Today Pretty Mike James  continues our monthly conversation with The OCR Trainer  Megan Beck .  She spent last summer in New Zealand doing some top secret stuff. It finally premieres on Three tv Monday May 22nd. Check the link here: https://fb.watch/kzObJ7rIZ7/ A Little more about Megan. She is an  OCR trainer and can help you get better  at obstacle completion or  attacking the course.   She is also one of the  hosts of Middle Of The  Pack Podcast .  Have a listen to this monthly  special and let us know  what you think.   ..read more

Today Mike talks with Benj and Nikki from Fitness with Bennies and Ryan Polin about their OCR in Camas this summer. They get caugh up with all things and then discuss how the race came to be and how there is a HUGE void in the PNW after COVID. Spartan left Boise and Washogal leaving only one race in the PNW from their brand and one from Tough Mudder. Paper Maker is ready to fill that void the weekend that Spartan usually was in Washogal this year. Take a minute and listen to this fun episode, the register for this race. Local races need your support more than ever. https://fwb.pushpress.com/o ..read more

Today  Lisa-Anne has Hazelanna McMahan from Summit to Swamp back on  the show.  Shes announcing that the 2022 event in Randall WA is expanding to a triple track event.  If you love the hill you can run it more than once, or if you loved the river you can run the river trail more than once, if you want to hang out in the swamp and run it over and over you can!  It's a great concept that allows the runners to choose their favorite parts and experience it more than once.  If you have never been to this race you MUST find your way here.  It's unique and tons of F ..read more

Today Mike talks with Ken Brown from Liberation Firearms Training.   Why talk to a firearms person on an OCR Podcast?  Well, many OCRs are starting to include a shooting aspect to their event and we me Ken at Rise Challenge Events in Bend Oregon last year.  Mike and Ken have a great discussion on firearm safety, training, and discuss why you need to take some classes on stressed firearms training should you ever need to use a firearm.  As part of many newer events including RISE and the tactical games "run and gun" or other situational or stressed shooting scenarios are pl ..read more

Today Pretty Mike, Brother Boggs, and Joey Mcglamory sit down with Roger Crews and talk about his 1st anniversary of running OCR with the team More Heart Than Scars.   Who is Roger?  He is an adaptive athlete that inspires us all that we can do better.  When you see him on course he is usually helping someone.  This is amazing as he has only been doing OCR for a year.  He's overcoming autism to be on course and has helped lead other young athletes with autism through races.  In 2021 Roger completed multiple race brands and was recently announced as an Ambassador ..read more

Today Lisa-Anne Catches up with Erika Bogan, Adaptive Athlete, former Miss Wheelchair USA, Spartan, Author, and now a Human Ruck? I won't give it away here, you have to listen to find out the story behind the episode name.   In today's episode Lisa and Erika recap the end of the shortened 2021 Season and the rescheduling of the Kilimanjaro trip due to covid.  The trip will be joined by a documentary team from Birdmine so be sure and follow them on social as well to keep up to date.  https://www.birdmine.com/ Since we last had Erika on she published 4 books, updated her social ..read more

Today Pretty Mike talks with Faye Stenning.  You may know her as a Spartan Pro Racer, from a TV show, or her podcast.  We reached out to her to start 2022 off right.  Mike and Faye talk about what got her into OCR in 2017.  Why quitting her corporate job and becoming a Pro Athlete was a great and scary move.  Then they talk about the transition into coaching with her best friend and Canadian Olympic athlete Jessica O'Connell.  This is the first episode recorded in the Valentine Entertainment Studios, let us know how it sounds to you. Her Podcast: https://pod.link ..read more

Today Pretty Mike talks with Wendy Miller Green about racing, trying and the balance of family. Wendy is the current Berserker Strong champion.  Watch a time lapse of her completing it at www.berserkerstrong.com WANT FREE STUFF? Do us a favor and rate us and leave a review on your                favorite  Podcast Platform.  Screenshot it and email the       review    to      us      at   BeastNetPodc ..read more

Today during a windstorm and without power at his house, Pretty Mike sits down with Justin Scholl to talk about failing. Not something you usually talk about when training for your next event.  But with Mike dnfing the Ironman and Justin dnfing the 100 miler.  This seems like the best time to talk about it.   Justin elaborates on our Partner OCR Buddy's site in their blog.  Check it out here: https://ocrbuddy.com/rim-to-river-100-keep-going-until-you-cant/ WANT FREE STUFF? Do us a favor and rate us and leave a review on your          ..read more

Today Mike talks with Amber Johnston, she's part of the BROCR team and a Machete Madness Pro athlete. We had her on back, way back, 304 episodes ago on Episode 4 and again on episode 208. Much has changed, we spoke with her when she had just moved to Alaska, then when she hit Texas and got to running OCRs down there. COVID shuts down the world, we talked with Amber about surviving the shutdown. Now, still dealing with COVID Shutdowns a year later, Amber finally looked into dealing with back pain she's had since her teens.     Facebook - Amber Johnston and IG - @ajohnstonocr  ..read more