spartan race

Have you heard about the Spartan Races? Here is where you can check one out here in the Hudson Valley.

THAT was an uncomfortable race. Tuxedo Ridge Spartan Sprint 2015. I've done that race before, and it keeps getting tougher. Every. Damn Year.

I ran the Tuxedo Ridge Spartan Sprint yesterday. A Sprint can be anywhere from 3-5 miles, and from all accounts this particular race was 4.7 miles (without taking into account certain obstacles that use distance ie: the bucket and sandbag carry)...

So, I'm still not nearly in good enough shape, but I'm doing the Tough Mudder Tri-State down in Englishtown NJ, Oct  12th. I've done a bunch of different OCR's, from Spartan to Zombie, but never a TM. I think I'm ok for the majority of the obstacles (and I'm ok with failing on the ones I'm not)...

As you guys are probably well aware, I enjoy obstacle course racing. From the uber-fun Warrior Dash to the hyper competitive Spartan Race, I try to run as many of these damn things as I can. HOWEVER, there's one that's just amazingly bizarre and it actually has people chasing you...

It's almost racing season in the Northeast! You may think I'm taking about a regular footrace, and I've run my fair share. But I don't mean that anymore. I've become addicted. To mud. To be fair, most of the mud runs these days aren't tremendously muddy, except for certain spots...