Live from the SoCal Spartan Weekend

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01/28/19 • 64 min

The 2019 Spartan season kicked off in Chino, California last weekend and I spoke with some of the elite athletes who hit the podium all about the course, what they thought of the new obstacles, the competition, and the year ahead.

I spoke with:

-Kirk DeWindt

-Nicole Mericle

-Veejay Jones

-Nell Rojas

-Natalie Miano

-Nikolaj Dam

-Leon Kofoed

I spoke with:

-Kirk DeWindt

-Nicole Mericle

-Veejay Jones

-Nell Rojas

-Natalie Miano

-Nikolaj Dam

-Leon Kofoed

Previous Episode

Live from Platinum OCR's Time Trials

Live from Platinum OCR's first time trial of 2019, I spoke with some of the top athletes there all about the time trials, their training, and their plans for the upcoming season.

I spoke with Omar Padilla who placed first, Faye Morgan who placed first for women, Platinum OCR owner Nicole Kifer and second place female Evelyne Ruiz. We discuss the challenges they faced with the course and the obstacles, and how it relates to Spartan and other OCR races.

I also ask them about their training, their goals, and what their plans are for 2019.

A great short episode to send you into your weekend!

Next Episode

Grit OCR & Creating an Obstacle Course Race with Antonio Alletto

Founder and Race Director for Grit OCR Antonio Alletto joined me on the podcast this week to tell me all about his race, how and why created it, and the challenges and success he encountered along the way.

We start by Antonio introducing himself and telling me about his background with OCR. We then dive into Grit as I ask him why he wanted to create an OCR, and he tells me how he started it.

Antonio walks me through the process of creating an OCR and creating the course, and tells me all about how he built all of his obstacles. He talks about the biggest challenges he faced in creating his own OCR, and we talk about last year's inaugural event and what he learned from it.

He explains the format of the race, and I ask him why he chose penalty loops over mandatory obstacle completion. He also explains how the competitive system works at his race.

We end by discussing expansion and different race formats, and Antonio tells me what kind of person Grit OCR is trying to reach.