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Cold Weather Racing in the Midwest is Spelled G-A-C*
*Gladiator Assault Challenge. An Obstacle Race you should get to know. March and early April are generally six weeks of terrible weather in Chicago. Say what you want about Midwest winters but spring?...
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The Ultimate Suck: A Endurance Race Worthy of the Title
Another weekend of adventure, this time I was traveling to an Endurance Race that has been given the title, The Ultimate Suck. Hosted by Joe Decker of Gut Check Fitness out of California, I knew this...
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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...
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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...
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Super Ultra Beast – Part 3: It’s Not All About the Finish
Setting out for that second lap was extremely difficult. Within minutes I found myself alone, which generally I am quite used to. During this long of a race, being alone can turn into the beginning...
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Indiana Spartan Race Founder’s Obstacle Race – The Perfect Holiday Gift
Obstacle Race season is coming to an end for me this weekend. Friday night I will be heading down to the Spartan Race Super Spartan in Marseilles, IL. This is where it all began last year. Sure I...
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Midwest Super Spartan Race – Best Obstacle Race of the Year?
It’s been difficult finding where to even begin in regards to the weekend of non-stop obstacle racing fun. Just a year ago, I was attending my first ever Spartan Race. I had been emailing back and...
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Winter Death Race Recaps
It’s been over a week since driving out to Vermont to provide coverage for Obstacle Racing Magazine’s Facebook page and to witness what would be my next story for our second issue of the magazine – be...
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Winter Death Race: Frozen
My last minute presence at the Winter Death Race was the result of social media networking’s ability to unite likeminded individuals. About a week out from the race I was considering driving up to...
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Vegas Super Spartan Race – All In
Returning to the Obstacle Racing world as an athlete and competitor has been one of my primary goals ever since I elected to have the labrum in my left shoulder repaired by Dr. Mark Bowen. Since then...
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Gladiator Assault Challenge – Snow Edition
Another week and another obstacle race to test my progress since my surgery November 30th. This time I was racing up in Wisconsin for the my third appearance at the Gladiator Assault Challenge. This...
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Indiana Spartan Sprint – Hardest Sprint Yet…
Founders Race Just a year ago a group of us Midwestern folk were pushing hard to bring a Spartan Race Spartan Sprint to Indiana. At the time the only Spartan Race was in IL and the rest were either on...
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Colorado Spartan Sprint – Obstacle Heavy Racing
Another weekend and another Reebok Spartan Race event in the books. This time to get my obstacle racing fix I flew out to Colorado, a state I’ve only driven through at night and seen from the the...
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Texas Spartan Sprint – Obstacle Racing for Runners
Another last minute trip that thankfully came together quite well thanks to Priceline.com’s Name Your Price feature and I was on my way to another weekend filled with Obstacle Racing. When I first...
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Alpha Warrior – Pure Obstacle Racing
After finding out that Alpha Warrior was going to be taking place in San Diego the week after my Spartan Group X Training I just knew I had to sign up for this race that looked very similar to what you...
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Midwest Super Spartan Race – Curse of the Ivy
The Spartan Race once again returned to the Midwest. This would mark my third appearance at this event but for once it would not be in the middle of a very cold Midwest October like it typically was...
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Spartan Race Sprint Championships – Pacific Northwest
Two weeks after contracting the now infamous Spartan Rash I was back out for another Spartan Race in Washougal, WA. Why would I go back to a Spartan Race after suffering from super-itchy-itis for two...
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Hard Charge Chicago/Milwaukee Televised Obstacle Race
I was invited to take on the Hard Charge Chicago/Milwaukee course, since I had nothing planned that weekend and it was close to home I just had to give the first ever Televised Obstacle Race a go....
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Spartan Race – Wintergreen Mountain Virginia
Just over a week before the Virginia Spartan Race I found myself itching. I needed my fix. I decided waiting until the World Championships at Killington for the Beast/Ultra Beast combo was WAY too long...
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Spartan Race World Championships – Beast
The World Championships of Spartan Race arrived more casually than I had anticipated. For such a big event, I suppose I expected the day to arrive more dramatically. This would be my third appearance...
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