World's Toughest Mudder is coming up soon and Mike is wicked excited!  If you're also excited for it then this will be a great episode for you because we have Chris Maltbie on the show to talk about the upcoming weekend! Chris is the vice president of product for Tough Mudder/Spartan Race as well as the race director for the most epic 24 hour OCR that we all know as World's Toughest Mudder! We discuss his background in OCR, changes to the Tough Mudder season this year and if they will affect WTM, some information about WTM including a cryptic obstacle run down, and much more! 0:00 – 7:45 – Intro 7:45 – 12:10 – Quick News 12:10 – 12:46 – Content Preface 12:46 - 58:55 - Chris Maltbie Interview 58:55 - End – Outro Next episode Mike will be in Texas covering World's Toughest Mudder which should lead to enough interviews and audio for an upcoming 3 or so episodes but next week we will have an episode with Manuel Dufaux to release to buy Mike some time since there are more hours of editing needed than you can imagine for our WTM coverage! ____ News Stories: Crossing a River in a Pumpkin Emerald Necklace of Boston FKT Attempt World's Toughest Mudder Coverage Schedule Spartan Dallas Ultra Podiums Spartan Michigan Sprint Podiums Water Cup Secret Link Taxi Crow Secret Link Do Something Secret Link Underwater Colors Secret Link Emergency Exit Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 45. World’s Toughest Mudder, Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon, Mattapoisett 5k, and YMCA Turkey Trot 5 Miler! 46. World’s Toughest Mudder Champion’s Brunch with Will Hicks and Heather Bode, Kingston 5k Turkey Trot, and Newburyport Harborside Half Marathon! 97. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Community Dinner and Event) 98. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Champion’s Brunch and Bar Crawl), and Taunton YMCA Turkey Trot! 150. World’s Toughest Mudder Hot Lap Recap, Javier Escobar’s Pit Planning Party, and Mike’s Lap By Lap Experience! 151. World’s Toughest Mudder Brunch Audio and Bar Crawl Interviews! 152. World’s Toughest Mudder Pit Crew Debriefing, and Drunk Javier Escobar Interview! 201. World’s Toughest Mudder Memories! 254. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 1: Interviews with Volunteers, Pit Crew, Athletes, and Pit Audio) 255. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 2: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 256. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews) 257. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres) 305. Preparing for a First World’s Toughest Mudder with Anthony Kunkel and Michael Lopez! 307. World’s Toughest Mudder with Tyler Veerman and New Champion DJ Fox! 308. World’s Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, Dave Claxton, Brad Kiehl, Charlotte Engelman, Erin Grindstaff, Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano, Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter, Sofia Harnedy, Kenny West, Ryan Maisano, Cheryl Goodwin, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Ryan Hart, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Kevin Praytor, Wendell Lagosh, Brett "The T-Rex" Milks, Logan Nagle, Patrick Brown, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington and Thomas Petersen. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, and Joshua Reid! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code "adventure" for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code "ocrreport20" for 20% off Caterpy products Like us on Facebook: Obstacle Running Adventures Follow our podcast on Instagram: @ObstacleRunningAdventures Write us an email: obstaclerunningadventures@gmail.com Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest