World’s Toughest Podcast (Will Hicks)

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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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Toughest Mudder Canada Recap.

We're going guest free today. We're going to talk with the elites and the regular joes of Toughest Mudder Whistler in the next few episodes, but today is all about the stats, the results, and the numbers behind Canada's Toughest Mudder.

Here are your Canada's Toughest Mudder winners:

"We are four weeks away from WTM 2021. Will you be in Laughlin? Text me when you get there (619) 485-2726. If you want to say hey and grab a picture, pre-race is best. Post-race I will be asleep." -Will

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Elliot Rueb ran 65 miles his first year at World's Toughest Mudder. His best year was 85 miles. As part of his training for WTM 2021 he ran the Moab 240. (The 240 stands for miles. 240 *MILES*.)

Elliot and Will swap WTM stories and debate whether it is worth it to stop mid-race to use the bathroom. (Spoiler: They both say no.)

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Ulrikke Evensen joins us to talk about her first-place finish at Europe's Toughest Mudder.

Ulrikke ran 45 miles at Europe's Toughest Mudder, tying the women's record held by Lindsay Webster and Allison Tai.

Ulrikke talks about how the race went for her, how the weather affected her, and how a man named Sam from the U.K. stepped up at the last minute to be her pit crew. Well done Sam. You're smashing it.

Before we talk with Ulrikke we talk about the men's and women's podiums. We will discuss the full list of results and mileage totals when they are released by TMHQ.

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We have never done an episode like this before.

We welcome Spartan CEO Joe De Sena for our first ever Spartan episode of the show. Today we talk about any obstacle course race you'd like, as long as it is Spartan Race.

Before we talk with Joe we talk about the recent Spartan US Championship Series race in Big Bear. We talk about the podium finishers and we talk with the women's winner Rea Kolbl.

We also talk about the entire five-race series and tell you who will win the series title this year. 

We wrap up the episode with our workout/interview with Joe De Sena.

This episode is unlike any other episode we have ever done. If you have never left a review on Apple Podcasts, (or if it's been a while since you left one) we would LOVE to have your feedback. Let us know what you think on Apple Podcasts.

0:00 Intro, Welcome

1:47 This is Madness

4:11 Race results from Big Bear

11:04 Big Bear race recap

15:05 Women's Winner Rea Kolbl

27:30 US Championship Series update and predictions: The Women

31:44 US Championship Series update and predictions: The Men

34:19 Let's read some iTunes reviews!

38:43 How did this all-Spartan episode come to be?

41:03 Spartan CEO Joe De Sena 

Toughest Mudder Midwest is this weekend and Kris Mendoza will be there. We talk about the course, the weather, and the elites we expect to see in Michigan.

Kris also talks about his feelings on the "Kristopher Mendoza" theme song, shares exclusive news about his new sponsors, and gives us his best Rea Kolbl "Five Stars" impression.

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Kickoff Week 2018 Continues!

The morning after WTM 2017 Will Hicks took his microphone to the hotel lobby to see who he could find. He ended up talking with Zoe Szczepanek, Maria Herrera, Gaspar Vazquez, and Evan Perperis for this episode.

Zoe Szczepanek (Scha-pah-neck. You can do it) was the sideline reporter for the Facebook Live coverage of WTM 2017. She shares her thoughts on the event, the community, and her future plans in the sport.

2017 was Maria Herrera's first time at WTM. She suffered an injury but still cranked out 35 miles her first time out.

Gaspar Vazquez was also a rookie this year. He finished with 50 miles even though he started cramping up IN THE FIRST LAP.

Evan Perperis was part of a two-man team in the classic team category with Wesley Kerr. They won second place with 80 miles.

Before we even talk with our guests though, we have a pretty intense discussion of Australia. You can blame Anne Carolyn Clifford, or you can blame Will's poor pronunciation of Brisbane. (It SHOULD sound like "Bris-Bin")

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Kyle McLaughlin is the President of Tough Mudder. Chris Maltbie is the Tough Mudder Director of Product.

The 2022 Tough Mudder season is around the corner! Kyle and Chris join the show to talk about the Tough Mudder Endurance series and the newest Tough Mudder race: Tough Mudder Infinity.

Beginning in 2022 the required races to earn the Tough Mudder Holy Grail are:

• Tough Mudder Infinity (8 hours, daytime)
• Toughest Mudder (12 hours, overnight)
• World's Toughest Mudder (24 hours)

We talk about the new Tough Mudder Infinity, updates to Toughest and World's Toughest Mudder, and get a sneak preview of the brand new Tough Mudder 10k.

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The last event of the weekend of World's Toughest Mudder is called "The Bar Crawl". It's not called that because people crawl from bar to bar though. It's called the Bar Crawl because everyone is so sore, they have to crawl to get to the bar. Or at least that's the story we heard from our first guest this episode.

We are joined by six guests we talked to at the bar crawl the night after World's Toughest Mudder 2018.

J.D. Allen is an Atlanta local and veteran of multiple World's Toughest Mudders. He shares his thoughts on this years version of the race.

Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter are the hosts of the Obstacle Running Adventures podcast. Mike ran WTM for the first time this year and Katelyn pitted him all the way to 50 miles.

Chris Wilkins and John Cheek came all the way from the UK to run World's Toughest Mudder. They have advice for international runners thinking about making the trip.

