#99: Conquer The Gauntlet with David & Stephen Mainprize

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Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 31 January 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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You've probably heard about mud and obstacle races like Tough Mudder or Spartan Race, but did you know there are small local and regional obstacle races going on all over the country? In today's podcast I talk to David and Stephen Mainprize, founders and owners of Conquer the Gauntlet, a regional obstacle race that takes place in Oklahoma. I did the race last year and as someone who's done a few of the big mud run, Conquer the Gauntlet is by far my favorite. I talk to the Mainprizes why they started a local mud run, what's involved with organizing an obstacle race, and what's the best way to train for these types of races.

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0:00.0	Bratmicae here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:19.6	So mud runs, obstacle races, they're all the rage right now.
0:23.2	They seem like they've replaced 5Ks as the thing you do on the weekend.
0:27.2	The big ones, some of you have probably done some of them, Spartan race, Tough Mudder, Warrior Dash.
0:32.0	What's interesting besides these big international, international obstacle races that are going on,
0:37.6	there's also several regional obstacle races that you can only go to in a certain area of the country.
0:43.3	And there was actually a regional race here in Tulso, Oklahoma.
0:46.3	It's called Conquer the Gauntlet. It's owned and operated by two brothers, Stephen David main prize.
0:51.8	I really enjoyed it. It had a lot more obstacles than some of the other mud runs that I've done.
0:57.3	But what I liked about it, there's just a little more low key.
0:59.8	I had more of a community feel to it than some of those big giant ones that I've been to.
1:04.0	So after the mud run, I wanted to get them on the podcast to talk about the business of regional obstacle races and mud runs.
1:12.0	What it takes to run and set up an obstacle race.
1:16.0	So here on the podcast, we're going to talk about why these guys started Conquer the Gauntlet and what's involved in running a race that has over 30 obstacles and the logistics that it takes to put something on like that.
1:27.6	So let's do this.
1:31.7	Stephen and David main prize, welcome to the show.
1:34.4	Thank you so much. We're glad to be here. We're pumped about it. We're grateful that you left me a part of all the mailiness that's going on over there.
1:41.8	Well, I can see you in the video. You guys can't see me. My camera's not working, but one of you has an awesome beard.
1:48.2	That's Stephen. I'm working on it.
1:51.2	David, you got a lot of catching up to do. Yeah, I just started.
1:55.3	All right. So you guys are the founders and owners of an obstacle race called Conquer the Gauntlet.
2:01.7	It's based out of I guess that is that out of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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