Overcome and Run

In this episode I talk to 34x Tough Mudder veteran Domineck Deutsch AKA Wolverine. We talk about best and worst venues and obstacles, What to expect when running a Worlds Toughest Mudder, and how preparing for a Worlds Toughest Mudder helped him make a full body transformation.

In this episode I talk to Kristena and Ali about their experience at the Agoge 002. Kristena was able to complete the full Agoge and has a ton of great anecdotes, and Ali unfortunately DNF as a result of an injury. This is a follow up episode to Episodes 4 and 6 where I talked to Ali and Kristena about their plans to complete the Spartan Delta in 2016. If you haven't already listened to those, check them out and hear about how they started. If you are considering any of the Hurricane Heat's or the Agoge, then you definitely need to check this episode out!

This week's episode is all about hiking! At the beginning of this month, I hiked the Cactus to Clouds trail up to San Jacinto Peak, where I met three hikers in the midst of hiking the entire Pacific Crest Trail.

I start by sharing my experience with the grueling Cactus to Clouds hike, then dive into the interviews with Stripes, Mr. Snuggles and Dink (their PCT trail names).

I spoke with them all about what motivated them to start this long, arduous journey, and we talk a bit about Cactus to Clouds.

I ask them each what they're most looking forward to, how and what they decided to bring, and the logistics of their trip.

We talk about the terrain for a bit, then end with discussing their next big goals once they complete the PCT.

Jack Bauer, the mind behind the massive Spartan ranking system, joins me on the podcast to talk all about the top women in the elite field.

We begin with talking about the "Fab 5" elite women and who it has consisted of, and how it might be changing. We have a long discussion full of stats about most all of the top women currently in the field, and where we think they'll end up by championship season. This leads me to ask for Jack's opinion on whether the wide variety of course types in the Spartan USNS will affect the top placing.

Jack then gives me plenty of head-to-head stats from the women's field, and I ask him if he thinks that some of the slower starts this year are due to the fact that the series started so early.

We get briefly sidetracked by some of the men's competition, and we then discuss the women that dominated the field years ago, and how they would stack up against the top women's field today. Jack goes one to tell me which women had the most podiums each year.

We then get into the topic of dark horses, and Jack gives me some names to look out for this year.

Lastly, we end with a discussion about the recently announced OCRWC ranking system, and how we both feel about it.

Continuing our coverage from last weekend's Spartan race in Seattle, we were there on Sunday for the Sprint and spoke with some of the top competitors (and the course manager!) from the race that day, including:

-Veejay Jones

-Ian Hosek

-Alyssa Hawley

-Steve Hammond

Allison Tai

We spoke about the Championship race the day before, the competition and the conditions at the Sprint, and more!