Kenny Rotter ran 40 miles in the bitter cold this year and ran into Will Hicks multiple times over the weekend. He talks about how to take the Tough Mudder spirit into "real life" off the course.

• 0:00 Intro and Welcome
• 3:40 Spartan Ultra Championship Update
• 9:24 Jon Albon DNF Iceland
• 10:46 Ryan Atkins wins Iceland; Men's Podium
• 13:29 Morgan Mckay update
• 14:23 Hey kids. Can you earmuff it for me?
• 16:41 You're so smart!
• 18:49 Get a FREE World's Toughest Podcast sticker!
• 22:29 Obstacle Running Adventures was robbed
• 24:06 Coming in 2019: The OCR Report Podcast
• 27:13 FIVE STARS!!!
• 34:23 WTM 2018: The Night After
• 34:47 J.D. Allen
• 50:03 Mike Stefano and Katelyn Ritter
• 1:13:28 Chris Wilkins and John Cheek
• 1:34:33 Kenny Rotter
• 1:46:06 Thank you! and leave a review on Apple Podcasts

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Trevor Cichosz is the men's 2016 World's Toughest Mudder Champion. During his win in 2016 he became one of the seven men to run 100 miles in a single World's Toughest Mudder and joined the exclusive "Orange Jacket Club."

Trevor recently ran 219 miles in a race across Scotland. During the 65 hours it took him to run, he did not sleep at all. He won the race. 

One interesting part of Trevor's race strategy is he makes sure his pit crew does NOT tell him standing in the race. He doesn't want to know what place he is in. This is part of his plan to "Race the course, not the competition."

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Elite Week continues! We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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Who will win the individual podiums at WTM 2018? Email your picks for the top three men and the top three women to worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with SO SMART WTM in the subject line and you could win a World's Toughest Podcast sticker and a guest spot on the podcast to talk about how excited you are to win a sticker. Good luck!

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World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2 or Merrell All Out Crush 2.0 trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Both options will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win.

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Wesley Kerr joins us to talk about Toughest Mudder Los Angeles. We talk about five main areas of preparation for Tough Mudder's first ever eight hour race. We discuss Pacing, Obstacles, Pitting, Nutrition, and General Tips for the race.

Because the first four hours are on a 5 mile loop with little to no elevation gain, it will be important to get your miles in early. This is especially true if you are trying to reach 50 miles this weekend.

An interesting thing Wesley told me is he's not planning on wearing a wetsuit. As long as he keeps moving fast enough, he's planning to wear his red running tights or possibly his 1mm thick Frogskins. By way of disclaimer Will said he will ABSOLUTELY be wearing a wetsuit, so everyone else will have to make up their own mind.

We are putting together a Sean Corvelle appreciation episode. If you'd like to be a part of it call (302) 786-9868 and leave a voicemail with your name and a story about how Sean has made an impact on your life.

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World's Toughest Mudder is just weeks away. We talked with the race directors of WTM 2018 for a preview of what runners can expect when they show up in Atlanta on November 10th.

Nolan Kombol and Eli Hutchison lead the team that designs World's Toughest Mudder. They set the course. They choose the obstacles. They control your fate for 24 hours in November. No one knows what to expect at WTM 2018 better than these two men.

Nolan and Eli LAY IT OUT for us in this interview. They start at 14:07.

Do not let anyone else spoil this interview for you.

Do not spoil this interview for anyone else.

After you listen, go to Apple Podcasts and tell us what piece of news from Nolan and Eli is most exciting to you. There is plenty to choose from. We will read your thoughts on an episode soon.

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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Kevin Chow joins us to talk about how much he loves Electroshock Therapy. (It's a lot.)

Kevin has done WTM three times and has completed over 25 Tough Mudder events. Just for fun, we reopen the "Do you count event days or laps" can of worms.

Kevin has spent most of his Tough Mudder career on the west coast of the U.S. He talks about his top two favorite courses, Tahoe and Whistler, and why they're great.

Kevin also talks about his plan for Toughest Mudder in L.A. and his unusual nutrition strategy. It involves beer.

Thanks to everyone who has left a kind word on the World's Toughest Mudder Community page about the podcast. 100-Miler Kris Mendoza left a comment on the page about episode 001 that we talk about before the conversation with Kevin.

If you have a comment for the show or an idea for a guest, leave a comment on the WTM Community page or write a review on iTunes. Be sure to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

Yancy Culp stops by to talk about training for World's Toughest Mudder. Yancy trains many of the top athletes in OCR and Tough Mudder, including Morgan Mckay, Allison Tai, Glenn Racz, Matt Novakovich, and Rose Wetzel.

Yancy has reached 50 miles both times he ran World's Toughest Mudder and talks about how to train to reach that goal for yourself.

This is the first part of our conversation. The second half will get into the nitty-gritty details of training. It will air later this week.

Also big news: The first ever Tough Mudder X was this past weekend. We will have our official recap episode when the TV show airs on CBS. Tough Mudder X will air August 27 and September 3 on CBS.

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Rea Kolbl and Kris Mendoza are here to talk about their wins at World's Toughest Mudder 2018. They are joined by 2nd place woman Erin Rost, 3rd place woman Allison Tai, and Papa and Mama Doza, Danny and Katie.

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Matty Gregg has done 45 Tough Mudder events, including five times at World's Toughest Mudder. In addition to the WTM community, Matty is a member of the St. Baldrick's community. You might remember from the Christmas Day WTM show seeing Tiffany Aab and several other shave their heads for charity. That was part of a fundraiser Matty worked with that raised over $125,000.00 for St. Baldricks. Matty talks about that on today's episode.

