The Spartan Beast. When I complete this race, I will be 1/3 of my way done with my 2014 Spartan Trifecta. What better way to start off a trifecta run than with the Beast (13+ miles).
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Spartan Race: Workout Of The Day
The Spartan Race’s Workout Of the Day (or WOD) is a great resource for different routines to spice up your workouts. The WOD for today looks like a lot of fun:
Warm up:
Dynamic warm-up – 3 movements x2
Main:
Run 1/2 mile
30 crunches
Run 1/2 mile
15 hanging knee raises
Run 1/2 mile
1 minute plank
Run 1/2 mile
1 minute plank
Sprint level: x1
Super level: x2
Beast level: x3
Cool down:
Stretch
You can sign up for the Spartan Races WOD’s here.
2012 Spartan Sprint Race
I didn’t know any better, so I had a Yoda backpack that had a waterproof speaker that had Yoda talking every minute or so. Why was this a bad choice? The first mud pit, Yoda became a 40 lbs deadweight. Through the 100+ yard uphill army crawl under barbed wire, Yoda had many stitches break.
GoPro wrist shots from the Spartan Race 2012 in Washougal MX Park. I accidentally turned off the GoPro 40 minutes into my 2.5 hour race. Here are the highlights… Continue reading 2012 Spartan Sprint Race
2013 Spartan Sprint
Year two of the Spartan Races for me. What a difference training for a race is to your time. This was the first obstacle course race that I actually trained for and dropped about 45 minutes off my time. Official race time: 1:36:55. Continue reading 2013 Spartan Sprint