Discussing the Elite Women of OCR with Jack Bauer

03/26/19 • 93 min

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.

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.

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 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.

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Winning Alabama, OCR Training and Million Dollar Mile with Veejay Jones

Elite OCR athlete and Spartan Pro Team member Veejay Jones joins me on the podcast to talk about his win at the Spartan U.S. National Series race, how he trains and what he focuses on in his training, and about the upcoming show he's on, Million Dollar Mile.

We start with Veejay telling me about his win in Alabama, and I ask him about his proficiency with obstacles. He then explains to me why the Spartan U.S. National Series isn't on his radar, and I ask him when he'll start to focus on winning Beasts. I also ask him whether or not he feels as though he's underestimated by the elite field.

Veejay also tells me about his training with Richard Diaz, and how that's affected his performance at races.

We then talk about the upcoming show Million Dollar Mile, and Veejay explains the premise of the show and the layout of the course. He tells me about what is like to work the other pros on the show, and I ask him how it compares to some of the other OCR-related shows we've seen.

Lastly, Veejay tells me about what he will be focusing on, and the his goal races for the year.

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Live from the Tough Mudder Opening Weekend

This week is full of live interviews and my own review from Tough Mudder's opening weekend in California! I was there Sunday to run the course, and I got interviews from some key members of the TM community, including:

-Tough Mudder CEO Kyle McLaughlin

-Two of the three founders of Assist 100 Mudders, Joey Ta and Ed Groleau

-Tough Mudder emcee and community favorite Sean Corvelle