beloved members of the Tough Mudder community. Kris has run World’s Toughest Mudder every year since 2014, finishing with 50 miles in his first year. In 2017 he was on the first-place relay team and in 2018 he won his first individual World’s Toughest Mudder championship. He won the race with a dramatic pass of Trevor Cichosz, the Men's Champion in 2016. Mendoza passed Cichosz less than one mile from the finish line. Mendoza’s win in 2018 was the closest, most dramatic finish in World’s Toughest Mudder history.
 
Mendoza is also a doctor, working as a dental anesthesiologist near his training grounds in Colorado.
 
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Welcome to Champion's Week on World's Toughest Podcast. Every day this week we are talking with a past champion of World's Toughest Mudder

  • Monday: 6x Champ Ryan Atkins and 2x Champ Rea Kolbl
  • Tuesday: 2018 Champ Kris Mendoza
  • Wednesday: 2016 Champ Stefanie Bishop
  • Thursday: 2016 Champ Trevor Cichosz
  • Friday: 3x Champ Amelia Boone

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Do you want a World's Toughest Podcast sticker? We need five new reviews on Apple Podcasts by the end of Champions week. If we get those reviews we will give away a stack of stickers to people who have left reviews for the show on Apple Podcasts and Amazon.com! Do it now!

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You can now text or call the show at (619) 378-4369. Leave us a voicemail! If your voicemail is good, it may be part of a future episode. If your voicemail is terrible it will probably be a part of a future episode.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Sep 23, 2019

Ryan Atkins is the only six-time champion of World’s Toughest Mudder. No one else has won it more than three times and no other man has won it more than twice. Atkins won his first title in 2013 with the first-ever 100-mile performance at World’s Toughest Mudder. He also won individual titles in 2014 and 2017 as well as winning team titles in 2015, 2016, and 2018. His 2016 team performance with Jon Albon of 105 miles earned them the bonus prize of $100,000. Atkins also holds the record for highest mileage at a single WTM with 110 miles in 2017. Atkins is undoubtedly the greatest athlete in endurance OCR.

Rea Kolbl is the reigning women’s champion of World’s Toughest Mudder. Her win in Atlanta in 2018 was a successful defense of her first win in Las Vegas 2017. With her back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018 she became the first back-to-back individual winner since Amelia Boone in 2014 and 2015. Her 90 miles in 2017 tied the record for a woman set by Amelia Boone in 2012.

Atkins and Kolbl are the only past winners to win back to back individual titles at two different race venues. Atkins won in 2013 in New Jersey and 2014 in Vegas. Kolbl won in 2017 in Vegas and 2018 in Atlanta.

Ryan and Rea talked with us from a boat landing in Fiji. They will be teammates competing on the new Eco-Challenge airing on Amazon Prime in 2020. Stay tuned for more on the Eco-Challenge next year.

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Welcome to Champion's Week on World's Toughest Podcast. Every day this week we are talking with a past champion of World's Toughest Mudder

  • Monday: 6x Champ Ryan Atkins and 2x Champ Rea Kolbl
  • Tuesday: 2018 Champ Kris Mendoza
  • Wednesday: 2016 Champ Stefanie Bishop
  • Thursday: 2016 Champ Trevor Cichosz
  • Friday: 3x Champ Amelia Boone

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Do you want a World's Toughest Podcast sticker? We need six new reviews on Apple Podcasts by the end of Champions week. If we get those six reviews we will give away a stack of stickers to people who have left reviews for the show on Apple Podcasts and Amazon.com! Do it now!

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You can now text or call the show at (619) 378-4369. Leave us a voicemail! If your voicemail is good, it may be part of a future episode. If your voicemail is terrible it will probably be a part of a future episode.

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Like Tough Mudder this year, we are "getting back to our roots". Who from the WTM community would you like to hear from? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Sep 20, 2019

Toughest Mudder South is this weekend outside Dallas. It will have 20 obstacles over the five-mile course. The man and woman who complete the most laps in 12 hours will win the race. Carlo Piscitello will be at the race with live updates all night long for The OCR Report on Instagram.

Before Carlo and Will talk about the race, they talk about the first time Carlo ran World's Toughest Mudder. Will and Carlo both ran World's Toughest Mudder for the first time in 2015. They share stories from their first time including the common experience of bringing FAR too much gear to your first WTM and having to haul it all in, and then hauling it all out once the race is over. And then you see Ryan Atkins show up with a carry-on bag that would fit underneath the seat of an airplane and you wonder what you're even doing out there on the same course with him.