Matty also talks about his first WTM in 2012, the obstacle he hates the most (It's Leap of Faith) and nutrition strategies for the new 8-hour Toughest Mudder races.

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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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Jay and Heather Bode join me to talk about their experience at Toughest Mudder Los Angeles and to talk through the course map for this weekend at Toughest Mudder Atlanta.

Jay and Heather host the Overcome and Run podcast, as well as writing for their site, OvercomeAndRun.com

Jay and Heather talk about the details of their Toughest race in L.A. and how you can use that info as you finalize preparation for Toughest Atlanta, including what gear they wore, what food they brought, and how they handled cramping on course. We also go through the course map and talk about each obstacle at Toughest Atlanta and how to complete each one.

Congratulations to Alexandria Badenhop! She's the lucky winner of an entry to Toughest Mudder Atlanta and a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex trail running shoes. She won because she is subscribed to the World's Toughest Podcast email list so she heard about the 48 hour "Flash Contest" held this past weekend. We're in the middle of a big Merrell giveaway. Now is a good time to get on the list.

If you'd like to join the list and enter the contest for a free pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex shoes email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with Merrell in the subject line and the following in the body: 1) Your name 2) Your email address 3) Your cell phone number 4) Yes or No to the question "Would you like to receive updates from Merrell and World's Toughest Podcast?"

Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know on the WTM Community page, the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, or leave us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

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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Kyle McLaughlin went from being the President of Tough Mudder to just another guy like you and me to President of Tough Mudder in about six months.

Kyle has worked closely with Joe De Sena and Spartan to lead Tough Mudder through bankruptcy and the acquisition of Tough Mudder by Spartan. Without Spartan, and without Kyle McLaughlin, it is our opinion that Tough Mudder as we know it would no longer exist.

We are happy to welcome back to the show Kyle McLaughlin.

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2020 has been quite the year for Tough Mudder and the Obstacle Course Racing industry. In the wake of so many race cancellations due to Covid-19, Tough Mudder has announced the first ever Virtual Toughest Mudder to take place on August 22-23.

The President of Tough Mudder, Kyle McLaughlin joins us to talk about Virtual Toughest Mudder and what to expect. The race takes place from 8:00pm to 8:00am Central Time in the US and 8:00pm to 8:00am UK time for everyone else.

If you were already signed up for any the 2020 Toughest Mudder events, your registration is free. New sign-ups are $10.00 at Toughmudder.com. You will also have the option to add on extras like a race bib, medal, headband, and other swag. Kyle told us he is personally mailing the race bibs out from his house.

For more information on Virtual Toughest Mudder go to ToughMudder.com.

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Nolan Kombol and Eli Hutchison join us to talk Tough Mudder 5k, Tougher Mudder, and Toughest Mudder. Nolan and Eli are the heads of the product development team at TMHQ. If you enjoyed WTM last year, you have Nolan and Eli to thank for a lot of it.

TONS of new information in this episode, but here's some highlights:

Tougher Mudder will be at (almost) every Tough Mudder in 2017, including several international locations.

Tougher Mudder will require 100% Obstacle Completion. 

Tougher, Toughest, and World's Toughest form a three race Competitive series of Tough Mudders. They didn't say it specifically, but TM 5k, TM Half, and the regular Tough Mudder have formed a three race non-competitive series of Tough Mudder's.

There will be an online system for tracking your cumulative milage across Tougher Mudder, Toughest Mudder, and World's Toughest Mudder.

The "$100,000 for 100 Miles" team prize at WTM has been split into a $50,000 male prize and a $50,000 female prize. To qualify to win it you must be an Elite Contender going into WTM and then win WTM with at least 110 miles as a male or 100 miles as a female.

Lots of other information, including the Tough Mudder policy on podium T-shirts.

Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know on the WTM Community page or leave a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

Anke Frederich, a WTM vet from Germany joins us this episode, but first we talk about the Tougher Mudder Championship Series and the money that Tough Mudder has been paying out in race purses this year.

Will Dean has been making the rounds on the morning news shows promoting his new book “It Takes A Tribe” and we’ve got audio from three shows. While Dean was talking to Charlie Rose he let something slip that I had not heard before.

The Colorado Springs Police Department is asking for our help in apprehending a criminal. Listen for more details.

Before we talk with Anke we read some reviews. Have you left a review for the podcast yet?

Anke Frederich lives in Germany, but she flies over to the U.S. regularly to participate in Tough Mudder events. Just this year, among many others she’s done Long Island, Chicago, Whistler, Toughest Mudder L.A. and Toughest Mudder Chicago. She worked pit crew for World’s Toughest Mudder in 2015 and ran in 2016. This November she will be the first German woman and the 2nd german overall to get her 50x headband.

Anke has done more Tough Mudders in more countries than anyone I know. She shares her thoughts on the differences between each country when it comes to Tough Mudder.

Anke loves Tough Mudder because of the community. She talks about how much the community and the people that make it up mean to her.

0:00 Preview and Intro

0:50 Welcome and Thanks.

1:05 Birthday Greetings and asking women their age

2:00 Tougher Mudder Championship Series

11:15 Prize Purse for 2017 races vs previous years.

15:45 Too long, didn’t listen: Prize Purse summary.

