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 2 of 4 of our WTM coverage and it focuses on everything during the event weekend! See time stamps below for more information but we have pre race interviews, start line audio, pit crew interviews, volunteer interviews, and interviews after the race!
Part 1 was focused on Friday interviews and the TMHQ course announcements! Part 3 will focus on the brunch, and part 4 will be the bar crawl!
Start – 3:29 – Intro
3:29 – 6:57 – Quick News
6:57 – 8:14 – Content Preface
8:14 – 49:16 – Pre-Race Interviews (Jamie Gane, Mark Bonczek, Sam Rao and Abby, AJ Golik, Joe Rucco, Jillian Heller, Heather Olsen, Libbie Joyce, Melissa Linden, Grant Thompson, Kris Mendoza, Nikki Caromba, Haylee Milot, and Mike Strobel)
49:16 – 1:06:42 – Start Line Audio (Announcement, start audio, Katelyn not running, and after first media lap)
1:06:42 – 1:16:25 – Pit Crew Interviews (Becky Neal and Pip Rainbow, Grant Thompson Pit Crew, and Kelly Glynn Pit Crew)
1:16:25 – 1:45:58 – Volunteer Interviews (Swing Low, Lumberjacked, Mega Mile, Great Escape, Great Escape Athletes James O’Hare and Simon helping, Joe Rucco and Patrik helping at Everest, Shaft It, Shaft It Penalty, Augustus Glow Up, Hangover, Block Ness, Pitfall and Kiss of Mud, Mudderhorn, and Electroshock Therapy)
1:45:58 – 2:08:23 – Post Race Interviews (Chris James, Grant Thompson finish audio, Sam and Donna, Hans and Sheila, Jamie Gane, Kevin Calder, and Scott McDonald)
2:08:23 – End – Outro
Next weekend we will be airing part 3 of our World’s Toughest Mudder coverage which focuses on the bar crawl!
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