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Sep 4, 2019

World's Toughest Mudder 2019 is approaching quickly. Tough Mudder has begun to release details about what to expect at WTM 2019 with a big trove of information. Kyle McLaughlin, The CEO of Tough Mudder, joins us to talk about the race this year.

Some of the things to look forward to:

  • Legacy Bibs for 5x WTM runners
  • Golden Carabiners will return
  • Obstacle Bypass bands will make their first WTM appearance
  • The first-ever "Hot Lap" for Pit Crew and others to run a lap of the course a day early
  • And much, much more

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Jul 23, 2019

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Nutrition is one of the most difficult, yet critical parts of your success at World's Toughest Mudder. What works for one athlete may not work at all for another athlete. As part of their race fueling strategy, many runners at WTM like to use "real" food such as sandwiches, beef jerky, or even pizza.

But what if you were not able to get the race fuel that best served your body? What if you could no longer get the pizza you needed to run your best race?

Brian Thompson has been investigating this very thing since 2016 on his Investigative Journalism Program (or I.J.P) called "Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's. We at World's Toughest Podcast have followed his investigation for years and are happy to welcome him to our show.

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 1:21 Pizza as Running Fuel
  • 2:49 FIVE STARS!!!
  • 4:26 Guest Intro: Brian Thompson

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Jul 19, 2019

Toughest Mudder Central is in the books and it was a great race. JahLisa James ran the course and she joins us to talk about how the race went for her. She also talks about the obstacle that had her praying as she approached it and how Toughest Mudder can help prepare you for World's Toughest Mudder

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  • 0:00 Intro
  • 2:23 Let’s talk some news
  • 2:47 Toughest MN Men’s Podium
  • 3:20 Toughest MN Women’s Podium
  • 4:03 Two-Person Team Relay Podium
  • 5:21 Four-Person Team Relay Podium
  • 8:08 Shout out to Team Two Dymes
  • 9:15 Stop proposing to the volunteers
  • 10:05 Course Terrain and Wolf Whistles
  • 12:02 Kyle McLaughlin promoted to CEO
  • 14:12 Finisher Beer: Quality vs. Quantity
  • 17:18 FIVE STARS!!!
  • 18:50 Toughest Mudder Central with JahLisa James
  • 42:33 Outro

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Jul 13, 2019

Direct from TMHQ: The Toughest Mudder Minnesota Friday afternoon Facebook live briefing. Share this with your friends running this weekend.

Anamarie Rojas and Aaron Katz of TMHQ bring you info on the course you won't hear anywhere else. Except for Facebook.com/toughmudder. It's over there too.

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Times to note:

  • Saturday, July 13
  • 4:00 pm: Check-in Begins
  • 7:15 pm: Runners to Start Chute for Pre-race Briefing
  • 8:00 pm: Race Begins
  • Sunday, July 14
  • 7:15 am: Start Line closes to new laps
  • 8:00 am: Finish Live closes. Course cleared of runners.
  • 8:15 am: Post-Race Award Ceremony

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Jul 12, 2019

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This weekend is Toughest Mudder Central, just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. Will talks with three-time WTM participant Kemper Karmine about the course, the obstacles, and his plan for the 12-hour race.

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Jul 2, 2019

 

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The new President of Tough Mudder, Kyle McLaughlin, joins the show this week. Kyle and Will talk about a rough 2018, a good 2019 so far, and what it took to get from there to here. 

Kyle drops a fair bit of breaking news in the interview, including a return to Australia for Toughest Mudder in 2020 and the debut of a "Full Weekend Experience" for World's Toughest Mudder. Whether you are running WTM, or working pit crew, or not doing either; If you love Tough Mudder, the President of Tough Mudder says you need to be in Atlanta this November.

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May 17, 2019

World's Toughest Podcast is back for Season Three!

A lot has happened in the world of Tough Mudder since WTM 2018. We get you up to speed before talking with Javier Escobar about Toughest Mudder East, taking place this weekend near Philadelphia.

Will and Javier talk about the course, the obstacles, and pit strategy for the 12-hour race.

Are you racing Toughest Mudder East or Toughest Mudder UK this weekend? How many miles are you planning to run? Let us know on our Instagram page at @theOCRreport.

We're glad to be back for Season Three of the show. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts after you listen to the new episode.

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