But an even bigger part of me told me to “STFU” (that’s “Spartan the eff up”) and get dressed, it was racing day.īesides, countless friends of mine had been on the course since 6 am racing the Ultra. Needless to say, a good part of me didn’t want to get out of bed. To top it off, it was raining and cold outside. In fact, DOMS might just be an understatement, my body was simply rejecting the activity I had done the day before. Sunday morning I woke up after a fitful night of rest, my body plagued with DOMS. Active recovery, if you will.Īs it turned out, the Beast was even more grueling than expected ( you can read the recap here). I knew the Spartan Beast World Championships the day before would be absolutely grueling, so I looked forward to tackling a shorter course. Now, because running back to back races always sounds like a good idea at the time, I was very excited to be able to participate in the Reebok Spartan Race Charity Sprint on behalf of Reebok.
Here’s more on the Spartan One Million Dollar Trifecta Challenge and here’s Jonathan Albon’s website.Last Updated on Maby Heather Hart, ACSM EP Here’s the first time Matt was on the show, and here’s the time I was on his. Both are a couple years old, but definitely worth listening to. Here’s our interview with Charlie Engle and here’s our chat with Luis Escobar. Here’s the site for the Spartan Trail Series.
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Top Spartan competitor and Skyrunning champ Jonathan Albon Spartan Trail Series Episode with Matt B.
Will he get it this weekend? We’ll wait and see. Different from a traditional award, this million dollar grab has not been without its own controversy. We also talk about the growth and plateau of the sport and the million dollar prize Skyrunning Champ Jonathan Albon is going after this weekend. I asked Matt on the show because he’s supremely knowledgeable about the industry and is not afraid to pull punches. Matt runs Obstacle Racing Media, a site dedicated to OCR events, interviews, gear, and opinion pieces about the industry. To be sure, Matt and I don’t agree on everything but do agree that spectator fees suck.
So what makes us different? Why don’t we feel that our loved ones should have to pay to come and support us? And shouldn’t we just let the market decide? All good questions, and all topics that Obstacle Racing Media’s Matt B. Let’s hope the Spartan Trail Series doesn’t try for that money grab as well as they make a mark in trail running. In this interview, we learn that the OCR events also charge for insurance, drop bags, parking, and more. As RD Charlie Engle told me, most of the particiants are millennials, and they don’t mind paying the extra money to get, what he describes, a “festival atmosphere.”īut the fit hit the shan when they decided to continue this practice for trail running. Spartan and other OCR races have charged spectator fees for years, and that’s their right and decision to do so. The problem arose when people noticed that spectators at the trail races would charged $20. Loosely, Charlie would cover the east coast, Luis the west coast. The series garnered a fair amount of attention in the MUT world because icons Charlie Engle and Luis Escobar were hired as race directors for the series. These would be around 10 miles each and be traditional trail races–no barbed wire, no flaming spears, no deliberate mud pits to navigate. Recently, Spartan launched a Trail Racing series of a dozen events that would run concurrently with the OCR races. Reality shows, big prize purses, 250 races, and possible Olympic talk have made it an exciting sport to watch from both the athletic perspective as well as a business model. Led by Spartan and competitor Tough Mudder, the sport of OCR catapulted into the mainstream and really hit it’s peak around 2012 and has stayed strong since. Before we get into the Spartan Trail Series…Spartan has a long history of success in Obstacle Course Racing and has built an incredible organization around the world.
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