We have been wanting to have Alisa Petrova on the show for a while now with us first reaching out to her back in December 2022 to talk about the Spartan World Championships that year!  Her being 9 hours ahead of us made it pretty difficult to plan a good time to record but it was worth recording at 5am our time to finally have her on the show! Alisa talks about how she wasn't medically allowed to engage in sports at a young age but eventually got into speed walking and later became involved with Hero Race. In more recent years she has continued to prove herself to be a podium threat at many championship events including the Spartan World Championships. Within the past month she took on a new challenge in the form of an ultra by competing and winning Tough Mudder Infinity in AlUla.  We discuss the barriers of fueling, pacing, and dealing with poor race day communications at the event.  Also, her experience at the Government Games in Dubai this year! 0:00 – 6:35 – Intro 6:35 – 16:00 – Quick News 16:00 – 16:40 – Content Preface 16:40 - 51:46 - Alisa Petrova Interview 51:46 - End – Outro Next episode is planned to be with Paul LaChance who recently ran his 200th Spartan Race at the age of 82! ____ News Stories: Switch Away from Google Podcasts before April Buck Furpees: New England OCR Expo Fundraiser on March 9th 2024 New England OCR Expo on April 20th (use code "obstacles" for $5 off) Come Do a Deka Mile with Us at Underdog Fitness on April 7th Tough Mudder before World's Toughest Mudder Additional World's Toughest Mudder Changes  Giles Comments on World's Toughest Mudder Changes Hradec Nad Moravici Psartan Sprint and Super Podiums Ibaraki Spartan Sprint Podiums Batangas Spartan Sprint Podiums Winter Nuts Challenge Podiums Deka Fit Knoxville Men Podium Houston Spartan Beast Podiums Hurdle Hula Secret Link B Hole Secret Link Rich Prank Secret Link Tapping Pens Secret Link Racist Gary Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 257. World’s Toughest Mudder! (Part 4: Katie Knight and Mark Batres)! 270. Ida Mathilde Steensgaard on Jacksonville Spartans, Savage Florida, and More! 302. Nicole Mericle on the OCR Dream Team, Injury Recovery, Returning to Racing, and More! 308. World’s Toughest Mudder with Mark Gaudet and First Woman to Hit 100 Miles Kris Rugloski! 316. Ulrikke Evensen on Spartan World Championships, World’s Toughest Mudder, and More! ____ 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, Cheryl Miller, Jessica Johnson, Scott "The Fayne" Knowles, Anna Landry, Nick Ryker, Christopher Hoover, Kevin Gregory Jr., Evan Eirich, Ashley Reis, Brent George, Justin Manning, Wendell Lagosh, Logan Nagle, Angela Bowers, Asa Coddington, Thomas Petersen, Seth Rinderknecht and Bonnie Wilson. 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