Francis Lackner's guest appearances

Francis Lackner

World’s Toughest Podcast

Strength & Speed OCR: Obstacle Course Racing Lessons From Other Sports

Mind Muscle and Movement Podcast

Kyle McLaughlin

Adriane Alvord

Stefanie Bishop

Jake Ramsby

Mark James

Rea Kolbl

Allison Tai

Wesley Kerr

Chris Maltbie

Kris Mendoza

Trevor Cichosz

Stephen Mainprize

Brian Thompson

Margaret Schlachter

Sarah Von Bargen

OwlTail

Every Toughest Mudder a group of men spend 12 hours pulling people up the Tough Mudder quarter pipe "Everest".  Evan Perperis brings on three of them including: 131x TM Finisher: Ryan Creagh: Who was at the first Tough Mudder ever 117x TM Finisher: Francis Lackner who runs for his mom, now forever cancer free 163x TM Finisher: Joe Van Tassel (JVT) The group talks about why they do it, some of the unexpected challenges, what the first Tough Mudder was like and what makes them "Tougher Together".  Give a listen to this all Tough Mudder episode, get inspired and we will see you out on the course.   Episode brought to you by Mythic Race, Missouri's newest OCR, details and sign up here: https://m.facebook.com/Mythic-Race-101941148527352/   Music provided by Dino Sinos

Every Toughest Mudder a group of men spend 12 hours pulling people up the Tough Mudder quarter pipe "Everest".  Evan Perperis brings on three of them including: 131x TM Finisher: Ryan Creagh: Who was at the first Tough Mudder ever 117x TM Finisher: Francis Lackner who runs for his mom, now forever cancer free 163x TM Finisher: Joe Van Tassel (JVT) The group talks about why they do it, some of the unexpected challenges, what the first Tough Mudder was like and what makes them "Tougher Together".  Give a listen to this all Tough Mudder episode, get inspired and we will see you out on the course. Episode brought to you by Mythic Race, Missouri's newest OCR, details and sign up here: <a href="https://m.facebook.com/Mythic-Race-101941148527352/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://m.facebook.com/Mythic-Race-101941148527352/</a> Music provided by Dino Sinos

S5E23: Everest Angels: JVT, Francis Lackner & Ryan Creagh

Francis has an incredible heart and you will be inspired by his story of a Christmas wish, living life by the motto "One More Day Above the Roses" and how he gives back more and more and more.  You can find Francis: https://www.facebook.com/francis.a.lackner http://www.instagram.com/francis.artsy.1025   If you would enjoy the blog straight into your inbox every Tuesday as well as Friday Fun emails - sign up for the FREE newsletter.    Sponsor http://www.heat-go.com/

Francis has an incredible heart and you will be inspired by his story of a Christmas wish, living life by the motto "One More Day Above the Roses" and how he gives back more and more and more.  You can find Francis: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/francis.a.lackner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/francis.a.lackner</a> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/francis.artsy.1025" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.instagram.com/francis.artsy.1025</a> If you would enjoy the blog straight into your inbox every Tuesday as well as Friday Fun emails - <a href="http://eepurl.com/bh3mhb" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">sign up for the FREE newsletter</a>.  Sponsor <a href="http://www.heat-go.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.heat-go.com/</a>

Episode 103 - Interview with Francis Lackner

Francis Lackner and Sue Harvey-Brown join us in this episode. You may have seen Francis on a Tough Mudder course in his jolly red suit carrying his running partner, Santa Claus. Santa has "run" 39 Tough Mudder events. Francis plans to cross the 100 event mark himself in 2018. In June of 2017, Francis lost his mom to cancer. A few months later Francis was running Toughest Mudder Chicago. His mom was supposed to there with him. On his second lap, the emotions became too much and he felt ready to quit. Instead of quitting, Francis and Ryan Cray decided to spend some extra time at the top of Everest 2.0, just helping people over the obstacle. The penalty for failing the obstacle was an additional 3/4 mile run. That extra time turned into an hour, and then into two hours, and then into four hours. Francis and Ryan left Everest to finish their second lap after 5 and a half hours on top of Everest.  After Toughest Mudder ended at 8:30 Francis spent the morning honoring his mother. He passed out red plastic roses to TMHQ staff, volunteer, and runners. The roses represented "One more day above the roses" the title of a song that became important to Ryan and his mother as she battled with cancer. Ryan tells the story of the roses and everything that happened that weekend. Sue Harvey-Brown is the liaison between Merrell and Tough Mudder. When Merrell is working on a new initiative with Tough Mudder, odds are Sue is not far from the work being done. Merrell and World's Toughest Podcast are partnering to bring you the Merrell Mudder Moment. This is a moment that happened to you or someone you know on a Tough Mudder course. Maybe the moment happened off the course and Tough Mudder was how you conquered it, or found peace with it. Or maybe Tough Mudder was how you honored someone like Francis and his mother.  We're going to highlight a new Merrell Mudder Moment every other month in 2018. Honorees will receive a pair of Merrell trail running shoes like the All Out Crush 2.0 and the opportunity to share their story on World's Toughest Podcast. To submit your Merrell Mudder Moment, email Worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com with Merrell Mudder Moment or MMM in the subject line. In the body of the email tell your story. What happened? How did you deal with it? How were you changed? Winners will be selected by World's Toughest Podcast and Merrell. Good luck!  0:00 Intro 2:27 Tough Mudder News 15:52 iTunes Reviews 20:54 Merrell Mudder Moments with Sue Harvey-Brown 28:28 One More Day Above The Roses with Francis Lackner 1:12:56 Outro and Wrap-up   World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of  Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2 or  Merrell All Out Crush 2 trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Either option will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win. --- What do you think of the podcast? Who in the Tough Mudder community would you like to hear? Let us know on the World's Toughest Podcast Facebook page at facebook.com/worldstoughestpod Follow us on Twitter or on Instagram. Would you like to be a part of the show? Leave us a review on  Apple Podcasts and we'll read it on a future episode. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every week.

