The Sacramento Super is the first Spartan age group championship and part of what they call “The Triple Crown”. The crown is made up of the Spartan World Championship Beast in Vernont, the Super in either South Carolina or in Sacramento, and the team championship in Texas. One of the things I love about racingContinue reading “Sacramento Super, Triple Crown Race”
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First at the first Canadian UltraBeast
Well friends, I made it to the top of the world… twice. For those of you who don’t know, Spartan Race Canada hosted it’s first ultramarathon distance obstacle course race in Sun Peaks this past weekend. The UltraBeast is two laps of the regular Beast course. After being up all night with a sick babyContinue reading “First at the first Canadian UltraBeast”
Spartan World Championship Race Report
The first and most nerve wracking obstacle was the crazy car cue up the hill to the race. I finally made it out of the car with 15 minutes to spare… which gave me just enough time to get my package and hoof it up the hill to the start line. I could hear themContinue reading “Spartan World Championship Race Report”
Be Ready for a Beast, Tough Mudder or UltraBeast
You know there’s a big endurance event in town when you overhear super fit looking people discussing menu choices based on which have more white bread and less protein. I’m sure the locals wonder if a 1980s diet convention rolled in. Apart from carb loading (which you can find an entire article on below), thereContinue reading “Be Ready for a Beast, Tough Mudder or UltraBeast”
Pacific NW Spartan Race report – running with wolves
In my last race, the Seattle Warrior Dash, I was so calm it was freaky… but this race just freaked me out. Climbing into the same starting pen as Amelia Boone and Rose Wetzel-Sinnett is scary. Although I’m not sure why. Both are lovely people. The men’s elite heat took longer than they imagined andContinue reading “Pacific NW Spartan Race report – running with wolves”
Washington Warrior Dash race report
For some reason I wasn’t my usual pre-race nerve wreck of a self at the start line. My mood was more, “tea and snuggles” than it normally is – even before an easy run. Only the reality of the situation was that I was an overly-caffeinated and overly-competitive runner standing at the start line ofContinue reading “Washington Warrior Dash race report”
My Edmonton Spartan Sprint race recap
I managed to hobble through a 5k trail race on Tuesday after almost two long injured months off of running, so I was hopeful that I would be able to run between obstacles today. I finished the Spartan Sprint in North Vancouver a couple weeks ago but it was a long way to hobble andContinue reading “My Edmonton Spartan Sprint race recap”
Winning isn’t everything, even in Sparta
Joe Desena designed and built the Spartan Race as a mirror for challenges in life. Something like, we’ve gotten so used to being comfortable that any type of discomfort seems magnified. His thinking is that with enough exposure to discomfort, little things will be put back into their rightful place and become, well… little.Continue reading “Winning isn’t everything, even in Sparta”
Is OCR what Marathon running was in the good old days?
Years ago runners were considered masocistic lunatics who put themselves through senseless torture for reasons the mainstream simply could not understand. Sound familiar? I think obstacle course racing now occupies that realm… ad well, let’s just call it misunderstood. In the 70s, all runners were hardcore. They ran through otherwise quiet, normal neighbourhoods in very shortContinue reading “Is OCR what Marathon running was in the good old days?”
Thanks. Really. Thanks.
It’s impossible not to notice. Summer is gone. I spent it in a whirlwind of renovations and first trimester pregnancy blah. Hence, my blog writing frequency has been less than stellar. But I find myself compelled to write with the changing of the seasons and the not-too-distant arrival of 2014 and all the joys itContinue reading “Thanks. Really. Thanks.”
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