Chances are that by now you're either sick of climbing Owl’s Head, the venue of the 2016 Montreal Spartan Beast & Ultra Beast, or you’re sick of hearing about how hard it was to climb Owl’s Head. The final race on Spartan's Eastern Canada circuit ended in style with hot/humid temperatures, a drinking water shortage and
2,075 meters (6,808 feet) of vertical gain over 21.2 km (13.2 miles) for the Beast
and 4,493 meters (14740.8 feet) of vertical gain over 47.42 km (29.5 miles) for the Ultra Beast. That equates to 98 meters of gain per KM (516 feet per mile).
What exactly
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Americans! Canadians are taking half the Spartan Race US Podium Spots in which they compete
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but Canadians have been taking over half the podium positions at US Spartan Races as of late…and we’re not just talking about Ryan Atkins and Lindsay Webster. Whether it’s at race venues within close proximity to the US/Canada boarder or Spartan Races of the highest profile including the 2015 Spartan Race World Championships at Lake Tahoe, Canadian OCR athletes are making their mark in the USA.
It began in Vermont when Nancy Bourassa (Montreal) and Jesse Bruce (Toronto) won the 2015 Vermont Beast and April Cockshutt (Toronto) placed 2nd. Two weeks later, OCR power
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to compete in a Spartan Race this summer
Donald Trump surprised the Obstacle Course Racing community by stating yesterday in an interview on CNN that he will run a Spartan Race this summer. He then added that he will forgo the open and new competitive heat and enter the elite heat, where the best athletes face-off on a brutal military inspired obstacle course.
When pressed by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer as to why Tump age 69 feels he is well suited for a military type race, Trump declared “I do very well at it; military. I am the toughest guy.” The Spartan Race website states that individuals new to the sport of OCR should first enter into an open wave and
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