Francis Lackner and Sue Harvey-Brown join us in this episode. You may have seen Francis on a Tough Mudder course in his jolly red suit carrying his running partner, Santa Claus. Santa has "run" 39 Tough Mudder events. Francis plans to cross the 100 event mark himself in 2018. In June of 2017, Francis lost his mom to cancer. A few months later Francis was running Toughest Mudder Chicago. His mom was supposed to there with him. On his second lap, the emotions became too much and he felt ready to quit. Instead of quitting, Francis and Ryan Cray decided to spend some extra time at the top of Everest 2.0, just helping people over the obstacle. The penalty for failing the obstacle was an additional 3/4 mile run. That extra time turned into an hour, and then into two hours, and then into four hours. Francis and Ryan left Everest to finish their second lap after 5 and a half hours on top of Everest. After Toughest Mudder ended at 8:30 Francis spent the morning honoring his mother. He passed out red plastic roses to TMHQ staff, volunteer, and runners. The roses represented "One more day above the roses" the title of a song that became important to Ryan and his mother as she battled with cancer. Ryan tells the story of the roses and everything that happened that weekend. Sue Harvey-Brown is the liaison between Merrell and Tough Mudder. When Merrell is working on a new initiative with Tough Mudder, odds are Sue is not far from the work being done. Merrell and World's Toughest Podcast are partnering to bring you the Merrell Mudder Moment. This is a moment that happened to you or someone you know on a Tough Mudder course. Maybe the moment happened off the course and Tough Mudder was how you conquered it, or found peace with it. Or maybe Tough Mudder was how you honored someone like Francis and his mother. We're going to highlight a new Merrell Mudder Moment every other month in 2018. Honorees will receive a pair of Merrell trail running shoes like the All Out Crush 2.0 and the opportunity to share their story on World's Toughest Podcast. To submit your Merrell Mudder Moment, email <a href="mailto:Worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com">Worldstoughestpodcast@gmail.com</a> with Merrell Mudder Moment or MMM in the subject line. In the body of the email tell your story. What happened? How did you deal with it? How were you changed? Winners will be selected by World's Toughest Podcast and Merrell. Good luck! 0:00 Intro 2:27 Tough Mudder News 15:52 iTunes Reviews 20:54 Merrell Mudder Moments with Sue Harvey-Brown 28:28 One More Day Above The Roses with Francis Lackner 1:12:56 Outro and Wrap-up World's Toughest Podcast is excited to partner with Merrell again to give away a pair of shoes every month to listeners of the show. To win a pair of <a href="https://www.merrell.com/US/en/agility-peak-flex-2-e-mesh/30857M.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Merrell Agility Peak Flex 2</a> or <a href="https://www.merrell.com/US/en/all-out-crush-tough-mudder-2-boa/30863M.html?ref=all%20out%20crush&amp;dwvar_30863M_color=J12569#q=all+out+crush&amp;start=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Merrell All Out Crush 2</a> trail running shoes, text the word TOUGH to the number 228-28 or email <a href="mailto:WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com">WorldsToughestPodcast@gmail.com</a> with MERRELL in the subject line and your 1)Name, 2)Email Address and 3)Cell Phone in the body of the email. Either option will subscribe you to the World's Toughest Newsletter and qualify you to win. --- What do you think of the podcast? Who in the Tough Mudder community would you like to hear? Let us know on the World's Toughest Podcast Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldstoughestpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/worldstoughestpod</a> Follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/toughestpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldstoughestpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram.</a> Would you like to be a part of the show? Leave us a review on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-toughest-podcast-worlds-toughest-mudder-ocr/id1203637893?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a> and we'll read it on a future episode. Don't forget to subscribe and listen for new episodes every week.

071: Six Hours on Everest with Francis Lackner