495. World's Toughest Mudder 2026! (Part 1: Pit Set Up Interviews, and Course Briefing Audio)

World's Toughest Mudder 2026 came and went and there was a lot of excitement captured both on the live stream as well as in our interviews! This is our part 1 of 4 of our WTM coverageand it focuses on everything on Friday before the start of the event weekend! A few interviews with the Tough Mudder Community, a short announcement, an update on Katelyn's race registration, and the course breifing announcements! Part 2 will be race weekend interviews from athletes, pit crew, and volunteers! Part 3 will focus on the brunch, and part 4 will be the bar crawl! Start – 3:18 – Intro 3:18 – 5:50 – Quick News 5:50 – 7:19 – Content Preface 7:19 – 13:20 - Gary Judd and Kai Interviews 13:20 – 16:07 - Matt's Race Announcement 16:07 – 20:45 - Dasos Gonella Interview 20:45 – 26:47 - Katelyn's Registration Update 26:47 – 1:07:39 - Course Preview Announcements 1:07:39 – End – Outro Next weekend we will be in Morzine covering Spartan Ultra World Championships! ____ News Stories: Hyrox World Championships Relay Winner  World's Toughest Mudder Podiums Antarctic Jacuzzi Secret Link Slipknot Squats Secret Link Manly Flirt Secret Link Thumb Flick Secret Link Strange Faces Secret Link ____ Related Episodes: 360. World's Toughest Mudder 2023! (Part 3: Bar Crawl Interviews and a Musical Performance) 412. World's Toughest Mudder 2024! (Part 3: Brunch Interviews and Audio) 438. World's Toughest Mudder First Timer Questions with Josh Fiore! 441. World's Toughest Mudder in UK Prep with Wil Chung and Fran Chiorando! 442. Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts! 443. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 1: Course Walkthrough with The OCR Report) 444. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 2: Event Day Audio, Interviews, and Katelyn's Pit Audio) 445. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 3: British Brunch Interviews and Audio) 446. World's Toughest Mudder 2025 (Part 4: Bar Crawl Interviews) 449. World's Toughest Mudder 2025! (Part 5: Giles Chater Interview) 493. Mike's First Hyrox Experience and Katelyn's Pre-World's Toughest Mudder Thoughts! 494. Grant Thompson on Scotland, UKOCR Endurance Series, World's Toughest Mudder, and More! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters: Jason Dupree, Kim DeVoss, Samantha Thompson, Matt Puntin, 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, 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, Bonnie Wilson, Steve Bacon from The New England OCR Expo, Robert Landman, Shell Luccketta Jules Estes, and Alan "Muddy Duck" Moore. Sponsored Athletes: Javier Escobar, Kelly Sullivan, Ryan Brizzolara, Joshua Reid, and Kevin Gregory! 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: [email protected] Subscribe on Youtube: Obstacle Running Adventures Intro music - "Streaker" by: Straight Up Outro music - "Iron Paw" by: Dubbest