16:15 The 2018 Tough Mudder Championship Weekend

19:10 “It Takes A Tribe” Sneak Peek

21:00 Will Dean on “Fox and Friends”

21:50 Will Dean and Jim Campbell on “The Today Show”

22:40 Will Dean on Charlie Rose with a bit of news we have not heard before

24:45 Police need our help. Mad Pooper on the loose.

26:30 Reviews! 5 Starrrrrrrrs!

29:50 Interview with Anke Frederich

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW.

Toughest Mudder East was held last week in Boston, with Shaun Stephens-Whale and Allison Tai taking home the win for the men and women.

We talk with Shaun and Allison about their wins, the course, and their plans for the rest of the Tough Mudder season.

Before we talk with Shaun and Allison we talk about some news in Tough Mudder and around the OCR world. Our News segment of the program has been growing lately. What do you think about it? Let us know in a review on Apple Podcasts or Amazon.com.

Speaking of reviews, what do you think about our new "Five Stars" intro? Will covets your feedback.

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0:00 Intro

1:00 “On today’s Show…”

3:11 Fourth of July birthdays

4:00 Tough Mudder News

4:06 Lindsay Webster wins another race

4:26 2019 Tough Mudder Dates have begun trickling out

5:32 Tough Mudder debuts in Oman

6:11 European OCR Championships featuring Jon Albon

8:06 Spartan wants to give away $1,000,000

11:40 Tougher Mudder European Championship race

11:55 Toughest Mudder East results

14:02 “FIVE STARS”

15:16 How to be a part of the show

15:54 Our talk with Allison Tai

31:09 Our talk with Shaun Stephens-Whale

44:20 Outro

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2018 Podcast Awards are currently open for nominations! The 10 podcasts with the most nominations move on to the final voting stage. We would be honored if you would nominate World's Toughest Podcast. (Free registration required.) You can nominate us in both of two categories: People's Choice and Sports. (The "Sports" category LOOKS like it's just Fantasy Football. Don't let it fool you.) THANK YOU for your nomination.

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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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Elite Week continues with Lindsay Webster.

Lindsay Webster has dominated Obstacle Course Racing this year.

She won the Spartan Race World Championship.

She won the Spartan Race US Series Championship.

She won the 15k OCR World Championship.

She won all three Toughest Mudder races she entered.

She finished second in the Toughest Mudder Series Championship.

She finished second in the 3k OCR World Championship.

No OCR athlete, man or woman, has ever had a year like Lindsay is having right now.

If Lindsay can win World's Toughest Mudder she will solidify her status as the most dominant woman in the sport.

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Elite Week continues with Allison Tai.

Allison finished second at World's Toughest Mudder in 2014. In 2017 she won Tougher Mudder Seattle, Toughest Mudder Philly, Toughest Mudder Chicago, and overall first place in the Toughest Mudder Series.

She joins us today to talk about her place for WTM 2017 and share some of her tips and tricks for success at the race.

If you'd like to hear more from Allison, check out Episode 35 and Episode 17 of World's Toughest Podcast.

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Kris Mendoza is one of seven men to run 100 miles or more at World's Toughest Mudder. He is also one of the only seven men to ever win a Toughest Mudder race. He won Toughest Mudder West at Norcal recently.

Kris talks about his race and how it felt to win the race surrounded by his friends and family. He also shares good advice on problem solving during long endurance events such as Toughest Mudder and World's Toughest Mudder.

Before we talk with Kris we revisit the new Age Groups for WTM 2018 with a unique idea from Katelyn Ritter of the Obstacle Running Adventures podcast and we debut a new segment of the show "You're So Smart". Why? Because you're so smart.

We also give away another pair of Merrell Trail Running shoes. Have you entered to win yet? It's free. Text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28.

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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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Elite Week 2018 kicks off with Ryan Woods. Woods has had a roller coaster year of OCR. We talk about the disappointment of last year and how he came back strong this year with his Spartan Race US Series Championship.

Woods will be running on a relay team this year at World's Toughest Mudder with his teammates Ryan Atkins, Lindsay Webster, and Brian Gowiski. He talks about running with such an elite group of athletes.

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Morgan Mckay joins us to talk about Toughest Mudder East taking place this weekend near Boston.

Morgan won 3rd Place at World's Toughest Mudder 2016. She was on pace for another podium finish at World's Toughest 2017 when she was injured coming off an obstacle. She was medically disqualified and unable to complete the race.

One month after that disappointment she ran the first ever Spartan Race 24-Hour Ultrabeast in Iceland and finished in 1st Place. We talk about her injury, Iceland, and her recent Guinness World Record for fastest 10k while carrying 100 pounds.

Morgan will be competing against OCRWC Enduro-24 Champion and fellow WTM vet Allison Tai at Toughest Mudder East. We talk about the course, the obstacles, and the weather for the race weekend.

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Darth Vader talks about his 89 TM events, and his leg amputation.

Darth Vader joins us this episode to talk about his 89 (and counting) Tough Mudder events, his leg amputation, and introducing his daughter to the world of Tough Mudder.

Darth (that's his real name. We talk about it) loves to push himself. He's at a Tough Mudder, a half marathon, or a triathlon almost every weekend.

Darth had his leg amputated this year. He talks about why that had to happen and how he bounced back afterward. He did a triathlon five weeks after the surgery.

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Allison Tai has run seven Toughest Mudders, including this past weekend at Australia's Toughest Mudder. She has seven top-three podium finishes. That is more than anyone else, man or woman.

