Latest Mstefanorunning Podcast Episodes
392. Winning War X, Ranch Life, Becoming a Runner, Mothman, and More with Chennell Berg!
Obstacle Running Adventures - July 10, 2024 02:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThis week Katelyn talks to Chennell Berg, the first place female finisher at War X. Chennell talks about her life on her cattle ranch, the evolution of her training, becoming a runner and what her experience was like taking first place at War X last weekend (Spoiler: It was her first ever first ...
391. Stijn Lagrand on Survival Running, Team Hang-On, Winning All Events at OCR European Championships, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - July 01, 2024 02:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsA few weeks ago Italy hosted the OCR European Championships! While it can be difficult to have European athletes on the show due to frequent difficulties such as time zones and language barriers, the effort is worth it due to the abundance of talent that they have overseas! This time we had t...
390. Spartan Citi Field with Elites and Vendors!
Obstacle Running Adventures - June 24, 2024 15:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsMike was able to return to Citi Field for coverage of the Spartan Stadium (still refuse to say Stadion), only this time he was able to run it as well which he has been wanting to do over a decade now! Without Katelyn helping, coverage ability was more limited but there is still a pretty good e...
389. Gaylord Gauntlet Live Coverage with Tara Knapp, Dr. Steve Holland, AWDs, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - June 17, 2024 01:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe all know Mike loves a good small local race so we drove down to the Gaylord Gauntlet to experience and cover it for the first time! This race is 3.3 miles long with mud and over 20 obstacles. We knew that the venue was a hospital but we had no idea the extent to which the event has benefit...
388. "Not Too Late", New Book By Gwendolyn Bounds!
Obstacle Running Adventures - June 10, 2024 01:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn the past we interviewed Des Linden when her book "Choosing to Run" and doing so opened up options for future book related interviews! Gwendolyn Bound's publicist, Brianna Kusilek, reached out to us back in April but it took us a while to find a time to release a potential episode with her....
387. Vivien Tran on Spartan US National Series, MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team, ASCO Spartacus Dash, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - June 03, 2024 03:10 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe had yet another MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team athlete on the show, Vivien Tran! We have been keeping an eye on her as an athlete ever since she joined their team and we have not been disappointed. Some accomplishments are winning a Savage Race Axe, a Spartan Race, doing well in the Sparta...
386. Hawk Call on Growing Up in OCR, Big Bear National Series Race, Preparing for Broken Arrow, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - May 28, 2024 03:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWhen Hawk Call started getting into some big Spartan Races a few years ago it got a lot of us who have been in the sport for a long time pretty excited! This is because many of us remember his father Hobie who is almost always in the conversation of who historically is one of the best men in th...
385. Evan Perperis on Toughest Mudder Philadelphia, 100 OCR Podiums, and What is Next!
Obstacle Running Adventures - May 21, 2024 02:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsEvan Perperis is no stranger to the show due to his frequent appearances at our favorite OCR event to cover every year (World's Toughest Mudder), as well as our interest in his ultra OCR fundraising efforts over the years! We discuss his milestone of achieving 100 OCR podiums, which podiums st...
384. Sweat Check, MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team, UltraHouse Tryouts, and More with Noel Medina!
Obstacle Running Adventures - May 13, 2024 01:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe have been aware of Noel Medina and his sweat checks for a while now but it was him joining the MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team that really got our attention! There wasn't good timing to have him on the show before now but when we saw that he was traveling to the Ultra House in Durango, CO to...
383. 400+ Spartan Races, Pinoy OCR, Buc-ees, and More with Tom Maming!
Obstacle Running Adventures - May 07, 2024 03:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe were unsure as to what to do for this week's episode until we saw a post in the Southern Spartans Facebook Group about a guy who had just completed 400 Spartan Races! His name is Tom Maming and I was excited to reach out to have him on the show to hear more about him, his achievement, and ...
382. New England OCR Expo! (Part 2: Athletes, Speeches, and Staff)
Obstacle Running Adventures - April 29, 2024 12:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsOnce again, we just had the third New England OCR Expo and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for month...
381. New England OCR Expo! (Part 1: Vendors)
Obstacle Running Adventures - April 22, 2024 01:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIt's the third New England OCR Expo that has been put on and it is easily the most involved Mike has been! In 2020 we were just vendors with a table, last year Mike helped with getting athletes to show up and give short talks. This year Mike was on the board, attended biweekly meetings for mon...
380. Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Weekend 3 and 6 Hour Multi Lap Live Coverage!
Obstacle Running Adventures - April 15, 2024 02:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsMike finally traveled to New York to participate in and cover Obstacle Wonderland's Boogie Wonderland Event! Wanting to both support a small northeast race and get some good mileage in, Mike registered for the 6 hour race. He ran 3 laps, interviewed the 3 hour finisher athletes with some midr...
379. Deka Mile Live Coverage at Underdog Fitness!
Obstacle Running Adventures - April 09, 2024 01:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsBack in the day Spartan Stadium races were our favorite to both run and cover as media. We remember seeing a large man in a clown mask doing well at most of the events that we went to. Over more recent years Kevin Gregory/Bubbles the Clowne has grown to be even more of a threat in the hybrid r...
378. How to Get Fast, Like Crazy AF Fast with Timber and Appa!
Obstacle Running Adventures - April 02, 2024 00:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsjust a totAlly normal ePisode, Really nothIng to see here. compLetely normal! 0:00 – 6:56 – Intro 6:56 – 14:07 – Quick News 14:07 – 14:13 – Content Preface 14:13 - 15:23 - Interview with Timber and Appa 15:23 - End – Outro Next episode is planned to be coverage of the Deka Strong at ...
