{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"509. Matt Novakovich on Alaska, Spartan Glory Days, Grief, and Return to Killington!","description":"We first met Matt Novakovich back in November of 2014 at the Spartan Race World Championship viewing party just outside of Fenway Park in Boston! We had him on the show back in 2018 on episode 89 when we covered Killington in person by doing finish line interviews. Between him losing his son, being public about his grief, and him returning to Killington to be honored, we figured it would be a great time to have him on the show for his own episode. We discuss his athletic background, his love for Alaska, how he found OCR, what it was like being on the Spartan Pro Team during the glory days of the sport, his return to Killington for the Beast, and how he has been handling his son's death. Start \u2013 4:00 \u2013 Intro 4:00 \u2013 15:52 \u2013 Quick News 15:52 \u2013 17:23 \u2013 Content Preface 17:23 \u2013 27:59 - Matt Novakovich Interview 40:04 \u2013 End \u2013 Outro Next weekend we will&amp;nbsp;be at Obstacle Wonderland's Halloweird on Sunday October 11th so most likely an episode covering that! ____ News Stories:  Camille Heron OnlyFans Thomas Van Tonder Bridge Monkey Bars Cali Schweikhart Married Aaron Newell Married Spartan Italy National Series Leaderboard Spartan Sovata Super Podiums Spartan Japan National Series Leaderboard Spartan Midwest Beast Podiums Spartan Midwest Super Podiums Spartan London South East Ultra Podiums Spartan London South East Beast Podiums Spartan London South East Super Podiums Spartan Temecula Super Podiums Spartan Temecula Sprint Podiums Spartan United Kingdom National Series Leaderboard Rudolph Run Secret Link Crosswalk Guard Secret Link Scream Run Secret Link Mouth Controller Secret Link Snare Drum Secret Link ____ Related Episodes:  89. Killington Spartan Beast, Ultra, and Sprint with Elites! ____ The OCR Report Patreon Supporters:&amp;nbsp;Jason Dupree,&amp;nbsp;Kim DeVoss,&amp;nbsp;Samantha Thompson,&amp;nbsp;Matt Puntin,&amp;nbsp;Brad Kiehl,&amp;nbsp;Charlotte Engelman,&amp;nbsp;Erin Grindstaff,&amp;nbsp;Hank Stefano, Arlene Stefano,&amp;nbsp;Laura Ritter, Steven Ritter,&amp;nbsp;Sofia Harnedy,&amp;nbsp;Kenny West,&amp;nbsp;Cheryl Miller,&amp;nbsp;Jessica Johnson,&amp;nbsp;Scott \u201cThe Fayne\u201d Knowles,&amp;nbsp;Nick Ryker,&amp;nbsp;Christopher Hoover,&amp;nbsp;Kevin Gregory Jr.,&amp;nbsp;Evan Eirich,&amp;nbsp;Ashley Reis,&amp;nbsp;Brent George,&amp;nbsp;Justin Manning,&amp;nbsp;Wendell Lagosh,&amp;nbsp;Logan Nagle,&amp;nbsp;Angela Bowers,&amp;nbsp;Asa Coddington,&amp;nbsp;Thomas Petersen,&amp;nbsp;Seth Rinderknecht,&amp;nbsp;Bonnie Wilson,&amp;nbsp;Steve Bacon&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;The New England OCR Expo,&amp;nbsp;Robert Landman,&amp;nbsp;Shell Luccketta&amp;nbsp;Jules Estes, and Alan &quot;Muddy Duck&quot; Moore. Sponsored Athletes: Kelly Sullivan,&amp;nbsp;Joshua Reid, Kevin Gregory, and Joe Rucco! Support us on Patreon for exclusive content and access to our Facebook group  Check out our Threadless Shop Use coupon code &quot;adventure&quot; for 15% off MudGear products Use coupon code &quot;ocrreport20&quot; 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 - &quot;Streaker&quot; by: Straight Up Outro music - &quot;Iron Paw&quot; by: Dubbest ","author_name":"Obstacle Running Adventures","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mstefanorunning.com\/podcast.html","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43165403\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/43165403"}