Did you just finish the Beast, or maybe you just conquered the Ultra Beast? Did you complete your Trifecta? I haven’t been one to feel the need to customize my Spartan Race medals, or any award I’ve ever received. However the original award I received came was always good enough for me. When the Ultra … Read More
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Super Ultra Beast – Part 2: Always Finish What You Start
Almost 26 minutes passed before our Race Director arrived on the scene, developed a solution and we were presented our options for how to proceed with the obstacle race of the year. The Ultra Beast left us with tough decisions to make and little time to evaluate. Our options were as follows: continue the race … Read More
Super Ultra Beast – Part 1: Going Above and Beyond
After months of anticipating this race, it was finally here, The Spartan Race Ultra Beast. My father tagged along with me for this trip so we woke up at 4am on Friday morning, Sept 21st. We arrived in Boston around 10am and wasted an hour trying to get our rental car situation sorted out, and … Read More
Thoughts Before the First Marathon Distance Obstacle Race
A mountain out in the beautiful land of Vermont awaits. It’s exact location is at the Killington Ski Resort. This isn’t just any mountain, it’s known locally as the Beast. That’s where Spartan Race came up with the name for their half marathon obstacle race. This week marks a first for the sport of obstacle … Read More
More Obstacle Race Training in the ATL
When you are staying with other Obstacle Racers, the obstacle race training never ends. Sunday morning we, Maureen, Andi and myself, headed over to Matt’s house to have breakfast together. After we all ate we were put to work. We helped Matt gather firewood from a neighbor’s house who was moving away. Even his lil’ … Read More
Ultra Beast Obstacle Race Training
At the spur of the moment, less than a week to prepare, fellow racer, Maureen, and myself, committed to driving out to Matt B. Davis’s Ultra Beast/Mudder training weekend in Atlanta, GA. The event was co-hosted by Andi Hardy, who frequents the podium at Spartan Races. Why would we drive from the Midwest, Chicago and … Read More
Workout of the Day 8-23-12
Run just under 9 miles of trails today. Climbed a rope I’ve been eyeing on my walks in the Forest Preserve near my work. Carried a log for a mile and a half starting around mile 6 of my run. Keeping it short and sweet tonight. With the Ultra Beast approaching trying to crank up … Read More
Legend of the Death Race – Part 11: Never Quit, Never Surrender
Here we were back at Riverside Farm for the last challenge. To begin you needed to have a ticket, if you wanted to “ride.” If you did not have a ticket you could earn one by doing 120 pushups. Thanks to a tip from Morgan’s parents, I quickly grabbed a note card out of my … Read More
Legend of the Death Race – Part 10: Sleepyhead
Happily waiting for us at Death Race HQ was Joe, and a few others. You could see they were surprised with our perseverance. Initially, they didn’t want to give us another task but they gave in soon enough. We just missed participating in the Origami, so next on their list of challenges required us to … Read More
Legend of the Death Race – Part 9: And We’ll Keep on Fighting Til the End
Being out on the mountain, living, surviving, being physically and mentally challenged, this is what life is about. From chaos, came clarity. In the heart of feeling defeated we had found our inner strength. Camaraderie creates a very powerful connection; it has the ability to make the impossible become another training day. The presence of a … Read More