377. OCR Events Eulogy: Remembering Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, Terrain Race, and Bonefrog!
Obstacle Running Adventures - March 26, 2024 02:29 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe haven't done one of these episodes in a while, and we were totally okay with that! With recent changes in the industry (unfortunately most being negative), we wanted to have an episode where we share our thoughts and feelings on some events that are not with us anymore like Warrior Dash and...
376. Paul Lachance on 200+ Spartan Races at the Age of 82!
Obstacle Running Adventures - March 18, 2024 02:01 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsPaul Lachance recently ran his 200th Spartan Race at the age of 82 this caught The OCR Report's attention for a post which then caught our eye for a potential episode. We were excited to reach out to him both for the impressive accomplishment, and because he represents a unique age demographic...
375. Alisa Petrova on Hero Race, Winning Tough Mudder Infinity AlUla, Government Games, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - March 10, 2024 23:29 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe have been wanting to have Alisa Petrova on the show for a while now with us first reaching out to her back in December 2022 to talk about the Spartan World Championships that year! Her being 9 hours ahead of us made it pretty difficult to plan a good time to record but it was worth recording...
374. Hannah Franciosa on Teaching, Training, Jacksonville Spartan Series Race, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - March 04, 2024 02:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThis week Katelyn sat down with Hannah Franciosa! They talked about Hannah's exerience both as a special education teacher, as well as a substitute teacher. She shares about being coached by Kirk DeWindt and what a typical training week looks like for her. Hannah also discusses her experinces ...
373. Grey Betties and Roller Derby with Heather Jo Cox!
Obstacle Running Adventures - February 27, 2024 01:29 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsAnother episode idea from my episode ideas list was to focus on another demographic in the sport that deserves more attention and support and to do this we had Heather Jo Cox from Grey Betties on the show! We discuss how she found the sport, her background with roller derby as well as body bui...
372. OCR Adaptive Athletes with Andy Reid!
Obstacle Running Adventures - February 20, 2024 00:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsSomething that we have had on our potential future episode list for a long time is an episode on adaptive athletes in the sport of OCR. Once I started looking, it seemed like Andy Reid was the man to have on the show to talk about it. He is the founder of OCR Adaptive Athletes and has created ...
371. Sarah Grippi-Snyder on RV Life, MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team, and 3GX Mental Performance Training!
Obstacle Running Adventures - February 12, 2024 01:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsShe has been mentioned by a couple athletes during interviews and has recently been added to the MudGear-Hannibal Race Pro Team so we were excited to have Sarah Grippi-Snyder on the show! She is pretty new to the sport but has had a great start in both obstacle course racing as well as hybrid ...
370. The Boston Run Show Part 2 with Kelly Roberts, Danny Dreyer, Bad Boy Running, John Kelly, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - January 30, 2024 14:02 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe returned to The Boston Run Show expo for the second time! Just like last year, we are splitting all of our interviews into two episodes due to how much audio there is, and how much of a break we deserve for working this hard covering such a large and exciting event! In this part 2 we have...
369. The Boston Run Show Part 1 with Russel Hoyt, Pete Kostelnick, Coree Woltering, David Barclay, and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - January 30, 2024 03:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe returned to The Boston Run Show expo for the second time! Just like last year, we are splitting all of our interviews into two episodes due to how much audio there is, and how much of a break we deserve for working this hard covering such a large and exciting event! In part one we have ev...
368. Cassandra Gill on Dealing with Failure, Ice Cream, Podium Success in 2023 and More!
Obstacle Running Adventures - January 22, 2024 00:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsAfter reading her name at least a dozen times when reviewing podiums during quick news last year, we finally had Cassandra Gill on the show! She is fairly new to the sport but has found some pretty great success in the sport lately which led to her making the top 5 of Jack Bauer's post highlig...
367. Garfield Griffiths on Cigars, Bacon, and His History of Race Directing!
Obstacle Running Adventures - January 15, 2024 23:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe are very proud of the number of guests that we have had on the show over the years. A big name in the sport of obstacle course racing that we hadn't gotten around to yet was Garfield Griffiths though! With the news of him no longer being a race director over at Spartan Race, effectively en...
366. 2023 OCR Podcaster Roundtable Chat with Dave Claxton, Jason Dupree, and Fran Chiorando!
Obstacle Running Adventures - January 07, 2024 23:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsFirst episode of the year is our annual roundtable chat with other podcasters in the sport! This year we have Dave Claxton returning from OFX Podcast, Jason Dupree brought back OCR Talk so he joins, and newcomer to the roundtable is Fran Chiorando from The OCRWC Podcast! We discuss the Spart...
365. 2023 Recap Compilation – Lessons Learned and Things Remembered!
Obstacle Running Adventures - December 31, 2023 20:35 - 6 hours ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIt's the end of the year which means it is time for our two massive 2023 compilation episodes! This is the second and it has clips of the most important moments of the show, biggest news stories, quotes read, and a compilation of names of everyone who has been on the show this year! It's a l...
364. 2023 Recap Compilation – Bloopers, Jokes, Good Times, Oh My!
Obstacle Running Adventures - December 23, 2023 15:08 - 4 hours ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIt's the end of the year which means it is time for our two massive 2023 compilation episodes! This is the first and it has clips of the funniest moments of the show, memes described, jokes told, post credit audio you may have missed, and all that fun stuff this year! It's a long one so it m...
363. Spartan World Championships with Nikolaj Dam!
Obstacle Running Adventures - December 18, 2023 02:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsFor our last regular episode of the year we wanted to have a guest on to talk about the Spartan World Championships in Abu Dhabi! We wanted a foreign athlete on the show but were worried about potential language barriers. When we saw that Nikolaj Dam took third place in the beast, was on the ...
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