It's got a, how many people can have a full time pay as a, I'd say there's probably like two or three at this point. Um, you know, people, it's

growing enough that people, you know, you'll see a dozen by the next two years of just like rock stars. Sure. Yeah. You're pretty close with all the other top athletes. Oh my gosh. And you know, that's, that's the cool thing about our sport as well. I call my enemies every day. Really? That they're not my enemies. Like, you know, the guy who just beat me, I talk to him. He's like, dude, you want to come out and stay with me in the last couple of weeks? I like to go. Because he got a train and hang out. Yeah. We're just bros. Yeah. And, um, you know, that's the cool thing. And also the people of the sport, I get contacted by random people all the time. And I can talk to him about random part of the course. Like, you know, they experienced that I experienced. That's cool. Yeah.

It's definitely like, I'm not to do this now. I'm going to try one, a short one.

Stadium race. Stadium race. I tell everybody's stadium race. You're not going to get too dirty and, uh, you're going to experience like, you know, all the crazy monkey bars, ropes, things like that. And it's not too long. Yeah. And if that's just a little taste.

And then I can go do like the mountains or the woods

or something. And then you got to come to world championships and get really. That's a Vermont, right?

How long is I going to take to finish? Um, we have

this crazy race director named Norm Kosh and he is so dangerous. I mean, he will take anything and turn it into just like, you know, the pits of hell and he'll take a mountain that is, uh, Mount Killington. Yeah. And, uh, snowboard is on. Yeah. And you know, beautiful place to snowboard, but not to go up and down with a sandbag on his back and he'll probably be almost five hours this time. Oh my God. Exactly. He wants to make it longer. He can't add more miles, but he can make it harder with the obstacles. Oh my gosh. I know.

Yeah. I'll stick to like a five-molar. Yeah.

I think, you know, I'm just going to bring like a bag of bacon with me last year. I think my biggest, my biggest problem was nutrition. Not enough food. You're exhausted. Exactly. I want to have that kind of crunchy, nice feeling of bacon with me this time. It'll be cold though. Oh, right. Nothing with that. I think it will work.

OK, so you got the world championship is coming up. That's in Vermont. Right. That's September, September 20th, September 20th. Yep. Uh, is it going to be streamed live online? Is there a place we can watch it? Is it you'll be able to see it's, uh,

delayed on NBC about two weeks afterwards. And I think there will be some version of live streaming. OK. I don't know the media source though. Where should you be posting your training and stuff on Instagram and Twitter and what's your main social media? Um, you can follow me in my athlete pages, Hunter McIntyre. Um, on Facebook. Yeah, Facebook, um, hunt the sheriff on what I'm saying, hunt the sheriff on Instagram. And we have a really cool podcast called obstacle dominator and we have, yeah. Right.

You and Ben, right? Feels macho. Yeah. Yeah.

So, uh, Ben's a great guy, really fun. Ben Greenfield. Yeah. Who's got

another show podcast that's part of the integrity network. That's the podcast network that I have.

But I think it's just called the brand Greenfield show. Yeah. I mean, the guy's brilliant. He's really good. Yeah. I'm lucky to have someone like that on my side. Yeah. It's nice. Yeah. How did he reach out to you about doing a show or? We ended up bumping into each other into mekula. And I was like, dude, I, you know, I really respect what you do. And I, um, I really want to, you know, do a couple of projects coming up and he's like, dude, funny thing is I want to do some projects. And I was like, we kind of, I, bro, let's do this. So, um, from there, we kind of just kicked it off. And that was about six months ago. And we've got a little be a ninth episode on Sunday coming out. Iceman. Yeah. And it's getting a lot of traction. I think we got like, I don't know how many thousand subscribers, but it's like, it's just a stupid number, but it's big. It's great. It's exciting for me. I think that all these people I get hit up by random people like, you know, it's so funny to meet you in person. Like I listen to you all the time. That's cool. Yeah. That's a really fun feeling. And the same exact feeling I had when I met you. I was

like, no way. This guy. So, you know, I think that's something that

has been really fun developing the sport and having that, that opinion on the sport and being able to share with the people because otherwise just me in a garage gym, just pumping iron all day long. But now I get to talk about all the fun. That's cool. Went. Are there any other obstacle race show podcasts? There's obstacle racing media, but it's like,

yeah, it doesn't have that much. It's not too exciting. It's not like the two guys who are doing it in the trenches. Exactly. And it's been any good on them. I know he's like a fitness

fan. Ben fires down. You know, he's a tough dude. He'll get like a couple of top 10s. Um, yeah, that's part of the race. Exactly. Yeah. He's a very fast athlete, like hardcore triathlete, right? Yeah. He's always doing crazy workouts. He was just down here in San Diego at the seal fit training camp. I think I saw something like exactly. He's just getting the best. That's nuts. I did it last March.

