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Joe De Sena is the President of Spartan.

Joe joins Will Hicks to talk about Spartan School through 2Hr Learning. While they were talking, OCR in the Olympics came up, and they wrapped up with a story from Joe about how he used to wait for the school bus at a local funeral home where he saw a new dead body every. single. day.

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This past weekend there was controversy at the finish line of DEKA Norcal. The Director of DEKA, Yancy Culp joins us to talk about the finish line and the resulting updates to the DEKA Rule Book.

The OCR Report is the official live stream home of DEKA. You can watch the full race only on The OCR Report YouTube channel.

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Nicole Mericle is four-time OCR World Champion. After a two-year recovery from injury, she won the first race in the 2023 Spartan North American Elite Series last month and 3rd Place at DEKA Anaheim a few weeks ago.

This past weekend Nicole finished 6th at the second race in the Spartan NAES, in Big Bear California. After making it through the two preliminary heats and qualifying for the finals, Nicole did not participate in the final 3k race.

There has been a lot of chatter online about why Nicole did not race in the Big Bear Finals. She joins The OCR Report Podcast to set the record straight.

Nicole is sponsored by Sur PhytoPerformance, Pro-Tec Athletics, and Honey Stinger.

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Veejay Jones is a two-time OCRWC World Champion in the 3k Division. He won the first race in the 2023 Spartan North American Elite Series and this past weekend he won the 4th race in the 2023 DEKA Series, at Socal.

Veejay joins the show to talk about those two big wins and his race plans for the rest of 2023. He also shares some surprising news about his race plans for 2024.

Veejay opens up about his competitive nature and how he wrestles with whether that hyper-competitiveness is a good or bad thing.

Veejay is sponsored by Venga CBD.

You can watch Veejay win DEKA Socal and Spartan Palm Beach on The OCR Report YouTube channel.

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Spartan Games Season Two debuts on March 24th! Christine De La Rosa-Stotz is the Head of Media for Spartan and joins us for a behind-the-scenes look.

Christine tells us about how they made the decision to bring back Spartan Games, what we can expect from Season Two, and "What about Spartan Games Season Three?".

Episode One of Season Two of Spartan Games debuts on March 24th. You can watch on Outside TV, Spartan TV, and Spartan's YouTube Channel.

Be sure to follow The OCR Report on Instagram for Spartan Games results, recaps, and interviews.

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Rea Kolbl is the two-time defending Spartan Ultra World Champion. She also won World's Toughest Mudder twice and is tied for the women's record with most miles at a WTM with 90 miles.

Rea grew up in Slovenia. She moved away when she was 19 but still visits her family regularly. Last year Spartan held their first race in Slovenia and they will be back for a Trifecta weekend May 21-22, 2022 in Kranjska Gore, Slovenia. Rea is hosting a small group of Spartan runners for the week before the race on a guided tour of Rea's favorite spots in the country leading up to race weekend.

The cost of the trip is €2,000 euros, or about $2,200 US. That investment includes everything except airfare and daily lunches. If you would like to be a part of the trip, reach out to Rea on her Instagram page at @reakolbl

Rea and Will talk about Slovenia, Rea's Olympic dreams in SkiMo (Ski Mountaineering) and her thoughts on Russia's war against Ukraine.

Rea is sponsored by Spring Energy, Ascent Protein, onX Backcountry and Dynafit. You can follow her on Instagram at @reakolbl.

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Kevin Gregory is a podium-winning Spartan athlete, a gym owner, and a physical trainer. He also likes to run races while wearing a "Bubbles the Clowne" mask.

Kevin joins the show to talk about the new Age Group-focused Spartan US National Series. He talks about the venues and what racers can expect at each one. He also talks about training and how to know you are ready to make the leap from the Open Waves up to Age Group.

You can follow Kevin on Instagram at @bubblestheclowne. You can follow his gym at @underdog_fitnessct.

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Faye Morgan swept the opening weekend of the 2022 Spartan season with wins at the Spartan SoCal Super and Sprint.

We talked with Faye about her race in SoCal, her plans for 2022, and how to be a mother of four kids and how she makes time to win races on the weekend.

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