Allison took time out of her Australia family vacation to join the show and talk about Toughest Mudder Australia and how her husband John is her secret weapon in the pit.

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You can find JahLisa James on course at World's Toughest Mudder with "Black Lives Mudder" on her bib. JahLisa is a beloved member of the WTM community. She hit several big milestones last year at World's Toughest Mudder.

• 100 Tough Mudder Events
• Set her personal best in milage with 40
• Was awarded the Tough Mudder Community Award for Personal Accomplishment

Anne Champagne placed second at Toughest Mudder East this year, near Boston. Two months after that race she placed first OVERALL at the Spartan Ultrabeast in Stoneham, Quebec. She beat all the women and the men.

This is Anne's first year at World's Toughest Mudder, but she is an athlete to keep your eye on.

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Elite Week continues. We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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This is Day Seventeen of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day of September. Day Eighteen will be tomorrow with a new episode from OCR Talk. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

Subscribe to all eight podcasts and listen all month long!

This is our last episode of 2017. Thanks for a great year. World’s Toughest Podcast will return in late January or early February 2018.

We announce the winners of the Toughest Award presented by World’s Toughest Podcast and then we talk with the 3rd and 4th place women of WTM 2017, Michelle Ford and Deanna Blegg.

Will wraps up the episode with some thoughts on 2017 and looks forward to 2018.

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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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Mark and Nathan Coons are running World's Toughest Mudder for the first time this year. Mark and Nathan got all their first-timer questions together and asked them in our first ever "First-Timers" episode.

Among the topics covered:

• Wetsuits
• Nutrition
• First-Timer Goal Setting
• Motivation
• Chafing
• Gear
• Taking your gear for a "Test Drive" before the race
• And much more

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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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Diana Codispoti is "four-foot-five on a good day". Our host met Diana at Toughest Mudder Norcal last month and was happy to bring her on the show.

Diana has run two Toughest Mudder races this year and will be at World's Toughest Mudder next month in Atlanta. To the best of our knowledge, Diana is the first (and only) little person to compete at World's Toughest Mudder.

Diana talks about some of the unique challenges she faces completing obstacles and putting in the miles running. She also talks about her thoughts on Daytime Toughest Mudder vs. Nighttime Toughest Mudder and what her family thinks about her plan to run for 24 hours straight at WTM.

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At the WTM 2021 Champion's Brunch Tough Mudder announced that World's Toughest Mudder 2022 will be held in Pensacola, Florida. But where EXACTLY in Pensacola?

Atmore, Alabama.

Tough Mudder Global Director of Product joins the show to talk about the venue, what runners can expect from the terrain, and what the schedule will look like for the race weekend.

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With a gap of four years since episode one, this is episode two of World's Toughest Curling Podcast, "Where we talk about any Winter Olympics sport you want, as long as it's Curling".

Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss episode three, airing in 2026.

Katelyn Ritter joins the show to talk about the 2022 US Olympic Curling teams and the competition so far. Katelyn and Will Hicks talk about why they enjoy curling and what OCR could learn from a niche sport taking center stage in front of the world every four years.

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Mark Batres won World's Toughest Mudder 2021 with more miles than anyone has run at the race. It was his first time competing at WTM.

Mark joins the show to talk about his race and what it means to him to win his first major OCR championship. Mark also talks about the recent Spartan pro tier system and whether he thinks he was ranked accurately. (He agrees with it. Kinda.)

You can learn more about Mark's training business at mgb-racing.com. You can follow Mark on Instagram at @mgbracing

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This is Day Ten of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day of September. Day Eleven will be tomorrow with a new episode from OCR Talk. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

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Tough Mudder X preview with Morgan Mckay!

Morgan Mckay is competing this weekend at Tough Mudder X, the inaugural One Mile Tough Mudder course. Tough Mudder X is what would happen if Tough Mudder and CrossFit got together and had an adorable little competitive baby. And if that baby had a $25,000 prize for first place.

Morgan talks us through the course and tells us what to expect, and how she expects to do. Spoiler alert: She expects to do awesome. Or terrible. No in-between.

If you'd like to join the World's Toughest Podcast Winner's List and enter the contest for a free pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex shoes email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with Merrell in the subject line and the following in the body: 1) Your Name 2) Your email address 3) Your cell phone number

Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know in a comment on the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, or leave us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every week.

Will is back from his family vacation and has a lot of news to get caught up on before he talks Tough Mudder 5k with Jay Ruggiero.

Big items in the news we talk about are the new Toughest Mudder TV shows on CBS, the location of WTM 2018 and the new category this year at WTM: National Team. Will also does a little speculation on the future of co-ed teams at World's Toughest Mudder.

Jay Ruggerio is running this weekend in the first ever Tough Mudder 5k. We talk through the 3.1 miles and the 10 obstacles that many people will be facing for the first time ever.

Jay ran WTM for the first time in 2016 and completed 20 miles. He feels like he has unfinished business with the course and is looking to complete 50 miles in 2017. To help him and a small group of friends reach that goal of 50 miles he started a Facebook group called WTM 2017 50-Mile Team. The group now has over 200 members.