You did too much to go. Crazy, huh? Oh my gosh. You actually went to the, you actually qualified for the Navy, Navy or something? Yeah,

I did. I mean, like I was supposed to go into the Navy. You know, as I said, I had that really rough past. Um, I didn't rush it a bunch of times and like my recruiter was like, just live at everything. We'll take you. Exactly. So you got accepted. Then what happened? You didn't get sworn in for two days and then I got called and I got rolled out and I was on the way to be in a Navy seal. But, um, you know, I'd obviously go through buds and all that stuff. But, um, yeah,

they just booted me out of the Navy. They didn't want to be. They booted you out because they found out about your past. All my rest records and things like that. So sad.

Was that story? Were you bummed? So we kind of like relieved. I know I was incredibly bummed. Like I think, you know, honestly to be part of such an elite tribe. Yeah. Yeah, just it's a very awesome feeling. It's an honor program.

Yeah, exactly. Well, it sounds like you're doing that in your own way. Yeah. Without having to give up your life. Well,

you know, I think, um, something that I have really enjoyed. The most is just like that kind of man, bro life. And it's that kind of tribe life of just being with all your, your

buddies and progressing as a pack. Yeah. Tight. You're doing crazy stuff. We can't read the world. Yeah. Well, you know, that's, that's my whole life and I'm not sure. That's cool, man. Well, I want to have you come back on some time, maybe after the World Championship. Oh, maybe like mid next year when you're on the next adventure. Oh, yeah. I'll feel you. And what is a good website to serve outside for you specifically?

Hunter McIntyre. My website is actually being developed right now. So I just got a Facebook. Yeah. You can just find me anywhere. If anybody wants a chat, dude, I'm a big Facebook guy. If you just want to hang out, have a bro out. Yeah, exactly. Brochat. Exactly. So just hit me up. I mean, this has been an incredible experience and I know we're both in LA. So yeah, we'll hang. So friends. Yeah, we'll hang, bro. Exactly. Bro. Last two

questions then. What are you most grateful for recently?

What I'm most grateful for is an understanding of the people who surround me. Um, being an athlete, uh, you either have to be incredibly selfish or just incredibly dumb. Um, not, not to say like, you know, dumb, meaning that you can't, you can't even see people outside of yourself. The selfish side is meaning that people who want to be the best and most elite people in the world really kind of just cast out everything out. So around them. And the dumb thing, meaning is like, if you just can't even see those people, because I've had to step on a lot of toes and make a lot of people cry to get where I am right now. And I don't mean that in the wrong way, but like, you know, I don't get, I don't ever go home and see my family. You know what I mean? I, you know, I've had girlfriends that just are like, just curse me out. They're like, what is wrong with you? Why? So focused. Exactly. Yeah. So, you know, I've really started to soak up the, the, the phone calls with the family, spending time with my friends, things like that. And, um, you know, it's

just, it's a great feeling to have those people at the end of the day. Yeah. Of course. Yeah. At the end of the day, why are we doing everything? What we're so driven for.

Exactly. If we're not sharing it with people we care about. Exactly. 365 days. I mean, how many days in a year, like 364 days in a year, I am spending it with my friends, my family, everything like that. And then I put it all on one day, like for the Olympics or this race, things like that.

It's silly. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yeah. It was your time. Now if you were, because Joe, I think mentioned on the podcast that, and trying to make this part in race on Olympic sport, is that right? Yes. What would that be like? If it becomes Olympic sport, would you? I think I'd be want to be more on the more administrative side. You want to be an athlete? I think it's just kind of like, I don't know. You want to be on the American team and.

I think I really want to, but that that sounds pretty crazy. I think it just would be good. Just be so much pressure. Yeah, but to go to the Olympics, man. All right. Fine. I'm going. I would definitely go into my saying. I definitely would like to help. You could compete, right? Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. But I mean, that's probably decades away. You think so. Yeah.

In 10 years, at least. Yeah. So who knows? Interesting. OK. Final question. What's your definition of greatness?

Definition of greatness would probably have to be just being. Satisfied with silence and what you have at the end of the day. Because if I was like Napoleon and trying to conquer all the time for greatness, I think I would be swallowed up by it. And I've been that person for a long time and feeling great and about what you just have in the moment. That's a pretty satisfying feeling. It is. Right. It is. For sure. Exactly. Put away all the cell phones, everything like that. And just like have what you have.