If you'd like to join the World's Toughest Podcast Winner's List and enter the contest for a free pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex shoes email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with Merrell in the subject line and the following in the body: 1) Your Name 2) Your email address 3) Your cell phone number

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Giles Chater is the CEO of Tough Mudder. Chris Maltbie is the  Senior Director of Global Brand and Product at Tough Mudder. Giles and Chris join us today to talk about a BIG change for Tough Mudder in 2024: No more 5k, 10k, or 15ks next year. Tough Mudder is returning to their roots as a "10+ miles" event.

In a short amount of time, Jack Bauer has become the go-to stat-man for the sport of Obstacle Course Racing. You can see his work at YancyCamp.com.

Jack and Will discuss the upcoming World's Toughest Mudder 2018. They get into the details of which athletes to watch and how the expected cold and poor weather will affect their race.

Jack gives his predictions for the top five men and top five women of WTM 2018. They are:

Men:

1. Trevor Cichosz
2. Kris Mendoza
3. Christopher Maltbie
4. Tyler Nash
5. Michael Schjutt

Women:

1. Allison Tai
2. Rea Kolbl
3. Morgan Mckay
4. Alex Walker
5. Adriane Alvord

What do you think of his predictions? Email us at worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with So Smart WTM in the subject line and your predictions for the top three men and top three women at WTM 2018. If you get all six correct you will win a brand-new World's Toughest Podcast sticker and an on-air phone call from Will Hicks congratulating you on being So Smart.

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Elite Week continues! We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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Who will win the individual podiums at WTM 2018? Email your picks for the top three men and the top three women to worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with SO SMART WTM in the subject line and you could win a World's Toughest Podcast sticker and a guest spot on the podcast to talk about how excited you are to win a sticker. Good luck!

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Alex Walker is an Elite Contender for World's Toughest Mudder 2018. Alex earned her spot as an Elite Contender with her 4th place finish at Toughest Mudder South this year. She finished with 35 miles in 8:18.

This will be Alex's first year at World's Toughest Mudder. She has been meticulous in her preparation and shares some of the tips she has learned and advice she has received in this episode.

Because this is her first year at WTM Alex is flying under the radar of many people watching the race. Keep an eye on Alex Walker to make some noise at World's Toughest Mudder 2018.

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Elite Week continues! We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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Who will win the individual podiums at WTM 2018? Email your picks for the top three men and the top three women to worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with SO SMART WTM in the subject line and you could win a World's Toughest Podcast sticker and a guest spot on the podcast to talk about how excited you are to win a sticker. Good luck!

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World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2 or Merrell All Out Crush 2.0 trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Both options will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win.

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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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This is Day Twenty-Four of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day of September. Day Twenty-Five will be tomorrow with a new episode from OCR Talk. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

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We are fresh off the inaugural Toughest Mudder and we loved it. Will Hicks ran Tougher, Toughest, and Tough over the weekend in Los Angeles, and only regrets running two of those.

The first half of this episode is chock full of audio from the media on site. Tough Mudder, CBS Sports, and Obstacle Racing Media were the only companies with media representation on site this weekend.

Among the people we’ll hear from are Will Dean, Nolan Kombol, Ryan Atkins, Stephanie Bishop, Chad Trammell, and a few surprises.

After the on-site audio, Will has a phone call with Josh Cox where they reminisce about the five miles they spent together over the weekend.

For more information on Toughest Mudder L.A. search iTunes for the following three podcasts: Obstacle Racing Media, Overcome and Run, or The Obstacle Order. Also, you can search for “Toughest Mudder”.

Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know on the WTM Community page, the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, or leave us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

Toughest Mudder Europe Recap!

On this episode we talk results, statistics, and interviews from Toughest Mudder Europe. We’ve got audio from the podium and you get a taste of Tough Mudder UK’s start line man, Gil Kolirin.

We talk about the list of all the 13 different men and 11 different women who have qualified as Elite Contenders for World’s Toughest Mudder 2017, as well as how many people have run each of the three Toughest Mudder and how many people completed 25 miles to qualify as a Contender at each location. If you don’t have time to listen right now, you can find this information on the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, facebook.com/worldstoughestpod

Will talks to four different people who ran Toughest Mudder Europe for a few minutes each. Phil Renton, Emma Ray, Robbie Brown, and Nye Davies all had totally different, yet similar experiences at the race this weekend.

The episode wraps up with a talk with the men’s winner of Toughest Mudder Europe, Jon Albon. Jon talks about how the race went for him and gets into the mental side of long endurance racing.

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LAST MINUTE NEWS: After the audio was locked for this episode we saw a video on MudRunGuide.com with Tough Mudder CEO Will Dean talking about the plans for Toughest Europe next year. Current plans are to hold a Toughest Mudder in both the UK and Germany in 2018.

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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Trevor Cichosz has finished on the World's Toughest Mudder podium every year since 2014. He has finished 1st twice, 2nd twice, and 3rd twice. He has three of the coveted WTM Orange Jackets for his three 100+ mile performances in 2016, 2018, and 2019. He has 660 lifetime miles at WTM with an average of 94 miles per race.

After Trevor won World's Toughest Mudder in 2019 he donated his race winnings to Giving Smiles, a charity that supports children in Peru. Trevor joins us to talk about the charity and why it is meaningful to him.

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Jim Campbell is the only person to complete 100 Tough Mudder events and he’s still going. Jim is going to sit down with us to talk about his story and what Tough Mudder has meant to his life in a few weeks. On this bonus episode Jim walks us through the course of the Tough Mudder 2017 Season Opener in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The NOLA Tough Mudder will have 22 obstacles over a 10-12 mile course. For a look at the course map go to ToughMudder.com or check out the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page.

The obstacles are:

1) Pitfall

2) Skidmarked

3) Kiss of Mud 2.0

4) Hero Carry

5) Devil's Beard

6) Ladder to Hell

7) Tire(d) Yet

8) Haha Ditch

9) Pyramid Scheme

10) Mud Mile 2.0

11) The Block Ness Monster

12) Berlin Walls

13) Everest 2.0

14) Augustus Gloop/Snot Rocket

15) Turducken

16) Birth Canal/Black Hole

17) Monster Mash

18) Stage 5 Clinger/Reacharound

19) Arctic Enema: The Rebirth

20) Funky Monkey: The Revolution

21) 6 Feet Under

22) Electroshock Therapy/Kong

Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know on the WTM Community page, the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, or leave us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

We talk with Lachlan Dansie, one of the elite athletes expected to do well at Australia's Toughest Mudder.

Lachlan is a three-time winner of the 24-hour Enduro race that will be co-branded as the OCRWC 24 Hour World Championship this year. He has also won multiple Spartan races and other races as well.

We talk about the course map, the obstacles, and the elite OCR athletes you can expect at Australia's Toughest Mudder.

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Team Fat Boys is four people that Will Hicks has been friends with for over 20 years. Scott Forrester, Joel George, Nate Swanson, and Rachelle Swanson ran WTM 2017 as a National Relay Team, United States #3. They finished in 10th place overall, 3rd in the U.S.

2017 was the second WTM for Nate Swanson and Joel George and the first for Scott Forrester and Rachelle Swanson. All four members of the team are much older than the average athlete at WTM, with an average age somewhere in the low to mid 40’s. They talk about managing expectation for running WTM when you're in your 40’s.

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What do you think of the podcast? Who in the Tough Mudder community would you like to hear? Let us know on the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page at facebook.com/worldstoughestpod or find Will on Twitter at twitter.com/TheWillHicks

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The Post-Race Brunch is one of World's Toughest Mudder's greatest traditions.

At the 2023 Brunch we talked with multiple athletes about their race at WTM 2023. We are thrilled to finally bring you the audio from those conversations.

On this episode, you will hear from WTM World Champions and regular folks. Some of these athletes ran 100 miles during the 24-hour race. Some ran five. Today's guests are:

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This is Day Three of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day of September. Day Four will be tomorrow with a new episode from OCR Talk. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

World's Toughest Podcast

Subscribe to all eight podcasts and listen all month long!

Dr. Stuart Weiss is the worldwide Medical Director for Tough Mudder. World's Toughest Mudder 2018 looks to be one of the coldest WTM's in several years. We talk about what every runner should do to prevent hypothermia and to avoid injury while cold and tired.

Dr. Weiss advises every runner: Listen to your body. Athletes are more likely to get injured when they get tired. Pay attention to your musculoskeletal fatigue, your fueling, and your hydration to give yourself the best chance of success on course.

Dr. Weiss works with Intelligent Crowd Solutions. If you have medical training and would be interested in helping elite athletes at events like World's Toughest Mudder go to icrowd.com. There you will receive more information about how to join their team. 

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Elite Week continues! We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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Who will win the individual podiums at WTM 2018? Email your picks for the top three men and the top three women to worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with SO SMART WTM in the subject line and you could win a World's Toughest Podcast sticker and a guest spot on the podcast to talk about how excited you are to win a sticker. Good luck!

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World's Toughest Mudder 2021 is in the books. How was your race? How many miles did you get? Text Will at (619) 485-2726 and brag a little.

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Carlo Piscitello joins the show to recap the race that was WTM 2021. Carlo ran 55 miles and was SPENT at the finish line. Will ran 50 and could not be happier.

Carlo and Will talk about their individual races and then talk through the course and the 20 obstacles (plus three at Electric Avenue) with details and their thoughts on each obstacle.

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This conversation was recorded live in the World's Toughest Mudder Facebook community. If you are planning to run World's Toughest Mudder in 2022 you should join the group today.

You can find answers to any questions you have about gear, training, nutrition, or anything else World's Toughest-related in the WTM community group on Facebook.

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World's Toughest Mudder 2022 was AMAZING. We were on-site all weekend long bringing the action home as host of the 24-hour live stream on YouTube.com/toughmudder. Did you watch it? Let Will know what you think of the live stream! Text him at (610) 485-2726.

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Giles Chater is the CEO of Tough Mudder. He sat down with Will Hicks after the post-race brunch to discuss WTM 2022 and all the amazing performances out on the course this year. He also gives us a quick sneak peek into plans for WTM 2023 at Granbury, Texas.

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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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Cassie Harris is our guest this week. She is an active voice in the World’s Toughest Community, and she is a cancer survivor. She talks very intimately about that and how the WTM Community rallied around her when she needed them most.

After Cassie talks about her personal story, Will and Cassie shift gears to talk about Tough Mudder Arizona taking place this weekend. Cassie lives in Phoenix and is very familiar with the location this weekend. They spend some time talking through what people can expect on the course including strategies for completing each obstacle.

Who would you like to hear on the podcast? Let us know on the WTM Community page, the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page, or leave us a review on iTunes. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every Tuesday.

We recapped the first (and hopefully only) virtual World's Toughest Mudder with Kim De Voss, Jason Dupree, Anna Landry, and Carlo Piscitello. 

Kim, Jason, and Anna all ran World's Toughest Mudder: Lockdown Edition running 50, 55, and 50 miles. Carlo was part of the 24-hour TMHQ Zoom Pit crew keeping runners and pit crew informed and entertained for the duration of the race.

They talk about the race, their favorite parts, their least favorite parts, and whether they would ever do it again. (Spoiler: Yeah, if they *HAD* to.)

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

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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Jesse Bruce has qualified as a World's Toughest Mudder Elite Contender two years in a row. He is one of the few men to run 50 miles at an eight-hour Toughest Mudder. He has big plans for WTM 2018.

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TheOCRreport.com is live! Check out the new website from the people behind World's Toughest Podcast, Overcome and Run, and Obstacle Running Adventures. Let us know what you think. We are excited.

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Elite Week continues! We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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Who will win the individual podiums at WTM 2018? Email your picks for the top three men and the top three women to worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with SO SMART WTM in the subject line and you could win a World's Toughest Podcast sticker and a guest spot on the podcast to talk about how excited you are to win a sticker. Good luck!

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World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2 or Merrell All Out Crush 2.0 trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Both options will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win.

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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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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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This is Day Twelve of "30 Podcasts Hath September" from The OCR Report. 30 podcasts in 30 days, one every single day of September. Day Thirteen will be tomorrow with a new episode from Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent. Tune in all month long!

30 Podcasts Hath September will feature podcast episodes from:

Fran and Carlo Get OCR Adjacent

Obstacle Running Adventures

The OCR Report Podcast

OCR Talk

Nitty Gritty Training

Strength and Speed

Travel With Jack Goras

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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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Haydon Chavez talks with us about his experience as a black man in the world of OCR. 

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Breaking News:

Tough Mudder released a trove of information about WTM 2018.

We cover each news item and let you know how they look in comparison to past years.

This is our first ever "breaking news" episode of the podcast. Let us know what you think in a review on Apple Podcasts or Amazon.com.

0:00 Intro

1:16 Dot Matrix Printers

3:11 Champion's Brunch

4:04 Camping Out at WTM

6:35 TMHQ Friday Night Plans

7:54 WTM Community Dinner

8:27 Individual and Team Categories

10:20 Open, Contender, Elite Contender 

12:44 Cash Prizing

14:09 Sweet Bibs and Non-Cash Prizes

16:25 Outro

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Adriane Alvord joins the show to share her story.

Adriane finished in 9th Place at her first WTM in 2016. After qualifying as an Elite Contender at Toughest Mudder Philly she had high hopes for 2017. The race didn't end up working out the way she hoped, after a nasty fall from Stage 5 Clinger left her with a concussion and unable to run in a straight line.

Adriane has competed in the past two seasons of American Ninja Warrior and has high hopes to compete again this year. She also placed third at the BFX-24 race that was won by Adriane's "concussion buddy" Morgan Mckay.

Adriane also talks about her Dressage business. (It rhymes with Massage.) She says the best way to explain Dressage is "Ballet with horses".

Most people at World's Toughest Mudder write their names on their bibs, or a nickname. Adriane writes "Unbroken". Adriane escaped a violent abusive relationship and writes that on her bib to remind herself and to show others that she is still Unbroken.

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Allison Tai returns to the show to talk about her 2nd Place finish at World's Toughest Mudder 2017.

Tai ran 85 miles in 24:40. Here's how that stacks up against some of the top female performances over the years.

2017: Rea Kolbl, 90 miles in 23:47
2012: Amelia Boone, 90 miles in 25:30
2017: ALLISON TAI, 85 MILES IN 24:40
2013: Deanna Blegg, 85 miles in 24:58
2016: Stefanie Bishop, 85 miles in 25:05

Allison's 2017 performance would have won WTM every year except 2017 and 2012.

We also talk about the World's Toughest Podcast email list. You can now subscribe to the email list by texting the word TOUGH to 228-28.

Voting is open for the "Best Of OCR" Awards at MudRunGuide.com. After you vote, shoot Will an email. He'll thank you personally.

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What do you think of the podcast? Who in the Tough Mudder community would you like to hear? Let us know on the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page or find Will on Twitter at twitter.com/TheWillHicks

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Elite Week continues with Allison Tai. Allison is one of the favorites to win World's Toughest Mudder 2018.

Allison says one of the ways she has been preparing for WTM 2018 by touching electric fences. That is a true story. She also says she is jealous of her friends running WTM for the first time who still have that fear of the race.

Be sure to follow Allison's progress at WTM this weekend on the World's Toughest Podcast Instagram account. Carlo Piscitello will be manning our stories all day and all night long. 

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TheOCRreport.com is live! Check out the new website from the people behind World's Toughest Podcast, Overcome and Run, and Obstacle Running Adventures. Let us know what you think. We are excited.

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Elite Week continues! We have interviews with the Elites of WTM every day from now until raceday in Atlanta. Be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you enjoy Elite Week.

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Who will win the individual podiums at WTM 2018? Email your picks for the top three men and the top three women to worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with SO SMART WTM in the subject line and you could win a World's Toughest Podcast sticker and a guest spot on the podcast to talk about how excited you are to win a sticker. Good luck!

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World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2 or Merrell All Out Crush 2.0 trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Both options will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win.

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What do you think of the podcast? Who in the Tough Mudder community would you like to hear? Let us know on the World’s Toughest Podcast Facebook page at facebook.com/worldstoughestpod.

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